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02/08/2007

Westmead Centre for Oral Health, Sydney becomes first Diaco equipped surgery in the Australia

Diaco Limited has successfully installed the first diaco dental chair in Australia at The Westmead Centre for Oral Health [WCOH], Sydney, Australia. The Westmead Centre for Oral Health is a leading oral health teaching hospital providing an extensive range of comprehensive and specialist dental treatment, and is one of two clinical schools for the Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Sydney.

Dr Leda Mugayar MS, DDS, Head of Special Care Unit, Westmead commented:

Westmead Centre "We started using the diaco dental chair in July 2007, and have found it fantastic for patients and dentists, with good ergonomics for short procedures. The best feature is the ease and speed with which patients are placed in and out of operating position.

The diversity of chairs the platform takes, including battery operated wheelchairs is another invaluable feature. Patients have commented on the benefit and dignity of not needing to use a sling hoist.

The diaco® dental chair is definitely a fantastic piece of equipment - it is a 'must have' - which we strongly recommend for every Special Needs services and practices."

Dr Mugayar is the current President of the Australian Society for Special Care Dentistry and has been appointed as the President-Elect for the IADH - International Association of Dentistry for Disability and Oral Health. www.iadh.org

The Westmead Centre for Oral Health is well known for its excellence in the provision of oral health care, clinical education, and dental research and the individual dental clinics which are part of Sydney West Area Health Service Oral Health Network, play a vital role in delivering oral health care to their local eligible populations.

For more information about how a wheelchair patient is given the same access to dental care as an able bodied patient using the diaco® dental chair while they remain in the safety and comfort of their own wheelchair contact us below:

Call us in the Uk for free on 0800 043 9368

Call us from overseas on + 44 1273 455 666

Note for editor

a. The diaco® mobile dental chair is suitable for use with any standard manual or electric wheelchair, so that patients with any type of disability can be treated. The chair's 500kg capacity means there is no restriction on a patient's weight and problems associated with treating obese able-bodied patients are overcome, as the unit can also be used for those patients not confined to a wheelchair. The backrest and headrest on the diaco® dental chair can be adjusted to any position. For wheelchairs with integral headrests, the unit's backrest and headrest can be removed or used as a head support in conjunction with the wheelchair's headrest.

b. The diaco® dental chair is now being used across the UK by the National Health Service and also in Ireland and now in Australia.

c. The diaco® dental chair is installed at:

Westmead Centre for Oral Health
Darcy Road,
Westmead NSW 2145