Linked in to a collaborative Nexus

Collaboration, whether strategic or collegial is a complex construct. The most successful collaboration in recent history is of course the Beatles. To quote from the one of the most successful businessmen in history, Steve Jobs:  Cover of The Beatles My model for business is The Beatles: They were four guys that kept each other’s negative tendencies … Read more

Cloud or server to store your images?

The next few years are going to see a radical paradigm shift in store, especially as 3D images exponentiate in the dental world. As always, you predict trends by watching how the mainstream is adapting….whether it says dental or not, a business model is a business model and a societal shift is a societal shift. … Read more

A is for Apple

I am obsessed with Apple as a company, as a culture, as the most innovative business to model in the past century and of course, I dress like Steve Jobs, granted several sizes larger. From Dental IQ – Jul 21, 2011 – for all those who thought I was meshugenah when I went on and … 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

The Arizona Model: A New Paradigm for Dental Schools

Critical Issues in Dental Education The traditional method for the delivery of didactic instruction and patient care in dental schools has come under fire from a number of sources over the past several years. The AmericanDental Education Association and others have outlined numerous issues impeding the swift progression of student learning through the dental curriculum. Declining state revenues allotted … Read more

Take a laboratory technician to lunch and give him or her a hug month

From Dental Tribune………. By Kevin Kim………… I evaluate about 40 cases per day. Five of those 40 cases may have inadequate impressions. In the morning, with my coffee in hand, I can easily spot them without even sifting through the work tickets. They’re demarcated with a square yellow paper with a big red stamp that … Read more

3M ESPE – Lava™ Precision Solutions

The Lava™ Chairside Oral Scanner C.O.S. has captured the imaginations of industry leaders and analysts in every area of dentistry. Computer-assisted design, computer-assisted machining (CAD/CAM) systems fall into two general categories. One is a laboratory-based system. This type of system requires a dentist to send a traditional final impression to the laboratory where it is … Read more