What do the logo's mean to you and your patients?


	DAMAS stands for Dental Appliance Manufacturers Audit Scheme. This third party audit provides you with total reassurance that the Custom Made Medical Devices manufactured within our Laboratory on your behalf and that of your patients is fully compliant with all UK and European regulations. DAMAS adapts and simplifies the proven quality management principles enshrined in ISO 9002 not to dilute their effectiveness, but to create a structure that better suits dental industry regulations and reflects the practical aspects of manufacturing dental appliances. The Medical Devices Directive (MDD) and the Medical Device Regulations (MDR) which ensure full consideration of your patient's health and safety. "You are encouraged to ensure that you only use MDD registered Laboratories and it is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that you seek proper proof of registration and compliance which can be most easily demonstrated by accreditation to DAMAS." Advice from Dental Protection, which covers seven out of ten Dentists.		DLA - Dental Laboratories Association is a professional body for dental laboratory owners in the UK. Currently the Association has around 1000 members. It is estimated that members of the DLA are responsible for over 80% of the dental laboratory services in the UK. To be a DLA member you must demonstrate that you are registered with the Medical Devices Agencies and have signed up to the DLA's Code of Practice. The DLA's board of Directors (who are Laboratory owners) and staff, work hard to represent effectively the interests of its members and ensure that the association provides a range of professional services to support and develop their businesses. This in turn benefits your Dental Practices and most importantly your Patients. BIDST - the British Institute of Dental & Surgical Technologists has been established for 60 years and exists to provide a vehicle for the continuing education of technicians within the spheres of dental and surgical		technology within the spheres of dental and surgical technology. The institute has, over many years enjoyed a position as the "professional" body for dental surgical technologists. We believe the questions facing the professions are more profound than ever before, so it is vital for our future that BIDST continues to be an inspiration to all technicians, raising standards and portraying an image of professionals which professional technicians deserve. Prestige Dental and a group of Laboratories have formed the Occlusion Education Group. Its purpose is to improve knowledge and understanding of occlusion within the Dental Team. So often there is such ignorance of occlusion, restorations are made and fitted which at best do not add to the occlusal function of the patient and at worst is detrimental to it. By all working together to make this project successful, it will provide better dental restorations and a better service to patients.