Nor'West News: November 20, 2018

8 Tuesday November 20 2018
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NOR’WEST NEWS
Another First, 3D
Digital Dentures
News
from Duchenne
Not ones to follow the pack, Duchenne
Denture Specialists have always been a
company of firsts:
- First to bring to you Duchenne’s Digital
3D Denture system
- First to introduce suction dentures to New
Zealand
- The only state-of-the-art laboratory of its
kind in New Zealand
- First to bring the injection moulding
technique to NZ. A process that gives
greater strength and a superior fit to their
denture products.
John Batchelor, founder and owner of
Duchenne, has long been at the forefront
of this industry, and has been working with
international software companies such as
3Shape to develop cutting-edge technology
since 2012.
Now, once again, Duchenne are excited
to be bringing the latest advances in 3D
Denture Technology to the South Island.
Over the past three years there have been
major breakthroughs in printing and
milling dental technology, which allow
us to 3D print a preliminary denture that
patients can literally take home and try.
Patients are more involved in the process
and can see their dentures on screen
before they are made. This technology also
produces a final denture that is superior to
anything that has come before.
They are currently the only company in
the South Island to use this process – a
significant step ahead as it offers superior
fit and strength. A denture produced on
the PM7, when used in conjunction with
Dr Abe’s Suction Effective Mandibular
technique, produces the most comfortable
and high performance denture currently
available.
John Batchelor is one of only 35 trainers
world-wide in this technique, and the only
one in New Zealand. He and his team at
Duchenne Denture Services are proud to be
able to offer you this leading technology.
For further information or for a free
consultation please call 0800 866 8448, or
visit www.duchenne.co.nz
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“It was very well executed,
and great to see
the residents had a sense
of humour, balanced with
their real sense of concern
and advocacy to
retain a public
transport link.”
He said ECan
would continue
to work with
residents to find
a solution for the
“mid and longterm.”
Resident Murray
Lennox said he wrote the
“little ditty” in an effort to
keep the meeting light and
friendly.
“I’ve written a number
of poems. It’s become a
traditional thing here on
Stewart Gibbon
a Friday that if I turn up
to morning tea without a
poem then they’re asking
questions,” he said.
“It was just to keep the
mood light and bring a bit
of hilarity to it.”
He said the
decision not to reroute
the No 44 left
residents and staff
at the rest home
“stranded.”
“A lot of us are still
mobile, but the day
will come for a lot of
folks here where we
will no longer be able to get
about as we used to.”
He said the residents
had come up with options
which were presented to
ECan, including installing
a turning bay on Philpotts
BELT IT
OUT: Diana
Isaac
Retirement
Village
residents
sing a song
to ECan at
a meeting
to discuss
the No 44
bus.
Bus options presented
Rd for the No 44, and
implementing a small bus
which could operate on an
“ad hock basis” to service
the rest home.
“They’re still exploring
those options, they have
to discuss that with city
council and planning.
We just have to get
through all this red tape,”
he said.
“One of our residents
who is in his 90s asked if
while they were trying to
work those things out, why
couldn’t they just bring the
Orbiter down to Innes Rd
and back up along Philpotts
Rd until they have worked
out what else they can do . . .
there was hearty approval
from the residents, I can
tell you.”
PROCESS: Sawyers Arms Rd and Sisson Drive will be looked at in a new report
of Papanui traffic and roads.
Addressing road safety issues
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“It was first requested
about 11 months ago, but
because of the cycleway
and other work that’s being
done, we essentially knew
that it had to be
put on hold . . . it
hasn’t been held up
or slowed down or
anything like that,”
she said.
She said she could
not comment further
on the contents
of the report until it had
been presented to the board.
“There’s nothing that I
can, will, or wants to say
about the report before it
come back before the board,
John Stringer
because that just would be
totally inappropriate given
the process we’re in.”
Community board member
John Stringer said there
had been some “disquiet”
amongst Papanui
residents due to
the amount of
change happening
in the area.
“I am conscious
of defending the
residential nature
and needs of
Papanui as one of the oldest
residential suburbs of Christchurch
with a large retired
demographic,” he said.
“I do welcome the report
– which we commissioned
as a board last year – as
it studies directly local
impacts that perhaps a
wider city council may not
discern, which is why we
have local boards.”
He said in spite of how
long it had taken to complete
the report, he looked
forward to seeing it.
“I’m critical about how
long it’s taken to get to us,
but that said, it will enable
the local board to address
local transport pressures
and I look forward to
engaging in any issues
the report raises once
it’s tabled publicly, and
hearing what local people
have to say.”