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2011-12-12 14:29:18
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Advertising for Dental Personnel is an Artform
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
Rumor: Apple planning to launch new product this weekend
From Digital Trends – May 17, 2011 This weekend it’ll be ten years since Apple opened its first retail store, and speculation is building that the company is planning to launch a new product as part of the celebrations. As Apple approaches the 10th anniversary of the opening of its first retail store on Thursday,rumors are circulating … Read more
‘World’s tiniest camera’ may find use in dentistry
From Dr. Bicuspid – May 11, 2011 Image sensor developer Awaiba has introduced what is being dubbed the smallest camera in the world, with potential applications in dental imaging and medical endoscopy, according to a story in PC World and other news reports. Read more How do you define success in technology? These days, it seems like you want to make … Read more
AIDS drugs radically reduce transmission of virus
By Thomas H. Maugh II – Los Angeles Times – Friday, May 13, 2011 In what is being hailed as a landmark breakthrough in HIV prevention, a new study has shown that giving anti-AIDS drugs to HIV-positive people can reduce the transmission of the virus to spouses and partners by 96 percent, U.S. researchers said … Read more
Alzheimer’s Diagnostic Guidelines Updated for First Time in 27 Years
By Angela Haupt – The first new diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer’s disease in nearly 30 years expand the definition to include patients with earlier stage symptoms, emphasizing that the disorder begins wreaking havoc on the brain years before it can be detected. The recommendations, issued today by the National Institute on Aging and the Alzheimer’s … Read more
From the ADA News – The times they are achangin’
January 17, 2011 Letters to the Editor Oral physicians By Donald B. Giddon, D.M.D., Ph.D. and Brian J. Swann,D.D.S.,M.P.H. Dentists should take their heads out of the sand and recognize the inevitable. The public will ultimately succeed in obtaining more accessible and less costly dental care, and it will not be too long before they … Read more
I have a dream – V-learning, the step beyond E-learning
I had the opportunity to make the acquaintance of an e-learning genius, Dr. Ovidiu Ciobanu, some time ago. At the time we met, the use of 3D graphics and animations was NOT the province of presenters in the dental world nor a component of publication in dental journals. I have to believe that is about … Read more
Bad breath? Break free — how to tell a friend without replacing your central incisors
Feature piece from CNN.com Ida Alvarez avoided close conversations. She was afraid of what someone might tell her. She was pretty sure she had really bad breath. “It is such an embarrassing situation,” Alvarez, 31, of Los Angeles told CNN. “There was always a bitter taste in my mouth,but I didn’t want to ask … Read more
Social Media for Dentists – When you come to the fork in the road, take it.
Jason Lipscomb is a dentist in Richmond,VA and co author of “Social Media for Dentists“ One of the most common questions I get about Facebook and Twitter is “What do I post?” As a practicing dentist, it is easy to get writers block. Sometimes you need to stop and realize that there are tools all around you … Read more
Vimeo – for those who want more than YouTube
Just noodling on the Net – registered for Vimeo.com – review the welcome email below – content should suggest what it’s about…..in a world of mydentalhub.com and dentpix.com for patient education – suddenly, like Facebook, it’s gone viral…it’s YouTube on steroids, a community of tutorials about how to be mini-dental Spielbergs….it’s getting better and wilder … Read more
Sports news – nothing to do with Brett Favre’s —–
From Dental Tribune by Fred Michmershuizen: As I was watching the New York Yankees play the Texas Rangers in Game 4 of the American League Championship Series last night, I thought I noticed something interesting. Yankees Manager Joe Girardi was being interviewed, and it looked to me like he was wearing braces. Intrigued, I investigated … Read more
10 things you wish your dentist knew – Auxiliary Survey
Pick up a newspaper, read the news online, listen to the radio or watch TV and the fact that we’re all not slitting our wrists on a daily basis is simply a manifestation of the innate will to survive. The uncertainty of the economy, the fact that Donald Trump of the surreal combover is considering … Read more
Take a walk on the blog side
The first news blog was Michael Kinsey’s SLATE – BLOGS now abound from the Huffington Post to Al Jazeera, from the Tea Party to the Party Hearty…..pick a topic, pick a need, there is a blog and they are exponentiating……….DENTISTRY needs to find a way to Image via CrunchBase social network it’s client base to … Read more
Y Dentists Should Hook Up w/ Social Media
Social networking may not be your thing, and that’s okay. It can be difficult to keep up with daily, or even weekly, blogs and posts on Twitter, Facebook, and the many other networking sites out there in cyberspace. Even if you aren’t the tech-savvy dentist who Twitters in real time about a root canal or … Read more
It’s a McDonald’s coffee is “too hot world”
Think twice and read thrice ‘afore posting comments…. “Suit” Asks for Names of Online Commenters by Joseph Plambeck Mark Saltz/The Advocate Steve Theriot, interim president of Jefferson Parish, La., is suing bloggers, claiming malicious and defamatory statements. When should a news organization release the names of users criticizing a government official? That’s the issue raised … Read more