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Millennium Dental Technologies Signs Renewal Agreement With Seattle Study Club to Continue Strong Collaboration

From Marketwire – CERRITOS, CA, Mar 29, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Millennium Dental Technologies and the Institute for Advanced Laser Dentistry (IALD) announce the renewal of their partnership with the Seattle Study Club (SSC) after an extremely productive three years. Millennium Dental Technologies, the developer of the FDA-cleared LANAP(R) protocol for the treatment of … Read more

The Use of Office-Based Sedation and General Anesthesia by Board Certified Pediatric Dentists Practicing in the United States

The purpose of this study is to explore the use of office-based sedation by board-certified pediatric dentists practicing in the United States. Pediatric dentists have traditionally relied upon self-administered sedation techniques to provide office-based sedation. The use of dentist anesthesiologists to provide office-based sedation is an emerging trend. This study examines and compares these two … Read more

Bone sets the tone

A very large majority of the unsolicited email that crosses my pewter is email blasts for CE. There was one today from the Halton Peel Dental Association, my regional society, the largest in Canada I’m told. On June 1st, 2012, Dr. Paul Weigl will be presenting an all day program on Brilliant Aesthetics. I’ve seen … Read more

That sound you hear is the ice breaking!

Periopatch – Improve Gingival Healing – twas only a matter of time for most major dentinal companies to see the value of mobile marketing – the new iPAD with retinal display turns the YOU TUBE (below) on PerioPatch from MISimplants Canada into a thing of beauty and a joy forever. PERIOPATCH is a unique oral … Read more

Generate New Patients for Your Dental Practice

Found this website off a Facebook link – interesting content  – http://wpicommunications.com/dentists?gclid=CNDG-sTyiq8CFe4DQAodRn0m9w Generating a steady flow of new dental patients is critical to the success of your practice. Dental specialists, especially, often depend on professional referrals by other dentists and physicians. Our newsletter programs provide a highly effective way to reach out to other health care … Read more

SPRIX® – The First and Only Intranasal NSAID

SPRIX® (ketorolac tromethamine) Nasal Spray is the first and only intranasal NSAID, a novel form of ketorolac tromethamine, a proven pain reliever used in hospitals for more than 20 years.1 SPRIX® combines the strength of non-narcotic ketorolac2 with the advantages of a patient-administered nasal spray. POTENT PAIN RELIEF – SPRIX® provides hospital-strength analgesia2 inside and outside the hospital for patients with moderate to moderately severe pain. … Read more

Unique Nano-hybrid Composite Performs Well in In Vivo Dental Studies

(Nanowerk News) Heraeus Kulzer, LLC, the worldwide leader in dental esthetics, announced today that its Venus Diamond nano-hybrid composite was highly rated in an 18-month in vivo clinical study conducted by the Department of Restorative Dentistry of the Dental School at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat (LMU) in Munich, Germany. Venus Diamond achieved consistently high marks in all … Read more

Paradigm Tectonics

There has been a limited response to the survey sent out designed to determine your wishes and hopes (of the non-Dusty Springfield variety); however, the N todate indicates that most folks read the blog when the email blast comes out, and that the areas of interest are new techniques and materials. I want to keep … Read more

Crippled Epistomology

Op-ed piece from an online discussion forum……..worth a read….everything is grist for the mill……….there is method and madness in the concept of a dental knowledge network in Canada. There is no question that anonymity will lead to some incendiary commentary, but have you been reading the newspaper these days?  It’s a part of life, the … Read more

I want the truth – YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH!

Hopefully, I have your attention. In the new world of dentistry, or as I like to call it, THE HUNGER GAMES, with the technologic onslaught/juggernaut, implant driven treatment planning, CAD/CAM software driven everything from surgical placement to final restorations, and a new material appearing every twelve seconds vibe, with the claims and counter-claims, with the … Read more

Clog – Dental Implants, Crown Lengthening and Gum Grafting

Thanks to Dr. Alex Bankhead – Utah Valley Periodontics [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPAVvzAlkXY[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haVqB_Us500[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHV-u482o1Y[/youtube]

Clogging up the site with endo…………

http://www.slideshare.net/kendo160/microscopedentistry-1?from=share_email http://www.slideshare.net/kendo160/ro0112-06-09campo?from=share_email http://www.slideshare.net/kendo160/iej1365-2591201202053x-iej-12152311?from=share_email Slide Share rules!

Clog – Large Apical Lesion – courtesy of Dr. Craig Barrington

From ROOTS – this case is being reposted but since the discussion of decompression came up two times this week, I thought I would post as food for thought…..30 year old woman presented with continued severe pain associated with her upper central. Needs an extreme amount of restorative dentistry along with some intense cosmetic issues … Read more

Clog – Ridge preservation – animation

Many of you generate YOUTUBE vignettes, have PowerPoint or Keynote presentations to share. You are encouraged to do so…..either send them to me through DropBox or I’ll send you the USER ID and Password to the SlideShare being used for the MOUTHING OFF BLOG.  Content begins with a small stone thrown into a pool, the … Read more

We be cloggin’ and slide sharin’

Tryin’ somethin’ new for the peeps – Slide Share – since we can’t get the folks to send six or eight images and a few lines of texts, perhaps, they’ll Slide Share from the Moody Blues song Steppin’ in a Slide Zone…play it last or as it lays. Here’s some fun stuff from me amigo in … Read more

Patient vs. Client

When did  dental professionals stop treating patients and start servicing clients?  The definition of a client is a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency,    architect, etc. A patient is a person who is under medical care or treatment. When I go to the spa, I am … Read more

If they be grindin’, maybe they ain’t sleepin’

Sleep deprivation ratchets up the stress system, leaving you more susceptible to even relatively mild sources of strain. When University of Chicago researchers led by Eve Van Cauter deprived young, healthy people of a few hours of sleep for six nights, they produced in them the hormonal profiles of much older people: higher levels of … Read more

Orthodontic Treatment System: Groundbreaking Advances with SureSmile 6.0

OraMetrix unveiled the newest version of its signature orthodontic planning technology SureSmile 6.0 at its annual users conference that began yesterday in Grapevine, Texas. Dallas, TX, March 03, 2012 –(PR.com)– SureSmile is a digital technology that equips orthodontists with a powerful diagnostic, treatment and monitoring tool to deliver the most precise, customized orthodontic care available. “SureSmile 6.0 enables orthodontists, … Read more

If I see further, it’s because I stand on the shoulders of giants……Isaac Newton

Two blog entries: /clinical/endodontics/how-far-down-the-root-canal-should-the-post-be-placed and /clinical/dental-trauma/in-vitro-evaluation-of-the-effect-of-post-system-and-length-on-the-fracture-resistance-of-endodontically-treated-human-anterior-teeth elicited significant activity…..thus I thought it pertinent to address the simplest way I know how to research the literature. As I get older, I’m less and less inclined to listen to eminence based advice or advocate information that comes with a paycheque. I want to know what the research says, granted even … Read more