Science Daily – June 2011 The analysis of breathing sounds while awake may be a fast, simple and accurate screening tool for obstructive sleep apnea, suggests a research abstract being presented in Minneapolis, Minn., at SLEEP 2011,the 25th Anniversary Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies LLC (APSS). Read more Related articles Differences between obstructive … Read more
From the L.A. Time – by Amanda Mascarelli, Health Key – July 1, 2011 Dental lasers are either an indispensable tool in a dentist‘s toolkit or an emerging-but-unproven technology. It depends on whom you ask. They came into use in general dentistry about 15-20 years ago but even now are used only by about 6% … Read more
Lost Wages, Nevada, October 19th – 22nd, 2011 Obtain practical continuing education you can use immediately in your implant practice at AAID’s Annual Meeting, October 19 – 22, 2011 in exciting Las Vegas. http://www.aaid.com/index.html Related articles Gene combination identified as risk factor in success of dental implants (blogohj.oralhealthjournal.com) CE Diary Connects Dental Professionals with CE … Read more
This blog entry is about medical issues, but it can readily be extrapolated to our client base and dental insurers. I am no actuary, but I’ll make book that dental benefits in this economy with contract renewals for unions and non-union shops et al are a major issue. So read on you two followers, stalwarts … Read more
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Consider the implications of a Facebook page for your practice and the anticipated announcement of a Facebook APP for iPAD‘s. The marketing potential is unprecedented. Watch a commercial on TV, read the statistics in the accompanying article, read a magazine, check out the ads; www.facebook.com/(fill in the name of your company) is now standard. Keeping … Read more
From Dental Tribune – Julia Wehkamp – June 27, 2011 For the fourth year in a row, dentists can enjoy the DTSC Symposia at the GNYDM, which will include four days of focused lectures in various areas of dentistry. Each day, from November 27-30, will feature a variety of presentations on topics, which will be … Read more
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Gendex can now be found on social media sites Facebook and Twitter…..some of the dental corporate world is waking up……….(with thanks to Dr. Bicuspid) As well, Gendex announced a new blog site, www.gendexdental.com. The Gendex social media pages are intended to directly engage the dental community with the latest news in the industry, improvements in x-ray technology, … Read more
From Dentistry IQ – June 29, 2011 CHICAGO, Illinois–The American Dental Association is helping to make it easier and faster for dentists to find dental billing codes by introducing the new CDT Code Check app for the iOS (iPhone, iPad) and Android-powered mobile devices (phones and tablets). The CDT Code Check, which contains every code … Read more
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From Dentistry IQ June 29, 2011 Journal of Oral Implantology — The health of the surrounding tissue affects the success of a dental implant. Identifying and reducing risk factors is therefore a key step in the implant process. Now a combination of genes has been identified as a possible indicator of greater tissue destruction, leading to negative … Read more
From the JADA – Continuing Education Image by e³°°° via Flickr Red hair color is caused by variants of the melanocortin-1 receptor (MC1R) gene. People with naturally red hair are resistant to subcutaneous local anesthetics and, therefore,may experience increased anxiety regarding dental care. The authors tested the hypothesis that having natural red hair color,a MC1R gene variant … Read more
By Andrew Coutts – June 29, 2011 I for one, am fascinated by this. Today, the beta of www.mydentalbuddies.com was ready – this is to be the new blog and other features associated with the MOUTHING OFF blog and Pope Benedict XVI posted about the Vatican‘s new website on Twitter using an iPAD – I … Read more
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One has to wonder whether a colossus is the answer to the future of dentistry. Does a monolithic entity that detaches itself at the corporate level, further and further from it’s client base, r Image via CrunchBase eally bring needed change to an industry and in turn does it deliver the needed products to their … Read more
Critical thinking, comprehensive reasoning…….online education, elearning, social media, endless study club connects…………these are sound bytes…… Just click on each of the Read me Seymour’s below and realize that you can get in the way of progress, you can try to impede it, you can decry it, you can revile it’s goals, you can pretty much … Read more
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How did someone manage to embezzle $200K in this economy from her office with no one the wiser? That question being posed, I’m calling my accountant this morning to do a forensic audit of my practice…shhhhhhhhh From Dr. Bicuspid – June 28, 2011 Read more