The vision of net32.com

A website worth investigating in depth……….. In 1996 a dentist Dr. Pat Cassidy, and his wife Donna, came up with the idea of saving businesses money based on their own experience in the dental industry. They found retail pricing was extremely high, and that much better pricing was available if they took the time to … Read more

Natural Dental Implants and Absolute Ceramics launch manufacturing and marketing partnership at IDS

berlin, germany – march 22, 2011 – berlin-based natural dental implants ag,the developer of the replicate non-surgical tooth replacement system™,today announced its partnership with absolute ceramics, a leading manufacturer of all-ceramic dental restorations using state-of-the-art cad / cam technology.  absolute ceramics will manufacture replicate system™ components at their facility in leipzig, germany and sell the product … Read more

Luke, I am your father……..Lasers to treat tooth sensitivity

Mar 15, 2011 By Maria Perno Goldie, RDH, MS From Dentistry IQ Lasers are used in dentistry for a variety of purposes, one is to treat tooth hypersensitivity. There are not many recent studies on this topic, but anecdotal accounts are prevalent. Use of Nd:YAG laser irradiation has been supported for the mitigation of symptoms … Read more

The vision has to begin somewhere……

Working on getting the figure legends…….the animations are easy…graphics will come, content is the driver………THIMK DIFFERENT about how you choose to learn through sharing and caring……and twenty minutes later the figure legends come in……GOD BLESS THE INTERNET…please excuse the formatting…….the blog software is wonky, once you’ve put the pix in alignment, resetting figure legends is … Read more

LinkedIn hits 100 million members

By Geoff Duncan LinkedIn has always been a social networking service with a bit of a twist: instead of encouraging people to play games,amass as many “friends” as possible,and encourage outrageous online behavior, LinkedIn has targeted professionals and job-seekers, enabling folks to make connections with their professions and industries. And while Facebook is the dominant player … Read more

We learn by example, not from copywriting

An initiative is being undertaken at OH to investigate the potential for an ancillary e-journal (working title Clinical eChronicle of Treatment Outcomes).  The intention is to mix clinical images, figure legends, graphics and animations in a case by case presentation of whatever content is delivered.  The goal is to create a CRITICAL THINKING venue for … Read more

Editorials du jour – cont’d

Can’t get Melissa to buy me a cloud server for articles et al, nudge nudge, wink, wink; thus, I use MOBILE ME……….brilliant editorial from Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology,and Endodontology,odd we’re not considered Oral………however….. It rel Image via Wikipedia ates to cone beam tomography. CbCT is standard of care, but not necessarily … Read more

Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic

This entry showcases a three part editorial by a past president of the American Association of Endodontists. You can change the name endodontics to literally any other discipline in dentistry and the concerns expressed remain valid. I am posting it to stimulate responses…..I’ve been in dentistry long enough to have seen the good, the bad … Read more

Officite Selected as First Corporate Provider of ADA Online Patient Education

March 17, 2011 – Press release Downers Grove, IL -Industry-leading dental website and Internet marketing expert, Officite, has been selected by the American Dental Association (ADA) as the first corporate provider to offer web-based ADA patient education brochures and Toothflix videos. Through the new collaboration, dentists can educate patients with trustworthy and respected, ADA-branded online … Read more

Root canal anatomy – in the blogosphere

Labours of love are things of wonder and magic, especially if they are directed towards raising the bar and enabling those who visit to see further because they stand on the shoulders of giants.  Interesting factoid; that quote is attributed to Sir Isaac Newton and always used as a po Image via Wikipedia sitive example … Read more

Newton Fahl

I’ve seen this gentleman on very rare occasions; however, found a treasure trove of work product on YOU TUBE……….very much worth your time and trouble to review

FDA chews on debate over dental amalgams

Written by Jeffrey Wolf IRVING, Texas – The FDA is listening to people worried about toxic teeth. Dentists say some fillings could be harmful to your health and fillings are big business. Seventy eight percent of Americans have at least one cavity by the time they are 17. Most people like the newer, white composite … Read more

GSK announces new NovaMin-containing dental formulation for sensitive teeth

From News Medical This year, for the first time, millions of Americans will be protecting their sensitive teeth with NovaMin in everyday dental products. Co-inventor Gary Hack, DDS, couldn’t be happier. “To know that our invention will now have a positive impact globally on dental pain and help those individuals suffering from sensitive teeth is … Read more

YES, YES, THERE IS A GOD!!!!!!!!!

Students favor digital tools for learning radiographic anatomyBy Kathy Kincade, Editor in Chief DrBuspid.com March 16, 2011 — An interactive learning tool developed by researchers at the University of Queensland to enhance the learning of oral radiographic anatomy and interpretation received a warm welcome from dental students at the school who got to test-drive it … Read more

A day made of glass

Watch “A Day Made of Glass” and take a look at Corning‘s vision for the future with specialty glass at the heart of it……coming to a dental office near you in the next decade…… Related articles The future is touchscreen glass – everywhere, all around us and it’ll be awesome (dvice.com) Corning’s glass video shatters … Read more