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And if the CDA and all the provincial associations used Facebook??

Certain scenarios are obvious; if you realize that the concept of unchallenged authoritarian control is the olde road and must be reframed if the new road is to have an effective and truly collaborative purposeful partnership …..well then…. Extrapolate the transparent (pick the subject matter) in dentistry from your local/regional/provincial or national association and introduce … Read more

Follow the bouncing cursor REDUX

Take the concept of the previous blog – all you need to do to review past entries is click the masthead and then either review by category or by month in archives. The point of any PUSH technology or as we now know it, social media, is “CONNECTIVITY” and delivery of content to any platform … Read more

Zoom, zoom!

It’s not a new concept, it’s not a revolutionary concept, but it is, in the author’s opinion, the inevitability of how sales by corporate dentistry will flourish, especially when they grasp how social networking can explode the monetization of sales.  A company like Apple is destined to become the largest company in the world because … Read more

I’m sorry, the concept of virtual exhibit halls is piffle?

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

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

They can fail you know……………….

Will be posting a few more cases in the hope that the folks out there begin to understand the shift in the blog entry concept to be more clinically focused.  Various combinations of clinical images, graphics and animations are to be incorporated into a more Chronicle format of elearning……share and care……it’s the ultimate win/win Case … Read more

DENTSPLY Friadent’s long-term treatment success under the IDS banner

Solutions for every individual case “from root to crown”: DENTSPLY Friadent offers a comprehensive portfolio, from the pinpoint accurate digital planning, through the stable base for implantation, right up to the esthetic completion of the treatment. This complete concept is now being complemented by further innovative solutions. DENTSPLY Friadent is featuring these and a special … Read more

Taking it to the streets – PART DEUX

I’d like to reinforce the concept of how this blog can evolve into an e-CASE REPORT section on www.oralhealthjournal.com – won’t get into too many details, however, there is serious discussion with a very well known company that produces extraordinary animations and has a wealth of discussion forum, website design and patient education background.  The … Read more

To prep or not to prep, whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune or to take armes against a sea of troubles – sorry, I got carried away.

By David Hornbrook DDS FAACD – 27/01/2011 from www.dentinaltubules.com Are non-prep veneers an option for the demanding dentist and their patients, asks David S. Hornbrook, DDS, FAACD David Hornbrook is speaking at The Dentistry Show at the NEC, Birmingham on 4 and 5 March 2011. Figure 1: Before treatment Figure 2: After with no-prep veneers  One … Read more

Clinical – Failed revascularization and bleaching (Abiotic staining)

Last posting of the year……..from a student in Philadelphia who gets the concept of sharing and caring….it’s the information, it’s how we learn best…….comment away mes enfants, the mind you save may be your own. Here is a case of a 11 year old female patient. I had lost track of her at one point … Read more

Dental Surgery At The Click Of A Mouse, New E-learning Platform For Students Of Dentistry At Mainz University Medical Center

From Medical News Today: The new e-learning platform ILKUM (an acronym for “Interaktiver Lernzielkatalog der Universitätsmedizin Mainz” or interactive catalogue of learning objectives of Mainz University Medical Center) is a sign of things to come: Students of dentistry in 2010 now only need internet access to be able to download case studies with film and … Read more