“A Complete Revolution in Dentistry” - Dr Andrew Prynne
Around a decade ago, the Bournemouth-based general dental practitioner was introduced to the benefits of intraosseous anaesthesia, a revolutionary, pain-free technique that increases patient comfort and reduces appointment times.
Using QuickSleeper, a state-of-the-art electronic pen designed to perform all forms of dental anaesthesia, Dr Prynne has been able to say goodbye to ID blocks forever.
Here, he explains more about the benefits of QuickSleeper and why he’d recommend it to any dental practice.
What is the QuickSleeper?
It’s a dental anaesthetic system that uses a very specific needle design and electronic control over the delivery of the anaesthetic solution, which allows the delivery of not only all traditional techniques such as infiltration, ID blocks, collaterals, intra ligamentous but also the full range of intraosseous dental anaesthetic techniques.
Intraosseous anaesthesia is a complete revolution in dentistry. It has the benefit of completely pain-free, immediate, deeply profound, and predictable anaesthesia, but without any collateral numbness of the lips, tongue or any other patient tissues.
So, in this way, there will be no facial numbness and no loss of motor function. The dentist can start work immediately with no delay.
Astoundingly, a single injection is all that you need for an extraction. No secondary injections are needed, no palatals - which patients hate - and no linguals. Patients absolutely love it.
It’s extremely efficient in dental practice due to its timesaving. It’s predictable and you know how long it’s going to take for a patient to be numb, so you can adjust your appointment times accordingly. And I’ve got to say, it’s great fun to use. Very satisfying.
What Benefits Does it Bring to the Practice?
The benefits are massive and multiple. They can be perceived by the patient, by the clinician, but also by the dental business itself. There is an initial capital expenditure, but this can be fully recouped within a matter of months by increased time efficiency and internal marketing.
Patients are so blown away that their word of mouth drives measurable increases in new patients. But also, by your ability to use genuine pain-free treatments in your external marketing, social media and [on your] website.
One major benefit to clinicians themselves is the huge reduction in stress levels. When I first started using QuickSleeper some 10 years ago, I found that I no longer needed to wait and check if my patient was numb. I knew they would be. They'd be predictably numb as soon as I'd finished delivering the anaesthetic.
I've not delivered an ID block in all that time. I'm no longer worried that I might cause my patients pain. It just won't happen.
As dentists, we can all identify with the stress felt by both patients and dentists when an anaesthetic fails. However numb the patient feels after an ID block, we've all experienced situations when the patient will feel pain on contact of the bur with dentine, for example, or during extraction.
With intraosseous anaesthesia, I no longer check the tooth or the soft tissue prior to starting the treatment, I just get on with it. As such, my stress levels have reduced massively.
I've often completed the entire treatment that I was planning in the time that I would previously have been waiting for the ID block to work.
Is there a Learning Curve Involved?
Yes. I would be fibbing to you if I said that there wasn't.
Like all aspects of dentistry, the delivery of intraosseous anaesthesia is a sequence of technical steps. There are recommended protocols that if followed correctly, will ensure efficient, effective, and pain-free anaesthesia.
There is comprehensive training provided when investing in the system which will make these protocols extremely clear. New users are going to find little complications that occur early in the use before they perfect the techniques, but these can be very quickly resolved by just reverting to protocols.
Every new user will have a closed WhatsApp group with Swallowed Dental and a trainer. A clinician will never be alone. Questions will be answered, and problems sorted out extremely quickly.
What Initial Training is Provided and What Does the Training Day Involve?
An initial full day's training is given, which includes a really interesting look at traditional techniques and why they can be suboptimal.
Here it's demonstrated why even the best ID blocks fail and why, and is it the dentist’s fault? And of course, the answer is absolutely no. There are very significant anatomical reasons why an ID block will fail.
A comprehensive overview is then provided with the concept of intraosseous anaesthesia. What it is; how it works; why is it so effective and predictable?
A detailed explanation of how to perform intraosseous anaesthesia with the QuickSleeper is given, after which delegates get a chance to experience it hands-on.
The day then moves through to a clinical setting where chairside protocols are demonstrated and explained, then delegates can copy that for themselves.
The training doesn't just stop there. Delegates will have a personal link with their trainer for as long as they wish when they start to use it in their own practice.
After a few months, when they become proficient at the straightforward use of intraosseous anaesthesia, a master class is available.
During that training day, any problems that the clinician and any of their colleagues have experienced can be discussed and solved. And then techniques can be demonstrated to widen the use of intraosseous anaesthesia to all the other parts of the mouth, so it ends up as a complete oral anaesthetic system.
What Ongoing Support is Available?
In addition to the closed WhatsApp group support, we're very lucky here in the UK to be supported by Swallow Dental.
The customer support that I've had through the team at Swallow has been excellent.
Any problems with the hardware or technical aspects of owning the QuickSleeper - and we have three of them at 7:40 Dental - will be swiftly sorted out.
In the rare situation a problem develops with the device itself, Swallow Dental have loan units which they send straight out, so you still have use of the system while yours gets repaired or serviced.
And that's extremely valuable because, like any other piece of equipment that you find yourself using 100% of the time, as I have, you can't work without it.
I have not given an anaesthetic with a traditional syringe now in over 10 years. So, you can imagine how I would feel if I didn't have the QuickSleeper with me.
Around a decade ago, the Bournemouth-based general dental practitioner was introduced to the benefits of intraosseous anaesthesia, a revolutionary, pain-free technique that increases patient comfort and reduces appointment times.
Using QuickSleeper, a state-of-the-art electronic pen designed to perform all forms of dental anaesthesia, Dr Prynne has been able to say goodbye to ID blocks forever.
Here, he explains more about the benefits of QuickSleeper and why he’d recommend it to any dental practice.
What is the QuickSleeper?
It’s a dental anaesthetic system that uses a very specific needle design and electronic control over the delivery of the anaesthetic solution, which allows the delivery of not only all traditional techniques such as infiltration, ID blocks, collaterals, intra ligamentous but also the full range of intraosseous dental anaesthetic techniques.
Intraosseous anaesthesia is a complete revolution in dentistry. It has the benefit of completely pain-free, immediate, deeply profound, and predictable anaesthesia, but without any collateral numbness of the lips, tongue or any other patient tissues.
So, in this way, there will be no facial numbness and no loss of motor function. The dentist can start work immediately with no delay.
Astoundingly, a single injection is all that you need for an extraction. No secondary injections are needed, no palatals - which patients hate - and no linguals. Patients absolutely love it.
It’s extremely efficient in dental practice due to its timesaving. It’s predictable and you know how long it’s going to take for a patient to be numb, so you can adjust your appointment times accordingly. And I’ve got to say, it’s great fun to use. Very satisfying.
What Benefits Does it Bring to the Practice?
The benefits are massive and multiple. They can be perceived by the patient, by the clinician, but also by the dental business itself. There is an initial capital expenditure, but this can be fully recouped within a matter of months by increased time efficiency and internal marketing.
Patients are so blown away that their word of mouth drives measurable increases in new patients. But also, by your ability to use genuine pain-free treatments in your external marketing, social media and [on your] website.
One major benefit to clinicians themselves is the huge reduction in stress levels. When I first started using QuickSleeper some 10 years ago, I found that I no longer needed to wait and check if my patient was numb. I knew they would be. They'd be predictably numb as soon as I'd finished delivering the anaesthetic.
I've not delivered an ID block in all that time. I'm no longer worried that I might cause my patients pain. It just won't happen.
As dentists, we can all identify with the stress felt by both patients and dentists when an anaesthetic fails. However numb the patient feels after an ID block, we've all experienced situations when the patient will feel pain on contact of the bur with dentine, for example, or during extraction.
With intraosseous anaesthesia, I no longer check the tooth or the soft tissue prior to starting the treatment, I just get on with it. As such, my stress levels have reduced massively.
I've often completed the entire treatment that I was planning in the time that I would previously have been waiting for the ID block to work.
Is there a Learning Curve Involved?
Yes. I would be fibbing to you if I said that there wasn't.
Like all aspects of dentistry, the delivery of intraosseous anaesthesia is a sequence of technical steps. There are recommended protocols that if followed correctly, will ensure efficient, effective, and pain-free anaesthesia.
There is comprehensive training provided when investing in the system which will make these protocols extremely clear. New users are going to find little complications that occur early in the use before they perfect the techniques, but these can be very quickly resolved by just reverting to protocols.
Every new user will have a closed WhatsApp group with Swallowed Dental and a trainer. A clinician will never be alone. Questions will be answered, and problems sorted out extremely quickly.
What Initial Training is Provided and What Does the Training Day Involve?
An initial full day's training is given, which includes a really interesting look at traditional techniques and why they can be suboptimal.
Here it's demonstrated why even the best ID blocks fail and why, and is it the dentist’s fault? And of course, the answer is absolutely no. There are very significant anatomical reasons why an ID block will fail.
A comprehensive overview is then provided with the concept of intraosseous anaesthesia. What it is; how it works; why is it so effective and predictable?
A detailed explanation of how to perform intraosseous anaesthesia with the QuickSleeper is given, after which delegates get a chance to experience it hands-on.
The day then moves through to a clinical setting where chairside protocols are demonstrated and explained, then delegates can copy that for themselves.
The training doesn't just stop there. Delegates will have a personal link with their trainer for as long as they wish when they start to use it in their own practice.
After a few months, when they become proficient at the straightforward use of intraosseous anaesthesia, a master class is available.
During that training day, any problems that the clinician and any of their colleagues have experienced can be discussed and solved. And then techniques can be demonstrated to widen the use of intraosseous anaesthesia to all the other parts of the mouth, so it ends up as a complete oral anaesthetic system.
What Ongoing Support is Available?
In addition to the closed WhatsApp group support, we're very lucky here in the UK to be supported by Swallow Dental.
The customer support that I've had through the team at Swallow has been excellent.
Any problems with the hardware or technical aspects of owning the QuickSleeper - and we have three of them at 7:40 Dental - will be swiftly sorted out.
In the rare situation a problem develops with the device itself, Swallow Dental have loan units which they send straight out, so you still have use of the system while yours gets repaired or serviced.
And that's extremely valuable because, like any other piece of equipment that you find yourself using 100% of the time, as I have, you can't work without it.
I have not given an anaesthetic with a traditional syringe now in over 10 years. So, you can imagine how I would feel if I didn't have the QuickSleeper with me.
