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MARY MOWBRAY


                                                                                                                                                                                                       Mary Mowbray is a registered dental
                                                                                                                                                                                                       hygienist, innovator and educator
                                                                                                                                                                                                       in all area of oral health, widely
                                                                                                                                                                                                       respected among her peers both
                                                                                                                                                                                                       here and overseas.
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Mary is the director and owner
                                                                                                                                                                                                       of the Dental Hygiene Clinic in
                                                                                                                                                                                                       Auckland, New Zealand. The first
                                                                                                                                                                                                       stand alone dental hygiene clinic
                                                                                                                                                                                                         in New Zealand.
                                                                                                                                                                                                         At the Dental Hygiene Clinic, Mary
       ENHANCED BIOFILM                                                                                                                                                                                therapy within the scope of practice.
                                                                                                                                                                                                       offer all aspects of dental hygiene
                                                                                                                                                                                                       Her special interests include
                                                                                                                                                                                                       compromised patients, implant
       MANAGEMENT                                                                                                                                                                                      disease patients and TMD.
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Along with being visitor lecture at
                                                                                                                                                                                                       both universities in NZ, Mary is also
       WITH AIR POLISHING                                                                                                                                                                              the Chief Executive of the Institute
                                                                                                                                                                                                       of Dental Hygiene (the Institute is
                                                                                                                                                                                                       set up to encourage professional
                                                                                                                                                                                                       development of dental professionals
                                                                                                                                                                                                       globally)
        BY MARY MOWBRAY RDH.                                                                                                   abrasive and water soluble. Glycine   Training regarding indications,     Graduated from the School of
                                                                                                                               amino acid is a healing agent and is   contraindications, advantages and   Dental Hygiene in the UK in 1978,
                                                                                                                               ideal for use in compromised areas   disadvantages is imperative for use   Mary worked with the school dental
                                                                                                                               of the mouth.                      of the air polisher machine. When    service in the UK implementing
                                                                                                                                  This is the ideal system to be   used by a well-educated dental      dental health into the curriculum in
             ecades ago, training as a      to reach areas. Removing exogenous   techniques and an ability to perform          used for hypersensitive dentine,   professional, the clinical benefits   every school in the county of Sussex,
             dental hygienist, we endured   stain, polishing around orthodontic   advanced biofilm removal. This gives         exposed dentine, periodontitis,    as well as patient safety increase   followed by general practice and
      Dmany hours of hand scaling           appliances, excellent interproximal   the dental professional the ability to       peri-implantitis and otherwise     exponentially.                       Periodontist practice specialising in
       which gave us a good grounding       access, occlusal grooves and fissures   individualise the treatment required       compromised patients.              1. Int J Dent Hyg. 2016 A systematic   dental implants for over 20 years.
       for instrumentation techniques. We   and most importantly, removal of the   for each patient by using the air              The benefits of air polishing for   review on the effects of air polishing   Mary lectures on many aspects
       heard about the developments of      biofilm. Patients certainly became   polishing technology, both supra and          the dental professional include    devices on oral tissues. Bühler J et al   of dental hygiene throughout Asia
       ultrasonic and air polishers, but for   aware to the differences between   subgingivally.                               less operator fatigue, less time   2. Clinical oral implants research, 2013   Pacific and future afield in the South
       us, there were no ultrasonic scalers   air polishing and the prophy handle   Prophy-mate Neo, a supragingival,          involved than the traditional polishing   Anti-infective therapy of peri-implantitis   Africa, UK and Europe and now the
       and no air polishers to practice with.  technique.                        compact and lightweight system using          technique and improved access to   with adjunctive local drug delivery   Middle East.
         The introduction, in the late 1970’s   The concern with using           a spherical, refined powder (Calcium          difficult to reach areas. Benefits to the   or photodynamic therapy: six-month   Mary gained abstract acceptance
       of supragingival air polishing as an   supragingival cleaning powders was   Carbonate), results in better access        patient include less time in the chair,   outcomes of a prospective randomized   to the Scotland, South Africa and
       alternative to polishing, gave us    the damage to cementum, dentine      to all targeted areas. The Prophy-            less scaling, excellent stain removal,   clinical trial Schär D at el   Switzerland ISDH.
       hope. With the evolution of time,    and gingival epithelium, through a   mate Neo is not recommended for               reduced dentin hypersensitivity and                                       Founder and Founder President
       the designs have become more         lack of knowledge of the machine and   subgingival use. This powder will           improved periodontal and implant                                        of the NZDHA, Editor of the NZDHA
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       sophisticated and easy to use; a     incorrect technique. 1               damage the soft tissue.                       status.  Most importantly the patient                                   newsletter, IFDH delegate for many
       fusion of water, a slight abrasive     The development of a polishing       Perio-Mate is the subgingival               experiences what a clean mouth feels                                    years, has kept Mary at the forefront
       powder and pressurized air,          machine to administer a product      system which uses glycine, a naturally        like and can camper their mouth in                                      of dental hygiene professional
       maximised polishing, even in difficult   subgingivally has advanced our   occurring amino acid that is finer, less      the future to an unclean feeling.                                       development.





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