In spite of over a decade of avocational goofing around on the Internet, it never ceases to amaze me what you can find as your search for this, that and the other. This link will take you to a Masters Thesis by a young lad at the University of Toronto. While not everyone’s cup o … Read more
Dental office design in this technologic era no longer looks to Roger Miller‘s King of the Road for blueprint layout Image via Wikipedia Trailers for sale or rentRooms to let…fifty cents.No phone, no pool, no petsI ain’t got no cigarettesAh, but..two hours of pushin’ broomBuys an eight by twelve four-bit roomI’m a man of means … Read more
If’n you want them to be exclusively Canadian, you have to let me know – udderwise, I have to find ’em where I can. Dr. Wayne Hickory and the team at Embassy Row Orthodontics team are announcing the launch of a new website designed to enhance their patients‘ online experience. Dr. Hickory adds that he hopes … Read more
by Dr. Steve Wolff – from Dental IQ Hang on because this article is not going to be pleasant. We’re going to talk about things that are uncomfortable and easy to ignore. Nevertheless, it’s important to have this discussion, and it’s even more important to take some action. Most of us would like to believe that we … Read more
And when they win the cup, sob, talk amongst yourselves, I’m farklempt….. FROM DENTAL TRIBUNE – June 3, 2011 VANCOUVER,BC,Canada: Researchers from the University of British Columbia‘s (UBC) Faculties of Medicine, Science and Dentistry are leading a US$4.7 million pan-Canadian clinical trial aimed at improving outcomes for patients undergoing surgery for oral squamous cell cancers. … Read more
By Pamela Lewis Dolan, amednews.com – May 23, 2011 When physicians at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center started adopting smartphones a few years ago, they almost immediately looked for ways to use them in their clinical lives. Doctors liked being able to access their patients’ records and clinical tools anytime,from any place,so they pressured the hospital … Read more
The fact that ANYTHING is happening in Oklahoma warrants this blog entry. From Worldental.org – June 1, 2011 In Hungary, the dental tourism profits reach a stunning 227 million Euros annually,which means that the country has got as much as 40% share of the entire European tourism market. However,Hungary sets the stakes even higher, and wants to … Read more
From Worldental.org – June 1st, 2011 Oral health has long been the subject of debate. Many believe, and studies have proven, that effective oral care is essential to overall general health and well-being. Unfortunately, there are currently millions of Americans who simply do not have access to affordable dental health services. Understanding why these citizens cannot receive … Read more
From Dr.Bicuspid – Rob Gozkowski – Assistant Editor June 2, 2011 — A method of using calcium phosphate solutions to remineralize carious lesions in dentin using has had promising results in a recent study, dramatically decreasing the time needed for remineralization. Read more Related articles Toothpaste 101 (everydayhealth.com) Toothpaste for a Sensitive Mouth (everydayhealth.com) Spotlight on … Read more
The social media juggernaut is unending. Twitter has just upped the ante by adding images to the 140 word limit thereby recognizing the olde saw that a picture is worth a thousand words. Again, what does this have to do with your dental practice. View the perspective the same way you do radiographs, never look … Read more
This posting is by David Brooks, an op-ed columnist for the NY Times. In my next life, I want to come back as about // much of his brain. Not about dentistry or dentists specifically, not everything is or should be, but still very much worth the read. Over the past few weeks, America‘s colleges … Read more
The server that supports this blog had an IT aneurysm yesterday, lost several postings. This one in particular was really important and worth a repost…….. Many thanks to one of my personal heroes, Dr. Marc Balson, the CE director of the New Jersey Association of Endodontics for allowing “us” to share the files listed below. Dr. … Read more
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From the Vancouver Sun – May 30, 2011 TOP NOTCH EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES Opened in spring 2006, UBC‘s amazing dental clinic, the Nobel Biocare Oral Health Centre,raised the quality of Dentistry’s facilities to match that of its students,faculty, staff and programs. The Centre is the Image by rob.masefield via Flickr hub of patient care and clinical learning-the … Read more
From the ADA – May 25, 2011 Facebook is making it easier for new dentists to stay connected. Image via Wikipedia In fact, it’s become an indispensable tool for both those attending and those not attending this year’s ADA 25th New Dentist Conference, which is June 16-18 in Chicago. The event currently has more than … Read more
Title has nothing to do with the entry, just curious to see who’s reading. Motivated patients keep appointments, dentists told from the Hartford Business.com Journal Online Q&A talks about issues in the management of a dental practice with Peter Gopal, president of Visionary Management, a dental practice management consulting firm based in Pennsylvania. He is … Read more
My apologies to those who feel that this blog should be exclusively dental in it’s outreach. The resources for posting to this blog come by push technology to my iPhone. This particular tidbit would normally have been ignored, but this month has been most unusual in terms of the sheer volume of information received and … Read more
Had the occasion to chat with Dr. Jordan Soll a while back and for some reason, the subject of his use of Expasyl came up. It’s primary purpose is for tissue retraction. As I listened to him describe it’s value, it dawned on me that it would have purpose in apical surgery. Bit of a … Read more
Spent Friday afternoon at the AGO – Musee des Beaux-Arts de l’Ontario for our Francophone readers. Exhibition on Abstract Expressionists, Jack the Dripper Pollock, Mark Rothko, de Kooning, Newman and Krasner et al……just brilliant. But i Image via Wikipedia t was Rothko who stunned me the most. Always been a fan, but it was the … Read more
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