Hmmmmmmm – From Dentistry IQ Jul 10, 2011 “The McGill Advisory” is forecasting continued improvement for dental practices in 2011, as the economy continues to slowly recover. The stock market rally has continued, erasing all of the 2008-2009 decline. Meanwhile, interest rates have remained very low by historical standards. Job creation is rising and layoffs … Read more
Was there a market crash in 2008? I kid you, but, the boomers got put on hold, and the times they are achangin’…..so read on McDuff. Jul 8, 2011 By Adam R. Decker, CPA Partner, Veros Dental The trend for the last three years has been for dentists to hold off on selling their practices … Read more
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How do you discern truth, fact? What is real any longer in a world and a profession that seems geared to bells and whistles? If you read the websites and the association newsletters, everywhere in the dental world, it is a landscape of milk and honey, manna from heaven is on every slow food dental … Read more
This could have gone off the rails SOOOO FAST, but I resisted the temptation – I must be growing up….dentists face this scenario incessantly…. THE CANADIAN PRESSJuly 5, 2011 A new study finds that patients with low back pain who got a one-hour massage once a week for 10 weeks fared better than those receiving the … Read more
Once upon a time – it was possible to feel like you were trying to keep your home clean and getting away from all of the pollution on earth just by staying inside your house and keeping the doors and windows closed? When you’re in your own residence, you get to control the quality of the … Read more
Griffith University is in Australia – you know the place that no matter where you roam, you still call home……. Griffith University’s School of Dentistry and Oral Health is the first in the southern hemisphere to trial the Moog Simodont Trainer, a highly-realistic dental training simulator. A sample group of 40 students at the Centre for Medicine … Read more
Despite improvements in resin-based composite technology, US dentists are placing more amalgam restorations than composites, and amalgam is still emphasized by US dental schools, according to the results of 2 studies published in the June issue of the Journal of the American Dental Association. Read article Related articles Mercury and Old Cavities (everydayhealth.com) Atlanta Dentist – … Read more
For some reason, a literal avalanche of practice administration and management courses came across my desk this week. I used to attend. There was the occasional pearl of wisdom, a kernel of insight gleaned, but in all candour, I learned more from a good server at a quality restaurant than I did from many save … Read more
First it was certification for small FOV cbCT and now I hear it’s email encryption from the RCDSO…………………………………..that’s the sound of a tree falling in the forest when there is no one around to hear it….did it make a sound or not………ah CONNECTIVITY – we hardly knew yee, cuz while CONTENT MAY BE KING, CONNECTIVITY … Read more
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Artefacts are common in today’s cone beam CT (CBCT). They are induced by discrepancies between the mathematical modelling and the actual physical imaging process. Since artefacts may interfere with the diagnostic process performed on CBCT data sets, every user should be aware of their presence. This article aims to discuss the most prominent artefacts identified in the scientific … Read more
And Image via Wikipedia just when you thought no country could go lower than to claim Kim Kardashian as a citizen….. Read article Related articles Leaders in Dentistry: A conversation with Dr. David T.W. Wong (blogohj.oralhealthjournal.com) Reality Dentistry – Big Screen Star Cured of Dental Fear by Dentist (blogohj.oralhealthjournal.com) Keeping up with the changing face … Read more
From our friends at o’er the pond at dentistry.co.uk Some dental patients are having unnecessary, expensive and aggressive restorative treatment for minor cosmetic problems because porcelain crowns and veneers are being overused. That’s according to Martin Kelleher, consultant in restorative dentistry. His article, Porcelain Pornography – published in July’s edition of theFaculty Dental Journal (FDJ) – highlights concerns … Read more
SP Image by dreamglowpumpkincat210 via Flickr ECTACULAR ARTICLE for your client base……… From Oral Answers – by Tom – and it’s printer friendly – ah CONNECTIVITY!!! Read me Seymour Related articles Innovative dental camera to launch in 2012 (blogohj.oralhealthjournal.com) Oragenics – Innovative Biopharmaceuticals from Oral Science (blogohj.oralhealthjournal.com)
Continued kudos to Dr. Bicuspid and Donna Domino July 7, 2011 — DrBicuspid.com is pleased to present the latest installment of Leaders in Dentistry, a series of interviews with researchers, practitioners, and opinion leaders who are influencing the practice of dentistry. We spoke with David T.W. Wong, DMD,DMSc,the associate dean of research and a professor of oral … Read more
Email encryption anon…….the latest consideration at the RCDSO – so says “word on the street”. Something is in the wind at the Royal College in Ontario in regard to online referral forms and medical questionnaires, but it’s “in camera”……hmmmm………..In that vein…….. June 27, 2011The ADA Standards Committee on Dental Informatics has approved for circulation and … Read more
From Dental Tribune – July 4, 2011 TORONTO, Canada: The majority of dentists in Canada find it difficult to make time to visit dental exhibitions, figures in the new annual report by the country’s Dental Industry Association suggest. Over 70% of the dentists surveyed said they spent less than three hours on exhibition floors during … Read more
“Luke, I am your father” has suddenly taken a strange twist. And the rumoured purchase of AMD lasers by Dentsply in concert with the acquisition of Astra Tech should be making more and more sense. The new LightWalker hard- and soft-tissue dental laser system from Fotona was introduced at IDS 2011. The system offers a … Read more