“Luke, I am your father” has suddenly taken a strange twist. And the rumoured purchase of AMD lasers by Dentsply in concert with the acquisition of Astra Tech should be making more and more sense. The new LightWalker hard- and soft-tissue dental laser system from Fotona was introduced at IDS 2011. The system offers a … Read more
The world of online “forever” just got even better. YouTube wants to help you make your own practice animations for patient education purposes. Granted it will take time, but with MacOS Lion about to launch and iMovie used by most 6 year olds to document their summer at camp, the time has come to learn … Read more
Steps to creativity……..what really really disturbs me is of the four of you who read this, three have no idea who Tallulah Bankhead is………..sob……… Nobody can be exactly like me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.–Tallulah Bankhead “To approach a workplace problem creatively, we need to be fluent, flexible thinkers,” says author Michael Michalko … Read more
Take a gander at this ‘un….. Adaptability of mastication in people with implant-supported bridges Grigoriadis A, Johansson RS, Trulsson M. Adaptability of mastication in people with implant-supported bridges. J Clin Periodontol 2011; 38: 395-404. Abstract Objectives: We aimed to determine whether people with implant-supported bridges in both jaws, thus lacking periodontal receptors, adjust jaw muscle activity to … Read more
CRITICAL THINKING AND COMPREHENSIVE REASONING. Amazing young lad, Dr. Jeff Glaizel popped by the blog today and did what social networkers Image via Wikipedia should be doing, “he learned me something new!” Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinical_decision_support_system And lettuce chat on the comments section – pay attention now
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At first I had a hard time with this news byte. Palm Beach, home of The Donald, Melania and “Baron”…good thing The Donald will own the school Baron goes to or the schoolyard harassment would be endless. Granted it is from West Palm Beach, however, the gap between rich and poor, the decimation of the … Read more
The term to “GOOGLE” has become as much a part of the vernacular as “it is what it is” my personal least favorite commentary on life…….whereas GOOGLE opens a world of wonder and magic. For those who recognize that the future is inherently visual – GOOGLE allows you to search by IMAGE…..go figure eh hoser? … Read more
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Webinar on Tuesday from the Association of Dental Implant Auxiliaries HAVE A TEAM MEETING!!! https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/684212443 Image by fe_cavallo via Flickr Related articles Introducing CheckDent, the Social Network for Dental Health (blogohj.oralhealthjournal.com) Gene combination identified as risk factor in success of dental implants (blogohj.oralhealthjournal.com) Healing times for dental implants could be cut (blogohj.oralhealthjournal.com) New Fiber-Reinforced Composite … Read more
It continues to grow and grow and grow…….curiouser and curiouser and curiouser. It’s hard to tell the impact of all these social networking sites as they are still so seminal, however, everything is grist for the mill. Click on the link below……GroupOn has spawned an unbelievable number of similar style sites and “someone” is using … Read more
From Science Daily – July1, 2011 In the cover article of this month’s Journal of the American Dental Association, a group of nine dentists, pharmacists, and addiction experts provides new research and recommendations to help dentists combat, rather than contribute to, abuse of addictive painkillers. Read more Related articles Research examines dentists’ role in painkiller abuse (medicalxpress.com) … Read more
There’s something almost ribald and Bacchanalian about watching the tech companies go after each other for the next killer APP and market share. With a soupcon of painting outside the lines, your dental practice will benefit…….no sooner does Google release Google + and Hangout, than Facebook – well read the article Related articles I’m Not … Read more
I maintain a series of alerts for health science related charities. One that popped up this morning has been developed by Kate Bosworth and Cher Coulter. They sell jewellery “by design”, think “smile by design” and work from there. The charity is: International Medical Corps is a global organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering … Read more
The dental team has a new weapon in treatment planning – HANGOUT!! With this group video chat feature, Google+ has, for the first time, made social networking actually feel like a social activity. The concept is simple: It’s a chat room where, rather than typing, you chat via webcam. (Though you can turn off the … Read more
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July 1, 2011 – By Tanya Talaga – Queen’s Park Bureau – Toronto Star At 28, young mom Chrissy Johnson refused to open her mouth because if she did, people would see her rotten teeth and abscessed gums. Image via Wikipedia Johnson quit her factory job due to pain in her jaws. Embarrassed, she refused … Read more
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I can think of a few dental companies that should be paying attention to commentary from the minions…… RIM responds to highly critical, anonymous letter Just click and read ……… imagine all the people, speaking their minds in peace……you may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one………….. If you share the YOU … Read more
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