By Dr. George Freedman founder and past president of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, a co-founder of the Canadian Academy for Esthetic Dentistry and a Diplomate of the American Board of Aesthetic Dentistry. His most recent textbook, “Contemporary Esthetic Dentistry is published by Elsevier. He is the author or co-author of 12 textbooks, more than … Read more
Mussels serve as model for innovative dental implant coating – from Dental Tribune International GIEßEN, Germany: Researchers from the Institute of Organic Chemistry at the Justus Liebig University Gießen have developed a synthetic compound that imitates the adhesive ability of mussels. These new tripodal metal ligands achieve a more permanent and more stable surface coating … Read more
Grab a large brandy snifter – fill it with COKE ZERO, put out a platter of non-pasteurized Quebec cheese, slice up a baguette, put the dimmer on low, and find something by Michael Bolton……..rim shot….and enjoy…but then write Melissa a note as to how you’d like to see all kinds of clinical material like this … Read more
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
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
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
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
APPLE has plans to solve one of the most draining problems to plague smartphones, tablets and laptops: battery life…..from news.com.au According to patent applications submitted to the US Patent and Trademark Office, Apple plans to power its devices with hydrogen fuel cells, the UK Telegraph reports. If corporations (even dental) were truly innovative, it would … Read more
Pill Bottle Caps Use Wireless Communication To Remind Patients When To Take Medication GlowCapsTM is a bottle with built-in wireless communication When you receive your GlowCapTM, you program it with your schedule. It will then remind you when its time to take Multaq by lighting up, playing a melody, or calling your home phone. If … Read more
By Marty Jablow – he rocks!!! As to the featured image, just proves, that anyone can have 15 minutes of fame in the spotlight, even the most egregious, self-serving, solipsistic, pervericating buffoon….I’m just saying _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Orascoptic’s lightest & smallest light system ever! For over 30 years, Orascoptic has been a leader in lighting innovation. Applying … Read more
The most exciting thing about technology is it enables one to be creative in ways unimaginable in the era prior to the Internet. Digital signatures are currently necessary; however, a pain as they require acknowledgment, a lot of software futzing and of course, if you’re not blessed with an IT interest or facility, assistance. What … Read more
by Kathy Jones on December 22, 2011 at 7:28 PM Researchers from the University of Missouri have developed a new Plasma Brush that promises to help dentists clean and disinfect the cavities for fillings without any pain to the patients. The brush has been developed by the researchers in collaboration with Nanova Inc. The researchers … Read more
In the pre-show (yawn) before Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy – as enticing as Downton Abbey – there was a commercial for the Xbox Kinect. The flood of iPAD Cloud based dental APPS has become a tsunami, yet suddenly it became apparent that they were already “yesterday’s news”. Imagine a dental program where using voice and … Read more
From Pullman Washington Look up in the sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane…….oops, wrong intro It looks like bone. It feels like bone. For the most part, it acts like bone.And it came off an inkjet printer. Washington State University researchers have used a 3D printer to create a bone-like material and structure that … Read more
By James Berkow, Postmedia News Research In Motion Ltd. is pushing its BlackBerry smart-phones into a market still dominated by folded pieces of leather. In the first step toward having Black-Berry smartphones take the place of physical wallets and security key cards, RIM announced a pilot project Wednesday that will see hundreds of Telefonica Digital … Read more
Forget websites, forget social media/networking…….BE CLEVER, BE UNIQUE http://www.youtube.com/user/samsungmobileusa Watch this YOU TUBE clip and then ask yourself; if I change the product to say SMILES….line of folks waiting to get into a “dental office” – one incredibly cool guy and gal walking down the street smiling and laughing – outside the line, close up … Read more
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
IT’S become commonplace to criticize the “Occupy” movement for failing to offer an alternative vision. But the thousands of activists in the streets of New York and London aren’t the only ones lacking perspective: economists, to whom we might expect to turn for such vision, have long since given up thinking in terms of economic … Read more
From Dental Tribune GOTHENBURG, Sweden: Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg are currently developing a method to determine exactly how a tooth should be ground down in order to attach a dental crown to it. The method is expected to result in significantly cheaper and faster treatment, with a reduced risk of patients … Read more
From Dr. Bicuspid – KathyKincaide, Editor in Chief November 1, 2011 — “Brightsquid” may not sound like the name of an imaging company, but this young Canadian technology firm is bringing its Web-based image and data sharing service to dentistry to facilitate online communication among dentists, dental labs, and patients by centralizing information relevant to … Read more