Like every dentist, I like my gadgets and am always looking for ways to get better. Goo to Go was created as the result of a series of unfortunate events. 

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Over the years, I've tried a number of creative ways to warm my composite, from sitting on the syringe, to using the cargo pocket in the side of my nurse's trousers, to just giving up and using it out of the drawer. 

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Then a colleague told me about baby bottle warmers for warming syringes. Great, I thought. The first one lasted about six months, which I guess is all you really need if you're heating baby bottles - but my little composites weren't quite ready for solids, so I reverted back to my old ways.

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Then I borrowed a composite heater, but the holes were totally the wrong size. They were too small for my brand of composite yet swallowed my LA cartridges whole. Then I thought I'd give it another shot with the baby bottle warmer, because, hey, I'm an optimist, and I'm out of options.  However using a water-based bottle warmer came with its downsides. Composite syringes were getting placed directly into the water by absent minds, and if there's one thing composites don't like, it's an impromptu paddle.

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I persevered with this setup for a year, but when it failed, it went out with a bang. Literally. It melted through the bottom, leaked water all over the worktop, down the back of the wall, and short circuited the surgery. My manager was not happy. Back I went to my nurse's pocket. 

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Then I caught COVID, probably from spending too much time retrieving cartridges from my nurses' clothing. I was stuck at home quarantining with barely any symptoms. That's when I started to get through my to-do list, of which one was to get a decent a composite heater. I just couldn't find anything on the market that catered to the general dentist, accommodated all brands and did what I wanted it to do.

 

So instead of making banana bread, like everyone else in lockdown, I set about making a composite warmer.  

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After many hours of designing and several wild evenings in B&Q inserting different cartridges into metal pipes, hoping I wasn't about to get questioned by store security, Goo to Go was born. 

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My vision was to create something affordable, that even the newly-qualified dentist could justify buying, was multi-use, aimed at the general dentist and could take any brand of composite syringe.

 

The personalisation is just a fun touch. We are people, not just dentists, so bringing a bit of our personality into work is allowed (unless of course you have terrible taste).

 

Goo to Go is a female-owned, female-designed and female-run small business. Our product is manufactured entirely in the UK, and our packaging is FSC certified and 100% recyclable.

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The literature (for those dental geeks, myself included)