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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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