I’ve been working on the blogosphere, all the live long day

The concept of social media and it’s increasing impact on dental practice and the expansion thereof continues unabated.  The latest and greatest impact is the use of iPADS in lieu of the traditional “manual” for CE courses. Why bother with a manual that is thumbnails of the slides being viewed when you can download the … Read more

Dental School Blogs

Curious as to what dental schools were doing re; blogging and making alumni aware – lo and behold………http://uoftdentistrylibrary.blogspot.com/ which included a great piece on – drum roll please…………In 1911, 100 years ago, Oral Health was founded (Johnson 353). As one of the earliest dental journals, it was born during a time when oral health was not … Read more

Zerodonto

Dentistry in blog Zerodonto: Implantology, Invisible Orthodontics, Endodontics, Prosthodontic This blog aims at communicating and sharing ideas and knowledge in dentistry. The dentists who created it not only present their own clinical cases and researches but they also show and other’s authors article . The dentistry topics are mainly on implantology, invisible orthodontic, endodontics, prosthodontic, … Read more

Topix – Dental Forum – when anonymity and psychosis meld

Topix community is a website for towns and cities across N. America – the postings below came from the dental forum…..isn’t it time for an op-ed dental section on www.canoe.ca DENTISTS CRIMINALs! MUST BE EXPOSED! posted January 6th, 2011 DO click on the link above, scads of GTA dentists and beyond advertise on this site….. … Read more

Mad Dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun…..

Excellent new website from our friends o’er the pond.  The home page demonstrates the manner in which I hope in time to see this blog evolve………..case reports……it’s the future. Sample: from www.dentinaltubules.com http://dentinaltubules.com/MarkAmbridge2 Creating the Optimal Aesthetic Result Part 2 Restoring a single central incisor on a deep Ankylos fixture. 28/12/2010 Mark Ambridge continues his … Read more

Of Genesis, Morphogenesis and Blogogenesis

The Internet is barely fifteen years old and there remains a large contingent of folks who consider it a passing fad, let’s say 15% of the population – dentists make up 14.99% of that grouping….humour, arrh, arrh.  Where this blog goes, leads, follows is all about how to make it productive and serviceable to the … Read more

What it was, what it is, what is shall be

The vision of this blog remains ill defined, not unlike an experiment in the social sciences whereby, the objective is unclear because the technology hasn’t permeated the majority of the viewers and the application of the technology remains blurry.  Still confused, good, that usually means you’ll either re-read the posting or read further with increased … Read more

Share and care

It is NOT my intention to use this blog to proselytize. It IS my intention to use this blog to heighten awareness of how increasingly broad the dental educational landscape is becoming because there are no borders, no geographical or political impediments to confront. The answer to associations, societies and institutions who do n Image … Read more

Take a walk on the blog side

The first news blog was Michael Kinsey’s SLATE – BLOGS now abound from the Huffington Post to Al Jazeera, from the Tea Party to the Party Hearty…..pick a topic, pick a need, there is a blog and they are exponentiating……….DENTISTRY needs to find a way to Image via CrunchBase social network it’s client base to … Read more