Stop Stealing Dreams

Dedicated to every teacher who cares enough to change the system,  and to every student brave enough to stand up and speak up. http://www.sethgodin.com/sg/docs/StopStealingDreamsSCREEN.pdf  This is endlessly long, but I dedicate this to anyone who looks at the PROCESS regardless of whether it’s governance, profession, industry or education, stops, ponders, takes a moment and then … Read more

The power of social media

I sincerely hope that the reason for sharing this YOU TUBE video with dentists is understood. We are so incredibly fortunate to do what we do.  We are autonomous, even the insanity of the “ya can’t treat your spouse” law that will probably be on the books ten years from now or about the time … Read more

dentalaegis.com

First there was Dental Town – the seminal force in online communities – now there is www.dentalaegis.com – check it out, visit all the links, it’s spectacular……double click images, then links – Implant Community Aegis Communities

Will Apple create the all-iPad classroom?

By Sharon Noguchi snoguchi@mercurynews.com Posted:   03/04/2012 06:10:16 AM PST Updated:   03/04/2012 07:22:21 AM PST Apple hopes its foray into digital textbooks for the iPad will impress educators and corner a huge, lucrative K-12 book market. But the high costs of the plan and the challenges of mobile technology could ensure that hardback books remain a classroom … Read more

A challenge to all Canadian CE providers – yu no hoo yu r!!!

I throw this out there as a CHALLENGE TO ALL CANADIAN DENTAL CE PROVIDERS. This particular event in my opinion should be simulcast. In this era of a bazillion materials mixed and matched in the dentition – NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN OCCLUSION!!!!! Set a black-out area so as not to risk the attendance at … Read more

Horizontal ridge augmentation – tooth #2.1

You can join www.dentalxp.com or you can check here on occasion for YOUTUBE’s best, I can solicit case reports endlessly or I can join many of the wonderful global discussion forums and find you brilliant case examples – we all learn by example……………so here goes in lieu of massive content contribution….. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSsbp_k8dPE[/youtube]

The diplomacy of knowledge

We are a geographically a huge country with a population less than the state of California if you count Arnold Schwarzenegger twice…we could have a Canadian dental intranet – iTrans – it would require very little to make itransdental.com the domain name for all Canadian dentists – granted there would have to be Doug.Smith(1-99)@itransdental.com allowed … Read more

Methylene Blue, Operating Microscope & Fracture.mov

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

Ah Stevie, sob, yer still with us….bless ya boyo!!! (468.83 and climbing)

Rogers, BCE vying for a bite of Apple’s iTV While the iTV product remains cloaked in secrecy, sources say Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple has approached Rogers and Bell as it actively pursues partnerships with Canadian carriers. “They’re not closed to doing it with one [company] or doing it with two,” said one source who is familiar with … Read more

Setting Standards – Yankee Dental Congress

From Robin Goodman – Dental Tribune America BOSTON, Mass., USA: During the recent Yankee Dental Congress, constant rain gave attendees ample reason to get lost among the educational lectures or the aisles of the exhibit floor, but one hardly needs an excuse when such a variety is offered in one place. If sitting in a … Read more

It won’t get any better than this!

I’ve been working on this railroad for almost two years and I’ve shared cases from Dr. Marga Ree of the Netherlands on many occasions. She is without pareil in the world of endodontics and she is going to be a few hour’s plane flight away in March. If you feel the need for a weekend … 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

A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants

I’ll do anything to get this blog’s numbers to skyrocket………sadly, the title is from Chuckles the clown on his passing in the Mary Tyler Moore show, so those of you who are up in arms, “SETTLE DOWN!” Nope, this entry is about http://www.clinicianschoice.com/posecom/pages.php?pageid=46 I want to encourage those who put on CE in Niagara, the Okanagan, … Read more

UBC program emphasizes practice management

By Rosemary Frei, MSc, DrBicuspid.com contributing writer January 19, 2012 — A Canadian university is offering a continuing dental education (CDE) program taught mostly by master of business administration professors that is tailored to dentists’ specific needs as small-business managers. Read full article

Checkdent – if a picture is worth a thousand words, then an animation is worth a thousand pictures.

http://checkdent.com/en/dental-videos – fabulous site to access chairside or with a tablet, videos are free. All on four [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvSuNf1vbMc[/youtube] Endodontics [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEE2_YOKUxI[/youtube] Tooth TV IQ has a substantial library for viewing – http://www.toothiq.com/TV/video.aspx?id=18 Porcelain veneers – [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdQunaRzeGY[/youtube] A smattering of what you can access off of YOUTUBE and others sites………..