Making good healthcare accessible to everyone, regardless of age, illness or disability is the inspiration behind the Bedishield, a simple new oral healthcare device, designed as a useful ?mouth prop?, suitable for everyone from the elderly, those with disabilities, dementia, and stroke sufferers, through to young children with challenging behaviour.
Dentists working with patients with special needs can use this device to help with care for those who, at present, give rise to health and safety issues for staff and themselves, or simply find it difficult to cooperate with their practitioner. The fundamental act of holding open their mouth is a barrier to essential oral healthcare, particularly among elderly clients, or younger patients, both of whom are groups whose special oral healthcare needs may be insufficiently catered for.
Bedi OralCare (www.bedi-oralcare.co.uk), founded by the former Chief Dental Officer of England, Raman Bedi, is behind the BediShied. The company is intent on making good oral healthcare accessible to everyone, regardless of age, illness or disability. By simplifying the basics of examination and treatment in such cases, the BediShield not only dignifies the process for patient and practitioner, it also helps streamline the process, making dental care more efficient, allowing better care for all clients.