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Mouthwashing moms less likely to have a preemie

By Kerry Grens – July 28, 2011 (Reuters Health) – Expectant mothers who have gum disease are less likely to deliver their babies prematurely if they use mouthwash throughout their pregnancy, a new study suggests. Pregnant women with gum disease, also called periodontal disease, are known to have more preemies than women with healthy gums. … Read more

Ignore the obvious at your own peril Pauline!!!!

You COPY GENIUS and see further by standing on the shoulders of giants. iPHONE, iPAD is not a geek’s obsession; it is the mobile platform of the world at the moment and it is the mobile platform of any business that recognizes social media will keep them ALIVE!!!!! I’ve never met Phil Klein, but like … Read more

10 questions to ask about why you should share and care

The secret of success is constancy to purpose – Benjamin Disraeli.  I’d include the pop culture reference Disraeli Gears by Cream, but if you’re over 50, you’re probably not reading this. For Cover of Disraeli Gears years, I’ve lived on the Internet, trying to see how best to learn 24/7/365 about my specialty – DENTISTRY.  … Read more

Consult Pro – moving on up into the CLOUD

Consult Pro keeps iterating. The one feature that in my opinion makes all of these educational companies important and relevant is the ability to send the material to the patient for review at home by email….CONNECTIVITY MES ENFANTS – it’s the key to everything. Related articles Set up your Own Cloud (mustufarahi.wordpress.com) A Super Thin … Read more

ACE Dental Education

From YOU TUBE – via Facebook ACE Dental Education. A series of informational website’s designed to help dental patients better understand the treatments and procedures available to them to improve oral health. For more info or to find an ACE Associate near you visit www.acedentalresource.com or www.facebook.com/Dentistry.Education Fan of ACE Image via CrunchBase Image via … Read more

Chronic Facial Pain – What Dentists Who Treats Chronic Pain Patients Should Know About Central Pain

by mohamed@healthimaginghub.com from Dental Health Hub Imagin A New York Times article published July 18, 2011 discusses chronic pain and the importance of understanding its origin as a problem that is not always related to disease or injury.  And, according to Melanie Thernstrom cited in the Times article, who is a patient and chronic pain sufferer from Vancouver, Washington, Image via CrunchBase when … Read more

Should dentists screen for diabetes?

By Rosemary Frei – DrBicuspid.com contributing writer July 28, 2011 — A new study suggests that dentists can accurately screen patients for diabetes and prediabetes using results from two measures they already routinely assess in the clinic (Journal of Dental Research,July 2011,Vol. 90:7, pp. 855-860). Even so, whether most dental offices will add this to daily … Read more

There are times you simply can’t afford to be wrong…..

Oral Pathology – we’re a lot more than drill, fill and billFrom Flap’s Dentistry Blog – July 27, 2011 Dentists Have a High Oral Lesion Misdiagnosis Rate? Oral squamaous cell carcinoma Apparently so, according to a new study. General dentists correctly diagnosed only 54.1% of all oral lesions from which they submitted biopsy specimens to … Read more

A is for Apple

I am obsessed with Apple as a company, as a culture, as the most innovative business to model in the past century and of course, I dress like Steve Jobs, granted several sizes larger. From Dental IQ – Jul 21, 2011 – for all those who thought I was meshugenah when I went on and … Read more

Nothing goes better with scrubs than a pair of Kate Spade stilettos

From Dentistry IQ – July 22, 2011 FAIR LAWN,New Jersey–MIS Implants Technologies’ new oral health products brand, PeriZone, has launched a Facebook page that will be introduced and promoted July 28-30, 2011, during RDH Under One Roof. Specifically, the company will be giving away a new pair of Kate Spade New York Kamille satin designer … Read more

And just in case you think I’ve gone completely mental…

The calibre of public education in N. Ameria, not unlike our infrastructure is in decline. Private schools cost as much as the down payment on a downtown 500 sq. ft. condo apartment in Toronto. Visit – Connections Academy – it may be cheaper and better to learn online than walking through metal detectors at the … Read more

Whistle down the “Goin’ Mobile” Wind REDUX

It is estimated that smartphones will be 28 percent of all phones sold this year (2011) – that’s 420 MILLION – with an M – what does this mean to your practice and your ability to market your services….as repeatedly pointed out…………..EVERYTHING Read article Then take a read from this blog posting on Modern Dental … Read more

Noah! Build me an ark…..the flood has begun

Secure networks for health care data communication and discourse……up the ramp, two by two now…. Image via Wikipedia US Healthcare is in crisis. Costs are rising rapidly, quality is poor or inconsistent and access or choice is inadequate. These problems, combined with the emergence of a fundamentally new environment driven by the dictates of globalization, … Read more

Leaky, smelly implants takes on a whole new meaning…..

From Dr. Bicuspid Team July 26, 2011 — In response to concerns over the degradation of titanium implants, researchers from the University of Oviedo in Spain have developed a highly sensitive method to determine the levels of titanium in human blood (Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, July 22, 2011). Read article Related articles Heavy metal: Titanium implant … Read more