Dental office lighting: beware of changes in lighting requirements!

We take in more than 80% of information by sight, so proper lighting plays a vital role in virtually all human activities. In healthcare, the most noble values such as human health and life are at stake. The lighting of dental practices is governed by a technical standard [1], which is made mandatory by law [2]. The current standard has been in force since 2012 and some lighting systems designed according to the previous standard [...]
DentaSun and YesBlues at Pragodent 2016
Pragodent 2016
Dental Summit 2016
Congress of Aesthetic Dentistry 2016
Phototherapeutic lighting - part one

Chronobiological phototherapy [from the Greek chronos = time, bios = life, fos = light, therapia = treatment] as a method of chronobiological treatment, abbreviated as ChBFT, is a properly timed application of light of appropriate intensity and spectral composition to a person for the purpose of treating depression or adjusting the sleep-wake rhythm. Thanks to the joint efforts of chronobiologists, neurologists and psychiatrists, light therapy has become [...]