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Our Sales Manager, Steve Salt, has written several articles for Professional Dentistry over the years, so we’ve delved into the archives to bring you this fantastic article regarding the evolution of the scrub suit.
How the humble scrub suit has evolved into practice uniform.
Since the advent of modern surgery and advanced operating theatres following the First World War the basic outfit of the practising clinician beneath their surgeons gown has been the two piece scrub suit, basically a short sleeve shirt and a pair of pj trousers than were lightweight, capable of being boil washed and cheap. They came in only two colours, blue or green and only one design and for decades this was the norm, and although it was an ugly duckling, nobody was the slightest bit bothered about it, or so it seemed.
In the swinging 60`s, in the US, things were changing. The medical profession were asking why their uniforms were so dull and boring, why were they not available in a wider variety of colours, why were there no variations of style. This call was quickly taken up and addressed by the popular workwear brands who introduced new colours and styles that allowed the profession to be able to differentiate disciplines or rank by colour and style and thus the new breed of scrub uniform was born.
This new breed of scrub uniform was quickly adopted by the dental profession and other medical disciplines who saw that it`s low cost, easycare practicality and crisp professional medical `look` was just what was needed to help promote and amplify a corporate or personalised image to the patients who were now becoming discerning `clients`. They realised that a smart but professional clinical look made an excellent first impression with the customer. This new flamboyant approach was greatly assisted by their prominence in popular tv shows such as ER, Scrubs, House etc, and be honest, who doesn`t want to look like George Clooney?
Eventually this movement towards brighter clinical uniform crossed the Atlantic, where for decades the standard practice uniform for the dentist was a white button up tunic and the nurses, well, dressed like nurses! We now see that that the majority of surgeries and practices have moved into scrubs as there are now a myriad of styles and colours available to project whatever the impression required. Modern embroidery techniques mean that logo`s or names and job title`s can now be applied directly to the garment without the need for clumsy pin on badges. In fact the options in both colours and styles allow for almost every taste, and we can see that that the ugly duckling has become a beautiful swan by a process of evolution not revolution.
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