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
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How did someone manage to embezzle $200K in this economy from her office with no one the wiser? That question being posed, I’m calling my accountant this morning to do a forensic audit of my practice…shhhhhhhhh From Dr. Bicuspid – June 28, 2011 Read more
From Ari Altstedter – The Ottawa Citizen – June 13, 2011 OTTAWA — Heart disease, arthritis, kidney failure: A growing body of research suggests that poor dental health is linked to all of these problems. So, in the face of Image via Wikipedia ballooning health care costs, Ontario‘s government has been rolling out a program … Read more
Dental Marketing Canada is a rising company focusing at dental marketing online for local dentists throughout Canada. Such modern techniques are being used throughout the world as a cutting edge advertising system exposing businesses to all internet users. Through such exposure, companies such as Dental Marketing Canada both increase clientele lists and a good monthly profit … 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
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 Medical News Today Aetna (NYSE: AET) today announced the results of an analysis of the Aetna Dental Medical Integration (DMI) program. Since 2007, over 930,000 people participated in the DMI program and Aetna sent 652,000 educational mailings. In addition, dental care coordinators made over 250,000 follow up phone calls to members who have not … Read more
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
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
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
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From PRNewswire Non-profit leads coalition of strategic partners to effect nationwide increase in screening and awareness efforts NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., May 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Oral cancer is an insidious disease that too often is not discovered until very late in its development,as it might not produce symptoms the average person may notice. By then treatments are … Read more
From Dental Care Tips & News from the The Dental Heroes by Deb Roberge Creating effective ads to attract the “right” candidates for your specific practice is something that will not only assist you in locating more appropriate potential employees, but will also streamline the process, reducing the time you invest and the unnecessary stress … Read more
From Dental IQ May 16, 2011 RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, North Carolina–Netsertive, an online ad technology company, has announced the creation of a dedicated dental industry offering. To read more about social media, go to social media. The offering is in response to the growing need for dental practices to better target local consumers and be discovered … Read more
Thomas Friedman called it in his book, The World is Flat: A Brief History of the 21st Century. From Worldental.org – India has always been an interesting and at the same time fascinating tourist spot for people from all over the world. However, recently India has earned a new title for itself, Image via Wikipedia that … Read more
From Dr. Bicuspid – May 13, 2011 Sirona Dental Systems unveiled its newly revamped Cerec dental CAD/CAM system this week at the California Dental Association (CDA) spring meeting in Anaheim. “This is much more than an upgrade,” noted Roddy MacLeod, vice president of CAD/CAM for Sirona. “This is a major re-engineering of the Cerec software platform.” … Read more
Planmeca is introducing the new ProMax 3D Mid at the CDA in Anaheim and the AAO in Chicago this week. As described on their website – Planmeca ProMax 3D Mid is a genuine all-in-one CBVT (Cone Beam Volumetric Tomography) unit including 3D imaging, digital panoramic,digital cephalometric and 3D photo,all in the same unit. Planmeca ProMax … Read more
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