Study Finds Cannabis Better Than Toothpaste When it Comes to Stopping Cavities

Pot users have one more reason to flash those pearly whites. A study published in the January edition of the Cureus Journal of Medical Science, has concluded that specific cannabinoids found in marijuana — namely CBD, CBC, CBN, CBG and CBGA — were better at wiping out colonies of bacteria than Oral B, Colgate and Cannabite … Read more

DDD Roundtable: Purchasing New Equipment

Part 4 of our Data Driven Dentistry roundtable has our panel discussing the equipment they’ve purchased recently and how they decide what technology to invest in. *Between February and March 2018, RKI, a third party independent research house, conducted a 10-minute online survey of active, practicing non-hospital affiliated dentists and dental specialists on behalf of … Read more

Tablets in the Dental Office

In previous posts, I examined the advantages of having computers in the treatment rooms. While there are certainly many reasons for placing computers in a clinical setting, for many offices, space limitations have prevented some doctors from making this decision. Desktop computer systems are bulky and take up a considerable amount of space. The average … Read more

The Three Technologies You May Not Know About…But Should!

The modern dental practice continues to evolve at a very rapid pace. Many systems that were paper and film based for close to a century are being replaced by digital counterparts. There are now computers in almost every office, and large percentage of offices are using digital radiography, intraoral cameras, digital cameras, practice and image … Read more

World Wide Web

Is Your Website Really Working? The world of websites and online marketing can be confusing. Dentists and their staff often feel like their website could be doing more for them, but aren’t quite sure how to determine this or what to do about it. The goal of this article is to provide some clear, easy … Read more

Zimmer Dental offers cortical-cancellous mix

Source Dental IQ Zimmer Dental., a provider of dental oral rehabilitation products and a subsidiary of Zimmer Holdings, has announced the availability of Puros Cortico-Cancellous Particulate Allograft. The product is an anatomic-based mixture of cortical and cancellous bone, designed to provide clinicians with a way to simplify the grafting process. Composed of 70% cortical and 30% cancellous bone, Puros Cortico-Cancellous does … Read more

How many drills does it take to create an osteotomy, burs to prep a veneer, an inlay-onlay, a crown?

How many files does it take to sculpt a root canal space if: (Illogical logic of dangerous dichotomies – PART DEUX) A root canal space is an arborizational, anastomotic, labyrinthine complexity, morphologically comparable to the pathways of a maze. http://endodontiafobusp.wordpress.com/2012/04/04/apical-delta/apical-delta1/ http://endodontiafobusp.wordpress.com/2012/04/04/apical-delta/apical-delta2/ http://endodontiafobusp.wordpress.com/2012/04/04/apical-delta/apical-delta3/ [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keVqnGbo5Pc[/youtube]

Crippled Epistomology

Op-ed piece from an online discussion forum……..worth a read….everything is grist for the mill……….there is method and madness in the concept of a dental knowledge network in Canada. There is no question that anonymity will lead to some incendiary commentary, but have you been reading the newspaper these days?  It’s a part of life, the … Read more

Canada Still Leads the World in Online Engagement, Report Suggests

Posted by Knowlton Thomas on Fri, March 2, 2012 – in Tech Vibes  Canada continues to lead the world in online enagement, according to new data from comScore. The 2012 Canada Digital Future in Focus report reveals that web users spend an average of 45 hours online per month.  The study also found that, while Facebook is … Read more

Arrrrh matey, what yee bee needin’ is a PerioPatch!

Fair Lawn, NJ (February 14, 2012) – MIS Implants Technologies, a leading manufacturer of dental implantsand superstructures, recently created an animated video that clearly displaysthe mechanism of action for its oral wound management product, PerioPatch®,the first product from its newly-established  brand within the oral health division, PeriZone™. The PeriZonePerioPatch was created to provide relief from the signs … Read more

Apple iPad: Happy 2nd Birthday

Apple changed the way we think about computing and digital devices–again–when it introduced the iPad tablet in early 2010. Take a look back and a peek ahead.  Take a walk through it’s two year history – read article. From the iPHONE, to the ultralight MacBook Air, to the iPAD and cloud computing, Apple has changed dentistry……You … Read more

The Virtual Anatomy, Ready for Dissection

By NATASHA SINGER Published: January 7, 2012 PEOPLE wear 3-D glasses for new movies like “The Adventures of Tintin.” But for medical school? Students at the New York University School of Medicine worked in an anatomy class, using iPads — in protective plastic — containing the course curriculum. The answer is yes at the New York University School of … Read more

I wouldn’t touch that with a ten foot poll is actually an intriguing concept…

The following is from Dr. Bicuspid – they did a poll on the following topics to provide a “Golden Globes, Emmy, Tony, Oscar” style overview of the profession and the industry. It’s clever marketing and indicative of those who both set the trends and deliver the information on them.  The concept is intriguing as it … Read more

Formulated with Edible Clay, New Advanced Gum Healing Mineral Toothpaste Introduced

From Cosmetic Dentistry News It goes without saying that some enterprising marketer will put this material in Play-Doh and plastercine (do they still manufacture plactercine?)… Zion Health, a San Francisco-based company specializing in natural clay minerals cosmetic and hygienic products has announced ClayBrite toothpaste will now be available for purchase at Noah’s Natural Health Food … Read more

From the trenches

Intriguing blog and recent posting of  links – from lad I’ve never met on LinkedIn – good info – ah the power of social networking – and it’s NOT encrypted!! LinkedIn Mark Friashas sent you a message. Date:12/19/2011Subject: EtchMaster Product Review 1. Etchmaster Product Review. As a hygienist I use this product (with the aluminum oxide … Read more