“……less intervention with the patient particularly in the sense that you’re not bombarding them with antibiotics all the time. PAD allows you to short-circuit that using Photo-Activated Disinfection to deal with the localised infection and it does work in root canal treatment.”
Dr Irwin Wright,
Newport
Denfotex specialises in the development and manufacture of products for dental, medical and scientific applications. In addition to P.A.D, a range of LED devices and laser light delivery systems are available.
Formed in 1998, the company has expanded and has facilities in Inverkeithing, Scotland for optoelectronic products and at Handcross, Sussex for chemistry and microbiology.
Denfotex has pursued a comprehensive programme of clinical evaluation since 2002 with more than 250 patients enrolled and highly satisfactory results published in the British Dental Journal. Other leading dental centres working with P.A.D include: Guy’s Hospital, London; Glasgow Dental School; Dental Schools at The Catholic University of Leuven and Gent University, Belgium; Post-Graduate Dental School, Tübingen, Germany.
Denfotex has global links with a number of companies. A strong collaboration with SciCan promotes and distributes P.A.D internationally and with Cumdente for German speaking countries. Other partners include: TBI in the Russian federation and Baltic States, Prodigal Dental in Canada, and d2dendo, Minerva and Nuview in the UK.
Please note: P.A.D is not yet available in the USA but if interested, please email Denfotex at info@denfotex.com or call on +44 1383 411555.