3M Donation Advances Digital Dentistry at U.S. Dental Schools

From Market Watch – the Wall Street Journal – August 1, 2011 Schools that meet established criteria to receive Lava Chairside Oral Scanner C.O.S. Systems ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug 01, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — By the end of 2011, dental programs from selected schools across the nation will be able to offer hands-on training with some … Read more

Canadian patient education software showcased world-wide

Dr. Reena Gajjar CEO of MyDentalHub was recently interviewed by Dental Tribune International. Dr. Gajjar, in collaboration with Melissa Summerfield, Catherine Wilson and the Biz Group, will in short order link MyDentalChronicles off www.mydentalbuddies.com to the new server running www.oralhealthjournal.com – I’m finally going to get BUDDY PRESS and we can go VIRAL – huzzah!!! … Read more

Apple rumored to be working on iOS-powered HDTVs for late 2011

Your reception area just got the gift of the century; by Josh Ong – Apple Insider June 21, 2011 – Oral Health has partnered with MyDentalHub.com to create a new blog MyDentalChronicles …..the company was among the first to see the future of patient education as residing in the iCloud…..if this iOS-powered connected TV is … Read more

CBCT and maxillary sinusitis of dental origin

The power of social media for education is simply unparalleled….embrace it as it should be. CLICK – article entitled CBCT evaluation of maxillary sinusitis – Maillet – 2011 Case is from Farid Shaikh, 2nd yr resident. Cheers, Fred Frederic Barnett, DMDInterim Chair, Maxwell S. Fogel Department of Dental Medicine Chairman and Program Director IB Bender … Read more

And this is the power of a blog….vote for it, be the ball!!!!!

At Oral Health, we have a surfeit of riches in our Editorial Consultants and Contributing Consultants. We don’t need to go outside the Oral Health family to seek knowledge on the topics of relevance of the day.  This is an entry dedicated to using the POWER OF THAT KNOWLEDGE BASE and the POWER OF WORDS … Read more

Live dental events help grow 3-D education

From Dental IQ – June 3, 2011 HATFIELD, Pennsylvania–The 3D Imaging Institute, sponsored by Imaging Sciences International, has announced the latest addition to its curriculum of 3-D dentistry events: the Live 3D Dentistry Forum. Image via Wikipedia To read more about Imaging Sciences, go to Imaging Sciences. The clinical event combines lectures, live scans, real-time surgical,and … Read more

Canadian dental education at it’s best – The Student Experience at UBC Dentistry

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

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

Frontier Dental Laboratories Commits an Additional $10 Million to CCADS

PR.com Vancouver, Canada – May 11, 2011 Frontier Dental Laboratories announced a commitment of an additional $10 million dollars to the California Center For Advanced Dental Studies (CCADS). This brings Frontier Dental Laboratories’ total commitment to CCADS to over $15 million dollars. CCADS is a post graduate dental education organization that currently offers a unique  … Read more

Mobile phone usage is exploding world wide

The implications this holds for dentistry, for patient education, for collegial education, for obtaining information on new products and pricing is limited only by one’s imagination….to say nothing of the impact that all this has on practice marketing through social networking….. Read more

Tooth IQ – we’re going mobile…sing it with me.

ToothIQ by Symbyos ToothIQ was developed by Symbyos (www.symbyos.com), a health information systems company founded in 2001 to build Web-based solutions for dental health care delivery. It is our belief that educated consumers make the best decisions about their health care. Once a person is knowledgeable about their dental health needs and treatment options, their … Read more

It’s getting better all the time………….

Teledentistry (Tele-OralHealth)… Webinars are fast becoming the sine qua non for dental education.  For those who challenge this, I suggest they start looking at the statistics from Angus Reid and Millennium research on other media delivery platforms.  It’s not about the now, it’s about the trends that will be the drivers of the next decade. … Read more

Yoo Toob Primer on Social Networking

Interesting series of You Tube videos…….detailing use of Facebook for social networking. http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=F2FD82737700C818 Connected Culture Blog Keep up to date with the progress of Jerry Allocca’s much anticipated new book Connected Culture: The Art of Communicating with the Digital Generation. The book will be published by the Administrator’s Bookshelf,a resource for higher education. Be a … Read more

Vistas and Horizons; Miracles and Wonders

It’s unending…..the latest iPHONE 4 commercials demonstrating Video Face Chat will envariably encourage the early adapters among dentists to facilitate virtual consultation between labs, specialists and hopefully insurance adjudicators in whatever construct possible.  Tumblr.com is now added to Facebook, Twitter and Flickr to further provide social networking among colleagues with videos et al. There remains … Read more

Ladders, Layers and Leadership

Jul 29, 2010 | USA – Dental Tribune Implant education for the dental team to be available online The Association of Dental Implant Auxiliaries (ADIA) will offer a Dental Team Implant Certification Program on 27 August in Hamburg, Germany. In an effort to provide those who cannot make it to Germany. In an effort to provide those … Read more