Thyroid Cancer and Dental X-rays are Unrelated

From Worldental.org Many individuals believe that dental X-rays can increase the risk for developing thyroid cancer. However, here are a few things you should know right before you start dwelling on the same question: One of the most important things is not to rely on your medical/health education from what is  Image via Wikipedia being said … Read more

SHOUT OUT TO DENTAL COMPUTER FOLKS!!! That’s IT, not High Tea…

Paperless, cbCT images, anon………going to the cloud will make a difference, however, in the meantime, what to do, what to do re; backup as our storage grows into TERABYTES…. OPEN CALL TO THE DENTAL COMPUTER SUPPORT FOLKS!!!  Blog entries on protecting your data both on and off site…………just curious to see if anyone is listening??? … 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

Good corporate citizenry – ACTEON To Launch New Viva Learning™ CE Website

The method in the madness behind the Clinical eChronicle of Treatment Outcomes is a manifestation of copying genius.  One such genius is Phil Klein the man behind Viva Learning. Image via Wikipedia Dr. Philip Klein, founder and CEO of Learn HealthSci, has over 30 years of experience in the health care profession combining private practice, … Read more

Dental surgeon trades in scrubs to mentor troops in Afghanistan

From the Vancouver Sun by Matthew Fisher, PostMedia News – May 22, 2011 KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — What possesses a Canadian dental surgeon to trade in his scrubs and scalpels for nine months in the Kandahari desert mentoring Afghan troops in counter-insurgency tactics? “Most people find it hard to relate to,” Capt. Luong Phuc Nguyen of … Read more

Aesthetically Enhanced Dentistry – Savage Beauty

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder…the origin of this saying first appeared in the 3rd century BC in Greek. It didn’t appear in its current form in print until the 19th century, but in the meantime there were various written forms that expressed much the same thought. In 1588, the English dramatist John Lyly, … Read more

If less is more, then nothing is everything – Going Paperless

With the entire world inevitably going into “the clouds” for computer archiving/storage, tis long overdue to natter about GOING PAPERLESS.  The simplest and easiest way to do this is – drum roll please – a WEBINAR!!!! From Larry Emmott’s blog – “Creating Paperless Records”. If you are interested in viewing it  you can see it … Read more

I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now…

All this blather about cloud computing and it’s impact on dentistry, dental education – well, it’s not blather.. Curve Dental Announces Field Testing of Its Web-based Dental Imaging Software Image via Wikipedia Orem, Utah (PRWEB) May 21, 2011 Curve Dental, developers of Web-based dental software, announced the company would immediately begin field testing of its … Read more