PBI rules!

There is talent galore in dentistry and one day, sharing and caring through a NEXUS node like the dreamed of OHJ Multiplatform Educational Nexus Terminal of Online Resources or the OHJ Dental News Network will be front and center or slightly off kilter……either way….double click the image..         [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qttx1qSAYOg[/youtube] Greased Lightbox →←+–↻ … Read more

Methylene Blue, Operating Microscope & Fracture.mov

Grab a large brandy snifter – fill it with COKE ZERO, put out a platter of non-pasteurized Quebec cheese, slice up a baguette, put the dimmer on low, and find something by Michael Bolton……..rim shot….and enjoy…but then write Melissa a note as to how you’d like to see all kinds of clinical material like this … Read more

Did you know Oral Health is on Facebook?

Dental Marketing: Facebook as an Effective Internet Marketing Tool February 7, 2012 By Catherine Hughes 2 Comments Effective dental marketing requires that dentists keep up a regular presence with dental patients in order to ensure success. Having a dental website, blog, newsletter, Google+ page and Facebook page are all important factors in keeping your dental … Read more

Patience, Persistence, Perseverance

How car radios came to be…Radios are so much a part of the driving experience, it seems like cars have always had them. But they didn’t. Here’s the story.  SUNDOWN One evening in 1929 two young men named William Lear and Elmer Wavering drove their girlfriends to a lookout point high above the Mississippi River … Read more

Ah Stevie, sob, yer still with us….bless ya boyo!!! (468.83 and climbing)

Rogers, BCE vying for a bite of Apple’s iTV While the iTV product remains cloaked in secrecy, sources say Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple has approached Rogers and Bell as it actively pursues partnerships with Canadian carriers. “They’re not closed to doing it with one [company] or doing it with two,” said one source who is familiar with … Read more

We do more than just pull teeth by Thunder…..

Material has been provided by Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Foundation and its partners.   Dr. Bruce Pynn’s patients sometimes become puzzled when they hear he is an oral surgeon. “I’ll be stitching up someone in the Emergency Department who has a nasty facial laceration and they’ll be asking, ‘Why’d they call in a dentist?’” Dr. Pynn said. He added that although it … Read more

And the beat goes on…….

CHECK THIS OUT – fascinating concept – http://dentistnewsnetwork.com/ The mission of Dentist News Network is to provide the most unique, relevant and original content, commentary and conversation related to the Dental Profession and its crusade to inspire trust and to help provide optimal health to its viewers through education and quality care. Our content is … Read more

Who knows who owns the data; only the shadow knows….

From Larry Emmott’s newsletter Feb 2012 and other resources………time to start making inquiries…… Who owns the digital records you keep; who owns the data. I bring this up because EHR is “here” in Canada, paperless is no longer just a name and encryption of records is to be mandated in Ontario…..no one from the committee … Read more

After Recess: Change the World

By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF  Published: February 4, 2012 – Sunday Review – NY Times A BATTLE between a class of fourth graders and a major movie studio would seem an unequal fight. So it proved to be: the studio buckled. And therein lies a story of how new Internet tools are allowing very ordinary people to defeat … Read more

May the road rise up to meet you.

May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face; the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of His hand. Old Gaelic or Garlic Blessing When I first started practising as an endodontist, I wanted a logo … Read more

Protecting Yourself from Employee Theft,Fraud,and Embezzlement

As a practice owner, a dentist will face a multitude of business related tasks, issues, and challenges. The rewards far exceed the drawbacks, but there are challenges. One of the challenges may be employee theft. Estimates of the number of dentists who will experience theft at least once during their dental career range from 35–50%. Estimates … Read more

Your Personal YOUTUBE Digest

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpFay9szUi4[/youtube] For those of you who use GOOGLE religilously (that’s intentional), I urge you to sign up for ALERTS – as we all know, the dental world needs more LERTS. Check out Dr. Veisman’s video above and the 13 videos associated with it. Or the 13 videos associated with this presentation – [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suVpuB-K9mk[/youtube] Or the 117 … Read more

Accessibility – Special-needs people need dental care, too

From – Dr. John Reitz – Readingeagle.com I received an email from a nonprofit organization, Abilities in Motion, concerning a newly published dental video series that assists patients with developmental disabilities. The video was produced with the help of the Pennsylvania Developmental Disabilities Council and is a great resource for families and dentists. Developmental disabilities … Read more

cbCT and orthodontics

We’re looking for a few good wire benders who will share cases with Mouthing Off…….can you help us identify them……??? [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxWZwvUN6x4[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duoqsJ81AGQ[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXResQTwJhA[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0H1lEQP0gA[/youtube]

Why aren’t there more dentists in the movies?

I was kibbitzing (is that a proprietary word?), okay, goofing around with a patient the other day and asked if she’d like to be in our new reality show, Survivor Root Canal Therapy, the Mississauga version and for whatever reason, go figure out the mind after sucking in year’s of amalgam dust, wondered, who had … Read more