You are ALL encouraged to contribute cases to this blog……in excess of 16k dentists in this country – with the Internet, that’s a veritable treasure trove of learning to share and care. Begin forwarded message: From: Roberto Cristescu <cristescu.roberto.04@gmail.com>Date: August 30, 2011 6:40:49 AMTo: ROOTS <roots@ls.rxdentistry.com>Subject: [roots] Fwd: Tooth 17 sent for finishing the treatment … Read more
I seem to be unable to stimulate clinical case reports from our editorial board or from the dentists, all three of you, that read this blog, thus, you’re stuck with endo and my beloved ROOTERS – it’s as they are posted – YOU ARE THERE!! Begin forwarded message: From: Roberto Cristescu <cristescu.roberto.04@gmail.com>Date: August 30, 2011 … Read more
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Time to reframe this blog. The icanaden forum recently discussed this very issue – hopefully, someone who reads this, the two or three of your who do, may know someone on icanaden. If we use the rule of six degrees of separation, then perhaps Dr. Limeback will either share a blog posting or a comment. … Read more
Most of us may be practicing longer than we thought thanks to the economy, or not, but the look and feel of our offices are very much the focus of customer service. As always, in that this week is dedicated to the world that Steve Jobs built, I offer you six APP’s which can turn … Read more
Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can No need for greed or hunger A brotherhood of man Imagine all the people Sharing all the world Tel Aviv University‘s Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine isolated oral mucosa cells and manipulated them into stem cells. These cells do not seem to age along with the rest of our bodies,researchers say. Read … Read more
Settle down, it’s just the name of a book about dentistry. CelebrityPress, NY dentist sign publishing deal to release ‘More Than A Mouthful’ book John F. Lhota, DMD of Central Park West Dentistry has joined with a select group of leading dental professionals from across the nation to co-write the forthcoming book titled, More Than A … Read more
Bit of a fluff piece but inspiring nonetheless. “Well, I guess it’s all up to me,” Cohen said. Standing next to him, on the second-floor landing above his dental office, was a 3-foot statue of a smiling Sneetch. Read article
From Dental Tribune – don’t mind the background colour – Word Press is coming…..soon, I hope…….really I do. LEEDS, UK: The thought of the dentist’s drill puts many people off visiting their dentist,even if they only need a check-up and not treatment. Researchers at the University of Leeds have announced that they have discovered a … Read more
From Marty Jablow: Seattle, WA, August 25, 2011 – Sesame Communications, a dental industry pioneer in online patient connection systems, today announced that it has been named to the fifth annual lnc. 500|5000,an exclusive ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. In its debut year on the list,Sesame is ranked an impressive #2024 for its 125% … Read more
I’m in mourning at the resignation of Steve Jobs – it is the end of those who can effect change through passion. “When commentators list the most influential people of all time, Steve Jobs is usually right on top. And often Microsoft CEO Bill Gates isn’t even on the list.” Please watch this early YOUTUBE … Read more
Much of dentistry today is based on the mind projection fallacy. In order to explain consider the following – “If a tree falls in the forest, and no one hears it, does it make a sound?” I remember seeing an actual argument get started on this subject – a fully naive argument that went nowhere near … Read more
Don’t postpone that move to Facebook and Twitter. By not incorporating them into the fabric of your practice, you are losing a huge potential marketing and educational advantage for current and future patients. It’s a culture and it’s pervasive; you should strongly consider becoming part of it. The percentage of adult Internet users using sites … Read more
The first posting is an FYI from a medical source I use to keep updated on pharmacology for my patient’s medical history….soon to need to be encrypted in Ontariariarioh. Rivaroxaban (Xarelto®) & Ticagrelor (Brilinta®): More Blood Thinners Added to the Growing Family Over the past year, we had prasugrel (Effient®) and dabigatran (Pradaxa®) – now we … Read more
It’s all about the vision thing – thousand points of light – eeeech, ooooooooh, did I actually just revisit something out of a Bush’s mouth………mea culpa, senior moment, bear with me, I need silence to deal with my contrition. Okay, that’s over. Just read the article, don’t READ it, just read it and then change … Read more
Personally, bigger is never better. Customer service and the value of the enduser goes out the window in lieu of margins and bottom lines. Perhaps Bret W. Wise may see this as an opportunity to turn the corporate culture of Dentsply around, but I’m not going to hold my breath. We’ve become a market driven … Read more
Since 1998, I have been a member of a forum called ROOTS. It has provided me with daily collegial education ever since. Like any discussion forum, there is the usual coterie of egos, flaming and silliness. But, like anything where the sum is greater than the parts, it soldiers on and daily, we learn, we … Read more
By A Weber – For Dental Heroes – If you’d like to be my dental hero and guest post, drop us a line….. You know exactly how to fashion a retainer to hold teeth in place, but retaining your customers is a whole different story. They come, they go, they switch practices, and what can … Read more
As dentists, we tend to be linear and procedural. While we do micromanage, the visionary component of our practice is far too often left to management gurus who simply by nature have to sell a generic message. Fortunately, our generation has had a visionary who sees trends long before they happen and whose single mindedness … Read more
Recent posting in Dr. Bicuspid referenced an article in August Journal of Endodontics wherein a preponderance of respondees in a survey replied that they would not refer to an endodontist to place implants……….In lieu of a comments reply, thought I’d go one better. Dear Ms. Kincade There were two articles of interest in the JOE … Read more