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U.S. recession effects gnaw at dentists’ business

Sageworks Stats – Mary Ellen Biery Dentists are finally feeling some pain from the recession. Privately held dentist offices (NAICS code 6212) have seen sales so far this year decline about 3 percent after posting ongoing-though-shrinking gains in their top lines throughout the recent recession, Sageworks found in a financial statement analysis of the industry. Sales growth … Read more

RIM investor urges company to consider sale – POWER TO THE PEEPS

An investor in Canada’s struggling Research in Motion is urging the company to create a committee of independent directors to explore the sale of the Jaguar Financial Corporation CEO Vic Alboini said today in an interview that he is uring BlackBerry maker Research in Motion to form a committee of independent executives to explore selling the … Read more

Half of Americans Are Now Social Networkers

Don’t postpone that move to Facebook and Twitter. By not incorporating them into the fabric of your practice, you are losing a huge potential marketing and educational advantage for current and future patients. It’s a culture and it’s pervasive; you should strongly consider becoming part of it. The percentage of adult Internet users using sites … Read more

The iPad Trumps Oil: Apple Is Most Valuable US Company Re

From Fox Small Business Center – August 10, 2011 STEVIE WE LUVS YA!!!!! NEW YORK –  Investors seem to think you want an iPad more than oil, as Apple Inc. became the most valuable company in the United States, surpassing Exxon Mobil Corp. on Wednesday. Apple briefly flirted with the top spot on Tuesday afternoon before settling back … Read more

Whistle down the “Goin’ Mobile” Wind REDUX

It is estimated that smartphones will be 28 percent of all phones sold this year (2011) – that’s 420 MILLION – with an M – what does this mean to your practice and your ability to market your services….as repeatedly pointed out…………..EVERYTHING Read article Then take a read from this blog posting on Modern Dental … Read more

Do you have children? grandchildren? Then you must read this posting!

From Cleveland.com (not the online spin-off from Family Guy)… Biomedical engineering is fastest growing field; dental jobs offer many new spots for 2-year degrees 72 percent: Projected growth in jobs for biomedical engineers from 2008 to 2018, the fastest growing occupation. Education: bachelor’s degree. New jobs: 11,600. Median pay in 2008: $77,400. 53 percent: Projected growth in jobs … Read more

Fight the good fight – defeat Oral Cancer

From the International Oral Cancer Association Blog The American Cancer Society (ACS) estimated that there would be 35,720 new cases of cancer of the oral and pharyngeal region in the United States in 2009, with 7,600 deaths from the disease.1  Image via Wikipedia When focusing specifically on the oral cavity,ACS estimated that in 2009,there would … Read more

Hey Ma, where’s my retainer? Yo Buddy, where’s my retainer?

ScienceDaily (Mar. 24, 2011) — Have you been wearing your retainer? It’s a question countless parents ask of their children post-braces. Now Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine researchers are getting serious about the question. Image via Wikipedia “We found little written about the kinds of retainers prescribed and how compliant patients are … Read more

You can’t call time out in the war between market and science

It’s hard to pay attention when you’re focused on a reverse image in a rhodium mirror prepping the margin of the distal seat of an inlay onlay for a 2.7, and yet, we must.  Dentistry is evolving at an alarming pace. Digital technologies, lasers, CAD/CAM, are bringing product and technique to the market in a … Read more

Study finds oral tongue cancer increasing in young, white females

From Physorg.com A UNC study released this week in the Journal of Clinical Oncology finds an increasing incidence of squamous cell carcinoma of the oral tongue in young white females in the United States over the last three decades. A team of researchers from UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center analyzed data from the National Cancer Institute‘s Surveillance, … Read more

And what about endodontics – sob………….!!!!!!!

According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority on medical technology market intelligence, standouts in surgical procedures in terms of growth over the next five years are going to be dental implant, facial injectable, optical coherence tomography (OCT) catheter, spinal nonfusion implant, and percutaneous heart valve procedures in North America. Image via Wikipedia Otherwise, … Read more

New Heart Failure Therapy Proves Most Effective in Women – CRT-D device led to 72% reduction in death among female patients, study found

MONDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) — A therapy to prevent heart failure is twice as effective in women as in men, a new study finds. It’s the first time that a heart treatment has been shown to offer greater benefit to women, the researchers added. The finding was “unexpected, but extremely important,” study author Dr. Arthur J. Moss, a professor … Read more

Valentine’s Day: Love me, love my iPad with iOS 4.3

The number of dental APPS in the APP store remains small, but is growing…..expect to see it continue exponentially as the impact chairside for treatment explanation in conjunction with monitors in treatment rooms showing diagnostic material explodes……. Y U should be using iPads in your dental practice Several rumors surfaced recently that detail more possible … Read more

When you smile, I see spots before my eyes?

ATLANTA (AP) — In a remarkable turnabout, federal health officials say many Americans are now getting too much fluoride because of its presence not just in drinking water but in toothpaste, mouthwash and other products, and it’s causing splotches on children’s teeth and perhaps more serious problems. The  Image via Wikipedia U.S. Department of Health and Human … Read more