Lady Gaga, DDS?

Lady Gaga’s song Teeth includes these lyrics: Open your mouth boy Show me your teeth Show me what ya got Take a bite of my bad girl meat. Sex, power, youth and the quest for perfect teeth     BY CYNTHIA CUSHING, POSTMEDIA NEWS   White teeth seem to be forever in demand, with at … Read more

If it seems to good be true, it usually isn’t!

I urge you to read the link on Implant Training below first and then perhaps the essence of this posting will come to the fore.  If the term implants were changed to endo or ortho or pick the discipline du jour, the same commentary could be written…….the argument can be made that increasingly, market is … Read more

DentalEZ® Group Acquires Trimira’s® Identafi® 3000 ultra

Press Release: DentalEZ’s First Step in the Evolution Toward a More Clinical Product Offering Malvern, PA (March 4, 2011) – DentalEZ® Group, a supplier of innovative products and services for dental health professionals worldwide, and Trimira®, a subsidiary of Remicalm LLC, a developer of biomedical and bio-optics technologies, are proud to announce the recent purchase by DentalEZ Group of Trimira’s … Read more

Study finds oral tongue cancer increasing in young, white females

From Physorg.com A UNC study released this week in the Journal of Clinical Oncology finds an increasing incidence of squamous cell carcinoma of the oral tongue in young white females in the United States over the last three decades. A team of researchers from UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center analyzed data from the National Cancer Institute‘s Surveillance, … Read more

iPad advances digital dentistry

When new patients enter Dr. Jonathan Ferencz’s thriving prosthodontics practice in midtown Manhattan,they’re greeted with a smile — and an iPad. For Dr. Ferencz, the latest technology has always driven quality patient care. As an early iPad adopter, Dr. Ferencz knew the device could launch a new era in digital dentistry. iPad has become central … Read more

Sinusitis of Dental Origin

From: Maarten Meire <maartenmeire@gmail.com>Reply-To: ROOTS <roots@ls.rxdentistry.com>Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 20:34:08 +0100To: ROOTS <roots@ls.rxdentistry.com>Subject: [roots] Sinusitis of dental origin Hello Rooters,   Haven’t posted for a while, for the same reasons as Bojidar explained. Now things start to settle (and I get more sleep :-),,) I hope to find more time to prepare cases.   Here is a … Read more

Retreatment case – looking for other disciplines and/or Dr. Goodbar

The intention of this blog continues to be the blending of graphics, video and hopefully, soon to be forthcoming – ANIMATION…..as suggested, I’m somewhat access limited to other disciplines – however, there are scads of Canadian dentist who deserve to be showcased in this format and others as yet to be defined……..eChronicles immediately come to … Read more

Brand recognition and loyalty – Huzzah!! BIOLASE Announces the Formation of a New Division: BIOLASE Imaging

IRVINE, CA–(Marketwire – February 24, 2011) – BIOLASE Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLTI), the World’s leading dental laser manufacturer and distributor, today announced that it has formed a new division, BIOLASE Imaging, to design and distribute state-of-the-art extra-oral and intra-oral dental imaging devices. The creation of BIOLASE Imaging will enable the Company to offer high-quality diagnostic solutions … Read more

ECIR resorption case

ECIR resorption case…..you can see from the scan where the resorption is limited to…….this is post ortho. I’d repeat the certify me, certify you blues refrain, but last night as I was parking my car, a bullet whizzed by and took out my tail light……….thus I shall refrain from the refrain and recruse myself from … Read more

Needle free anaesthesia – thought Charlie Sheen called that cocaine

St. Renatus, LLC, With Guidance From The U.S. Food And Drug Administration, Has Established Readiness To Proceed To Phase 3 Trials From Medical News Today St. Renatus, LLC, the northern Colorado start-up Company dedicated to bringing to market a needle-free dental anesthetic, announced that the company had a favorable End of Phase 2 review with … Read more

Maxillary Sinus Lift and Implant Placement (Ankylos C/X)

The intent of this new phase of the MOUTHING OFF BLOG is to make it more and more visual and graphic with images, video clips and animations.  A friend from St. Louis, Dr. William Cohen, shared this with an implant forum. Bill completes a maxillary sinus lift and simultaneous dental implant placement (Ankylos C/X) utilizing … Read more

Strategic collaborations – and what is THIS telling you about the dental future?

Heraeus and Sensable Dental Continue Advancing Digital Dental Restorations   Heraeus Licenses its Acclaimed Premium Tooth Library to Sensable for Integration into Intellifitâ„¢ Digital Restoration System Image by Rob Enslin via Flickr SOUTH BEND, Ind., March 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Heraeus Kulzer, provider of esthetic dental solutions, and Sensable Dental, leading provider of Touch-Enabled dental … Read more

And the reason for this is…………….?

From the Street Wire NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Sirona Dental Systems (Nasdaq:SIRO) hit a new 52-week high Monday as it traded at $52.35 compared with its previous 52-Week high of $52.08. Sirona Dental Systems is changing hands at $52.10 with 1,193 shares traded as of 9:31 a.m. ET. Average volume has been 305,700 shares over … Read more

Root Perforation Repair

As an endude, the majority of the material I have access to is related to enduding.  There are TONS of other disciplines on YOU TUBE, but the objective of this little itty bitty piece of the blogosphere is to showcase Canuckian talent………if you are slightly geekified and you have material you would like to share, … Read more

Certify me, certify you blues – IT’S A DIAGNOSTIC IMPERATIVE

From: Michiel de Cleen <mjhc@xs4all.nl>Reply-To: ROOTS <roots@ls.rxdentistry.com>Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 16:22:31 +0100To: ROOTS <roots@ls.rxdentistry.com>Subject: [roots] cbct-resorption A 17-yr old girl was referred for diagnosis and treatment. Only with a CBCT I could fully appreciate the extent of the resorptive defects…….   Michiel Related articles What Can Be Done for Root Resorption? (everydayhealth.com)

Certify me, certify you blues – my aunt Fannie!

All this vituperation about small FOV cbCT may well get me in trouble, but frankly, it’s worth it if enough folks get the message and make a little noise. I’m not suggesting that anyone take over Crescent Street and block traffic, although…… Image via Wikipedia From a ROOTER – Made this screen capture you tube … Read more

Teledentistry – whodda thunk it eh?

FROM TOPIX Check out the video clip I remember receiving a phone call about “bottle mouth syndrome” when my daughter was in medical school at Queens and she was sent up to Sioux Lookout and environs to do a component of her residency……caught this little snippet and realized, when you live in the big smoke, … Read more

Drill – STOP – but you can still fill and bill!!!

FROM PANTOGRAPH.COM BLOOMINGTON, Illinois — A risk during dental implant surgery is drilling too deeply. A Bloomington dentist has received a patent for inventing a device that reduces that risk. Dr. Emil Verban has received a United States patent for his drill stop. The drill stop fits like a sleeve over drill bits to control … Read more