Dentists turn to marketing after getting brush-off from patients

From the Los Angeles Times – you just know the Kardashians are all over this like a fat kid on a smartee – Kris Jenner is smelling reality TV show with Kim, Kourtney and the other clones dressed up in Playboy bunny assisting uniforms…with cute little Gucci tool belts…. T Image via Wikipedia he economic … Read more

There is a god; we made the New York Times Sunday Review

IT’S become commonplace to criticize the “Occupy” movement for failing to offer an alternative vision. But the thousands of activists in the streets of New York and London aren’t the only ones lacking perspective: economists, to whom we might expect to turn for such vision, have long since given up thinking in terms of economic … 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

Recession putting bite on dental care

by Katie Foutz – Chicago Sun Times Mar 27, 2011 The dentist will see you now — even on nights and weekends — and might even help you pick up the check. Although the recession officially has ended, people still are feeling its effects and cutting expenses where they can — dental work included. According … Read more

AAOMR president: NY Times CBCT article hits the mark

From Dr. Bicuspid – December 17, 2010 — The November 23 New York Times article by Walt Bogdanich and Jo Craven McGinty is to be welcomed as it poses questions that are relevant to the safety of the most susceptible of our population, namely children being imaged using ionizing radiation for dental care. It further asks timely questions on … Read more

Canada goes to war with BPA – reserves called up

By: Associated Press The chemical bisphenol A, widely used in food and beverage containers, has been declared a toxic substance by the government of Canada. The decision to list BPA as being toxic to both the environment and human health comes two years after Canada said it would eliminate BPA from polycarbonate bottles used by … Read more