From Dental Tribune – July 20, 2011 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., USA: Users of the microblogging service Twitter are tweeting extensively about their dental problems, a nationwide survey in the US has shown. It also revealed that most of those complaining were seeing a dentist rather than seeking advice from other users or taking medication. The … Read more
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This has nothing whatsoever to do with dentistry, and yet, so many of the things we do in dentistry are iterations of techniques that have been in force for decades or centuries. The point of this read is that far too often we look beyond the now to create something futuristic. Perhaps we should think … Read more
That’s BILLION with a “B”…….Rupert Murdoch speak……..I hacked his financials, I know it’s a “B”. VANCOUVER, July 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ – According to a new report by iData Research (www.idataresearch.net), the leading global authority in medical device and dental market research, the U.S. dental prosthetics market, including crowns/bridges, inlays/onlays, veneers and dentures recovered from the economic recession … Read more
From News Medical – July 19, 2011 The microblogging service Twitter is a new means for the public to communicate health concerns and could afford health care professionals new ways to communicate with patients. With the growing ubiquity of user-generated online content via social networking Web sites such as Twitter, it is clear we are … Read more
By Yvonne Bachmann – Dental Tribune International The term “hypnodontics” describes the application of hypnosis in dentistry. It was introduced some decades ago in the US. As the term appears to cause confusion, experts also use the term “dental hypnosis“. Dental Tribune ONLINE spoke to Dr John Butler, one of the founders of the Institute … Read more
In anticipation of the introduction of MyDentalChronicles to www.oralhealthjournal.com, I thought it might be purposeful to demonstrate what I’m asking others to do. Apical lesion evident 1.5 Dots and associated lines (from top to bottom) 1. true cyst 2. foreign body reaction 3. extra-radicular infection 4. intra-radicular infection Armamentarium for removal of carrier based obturator … Read more
From Cleveland.com (not the online spin-off from Family Guy)… Biomedical engineering is fastest growing field; dental jobs offer many new spots for 2-year degrees 72 percent: Projected growth in jobs for biomedical engineers from 2008 to 2018, the fastest growing occupation. Education: bachelor’s degree. New jobs: 11,600. Median pay in 2008: $77,400. 53 percent: Projected growth in jobs … Read more
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There was a blog posting on Damon braces a while back with no comments, however, this is an area in orthodontics that is worth revisiting – Damon Braces – it’s a divisive issue in the ortho specialty (yes it is a specialty – Invisalign can only be used in 99% of cases) that even a lowly … Read more
From Rosemont Media A recent study from comScore, Inc. provides a breakdown for the composition of smartphone owners by age in the U. S. As the demand for mobility continues to expand, mobile website design and mobile dental marketing is quickly becoming an essential ingredient in a successful online presence for your cosmetic dentistry practice. … Read more
The vision behind MyDentalChronicles, currently on MyDentalBuddies while we await – drum roll please – the update of the OH server and the move to Word Press blogging software, is in evidence on http://www.nobelbiocare.com/en/resource-library/cases/case-reports.aspx. Nobel remains without doubt the most visionary and market aware of the implant companies world-wide. It is my hope, that the same … Read more
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Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water; cue the theme song from JAWS…..Six months ago, the RCDSO issued guidelines on electronic communications….do you have it memorized? Issues about email and being in accordance with PIPEDA and guidelines from regulatory bodies are emerging. It has been long overdue for this issue … Read more
Something to ponder and consider: Practice: By developing an online presence for office through Facebook, Twittr, or a blog, you demonstrate to potential patients that you are human and care about their world. Collegial: The ability to obtain literally immediate information on a product, a piece of equipment, on a treatment plan is simply unachievable … Read more
Dr. Reena Gajjar CEO of MyDentalHub was recently interviewed by Dental Tribune International. Dr. Gajjar, in collaboration with Melissa Summerfield, Catherine Wilson and the Biz Group, will in short order link MyDentalChronicles off www.mydentalbuddies.com to the new server running www.oralhealthjournal.com – I’m finally going to get BUDDY PRESS and we can go VIRAL – huzzah!!! … Read more
Topix is hot, looks good in the reception area for the clients……….just check the grammar in the writeup……..tends to be wonky……….we all want our 15 minutes of being faymoose, but not at the expense of sounding illiterate. Image via Wikipedia Toronto, Ontario (I-Newswire) July 12, 2011 – Toronto, Ontario Dr. Dennis Marangos, an experienced dentist … Read more
With the explosion of digitally related technologies, they may well have to add a 5th year to dental school for IT and social media. I wish that Mac was as pervasive in dentistry as it is becoming in the real world, however, tis not so. Fortunately, I chose to ignore the demon seed of Windows … Read more
There were endless reasons why Melissa and Catherine reached out to Dr. Reena Gajjar of MyDentalHub to develop MyDentalChronicles on www.mydentalbuddies.com which in collaboration with www.oralhealthjournal.com will offer daily clinical case reports in time. The editorial board of Oral Health represents a vast reservoir of talent, knowledge and skill and once they begin posting their … Read more
From Dr. Bicuspid – think it can’t happen to you? That’s your first mistake……we live in very strange times…….reporters hacking the cell phones of private citizens to fill “newspapers”, a repeat of the 30’s for many, too many, desperate times make for desperate people…… Image via Wikipedia July 11,2011 — A worker at an Illinois dental … Read more