Transparency – Taking on the suits – YEE HAW!!

I can think of a few dental companies that should be paying attention to commentary from the minions…… RIM responds to highly critical, anonymous letter Just click and read ……… imagine all the people, speaking their minds in peace……you may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one………….. If you share the YOU … Read more

Red and Dental Dread

From the JADA – Continuing Education Image by e³°°° via Flickr Red hair color is caused by variants of the melanocortin-1 receptor (MC1R) gene. People with naturally red hair are resistant to subcutaneous local anesthetics and, therefore,may experience increased anxiety regarding dental care. The authors tested the hypothesis that having natural red hair color,a MC1R gene variant … Read more

New findings may aid sufferers of ALS

From Med India, Networking for Health Pluripotent stem cells derived from patients with ALS sheds light on how reduced levels of a specific protein may play a key role in causing inherited ALS. Read more   Related articles Stem cell model offers clues to cause of inherited ALS (medicalxpress.com) Mr. Peabody on ALS (ramblingmanofals.wordpress.com) Strides … Read more

Pucker up!!

Kissing prevents tooth decay – who knew?? From Dentistry.co.uk Kissing is good for your teeth, official! There are many health benefits of kissing – it can prevent tooth decay because it stimulates saliva flow which brings down plaque levels. It also helps to tone your cheek and jaw muscles which means they are less likely … Read more

It’s not about you

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

For those who question the power of the Internet in all things

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

If, If only – it’s time to burn and scatter the ashes of “It is what it is”.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lehman Brothers, Charlie Sheen, Bernie Madoff, Bill O’Reilly, Sarah Palin anon………………we live in a very bizarre world as radically demonstrated by the inanity of the end of the world Rapture that actually received bountiful press Image by Joe Athialy via Flickr and Internet virality this weekend. Of all the depravity reported … Read more