By Ritchie S. King – the New York Times – November 28, 2011 Until 2010, Amelia Nuwer, 22, visited the same dentist every year in Biloxi, Miss., her hometown. And every year she came back with a clean bill of dental health: no fillings necessary. Then, as a junior at the University of Alabama, she … Read more
By Lucy Buckland The secret to Kate Middleton‘s perfect smile is out -and it’s all to do with its gleaming imperfection. Her pearly whites have long been the talk of the U.S. and Canada but no-one knew exactly how the Duchess of Cambridge perfected her stunning smile. It has now been revealed Kate picked a … Read more
By Robert Selleck DTA NEW YORK, NY, USA: Ready to take a closer look at the benefits of getting a closer look at everything you’re doing in the operatory? The perfect opportunity presents itself Nov. 10-12 (Thursday,Friday and Saturday),when the Academy of Microscope Enhanced Dentistry (AMED) opens its 2011 Annual Meeting and Scientific Session with … Read more
There is simply no longer an excuse for any dental practice in Canada not to be online and connected to receive email. You may not feel the need to be involved with Google + and the social networking aspect, but the need for connectivity is without exception an integral component of dental practice………gmail may not … Read more
Most of us may be practicing longer than we thought thanks to the economy, or not, but the look and feel of our offices are very much the focus of customer service. As always, in that this week is dedicated to the world that Steve Jobs built, I offer you six APP’s which can turn … Read more
From Dental Heroes – Jameson Management – June 12, 2011 Take the time to Analyze Take a look–a hard, honest look at each and every one of your systems and ask yourself, “What are we doing well?” Do more of that! Then ask yourself the really difficult question, “How can we do this better?” That’s … Read more
It’s hard to imagine that Apple, now the #1 technology company in the world in terms of brand value – some 1155 billion dollars, roughly the annual gross of an orthodontist, was once teetering on the brink of bankruptcy and extinction. And Windows which is a leviathan and by sheer weight of installations will remain … Read more
Watch “A Day Made of Glass” and take a look at Corning‘s vision for the future with specialty glass at the heart of it……coming to a dental office near you in the next decade…… Related articles The future is touchscreen glass – everywhere, all around us and it’ll be awesome (dvice.com) Corning’s glass video shatters … Read more
As we welcome 2011, it is worth taking a look back at a successful event that took place here in Toronto on November 20th. The Winter Clinic meeting, put on by the Toronto Academy of Dentistry, welcomed over 3000 participants, 140 plus exhibitors in 200 booths and hosted an amazing line-up of over 20 speaker … Read more
Daughter-in-law of an old and dear friend asked me for help in getting a new business off the ground…..as mentoring is about as far away from nepotism and “schelpp” as it gets, I figured if it’s grist for the mill and folks as professionals are autonomous and make their own minds up, except about cbCT … Read more
Rather than exalting Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg in this missive……………..no wait, it deserves to be done…….iPAD, fastest selling electronic device in history, MZ – youngest billionaire ever……..let’s simply look at what is happening because of them to the Internet and by extension to dental practice…….visit www.thevisibledentist.com and GOOGLE “twitter for dentists” and then come on … Read more