August 13, 2011 News Practice management

Does a dental practice need an employee handbook?

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By Stuart J. Oberman, Esq from Dental Tribune – August 12, 2011 For a practicing dentist who aims to always deliver high-quality patient care, staff retention is an important value. Staff retention aids the dental practice in providing stability and…

August 6, 2011 News Cosmetic DentistryTooth whitening

Bleachorexia: When Teeth Are Never White Enough

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OMG, OMG!!! By COURTNEY HUTCHISON, ABC News Medical Unit June 2, 2011 The American obsession with dental hygiene has taken an ironic turn over the past decade. In an attempt to have the bright, white, healthy-looking smile of the stars, many consumers…

August 5, 2011 News Restorative

When John Flucke comments, everyone……………

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Kerr SonicFill Evaluation is Complete – a game changer if’n there e’er was one….. For about the past 5 months, I’ve been using/evaluating the Kerr SonicFill system.  In a nutshell, I’m endorsing the product with my highest recommendation.  If you’ve…

August 5, 2011 News Practice management

Are millennials cut out for this job market?

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There are so many things going on in this world that are not perceived as impacting on dental practice, BUT THEY ARE!!!  There is absolutely nothing wrong, in fact, it’s an emotional mandate that as professionals, we must grow more…

August 1, 2011 News Orthodontics

New International Postgraduate Orthodontic Program starting in Jerusalem

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From Dental Tribune – by Hebrew University – Hadassah School of Dental Medicine August 1, 2011 JERUSALEM,Israel: The Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental Medicine in Jerusalem has a new International Postgraduate Orthodontic Program and invites applications. The program,taught entirely in…

July 31, 2011 News Restorative

Replacement of a faulty posterior restoration – restorez-toi McDuff

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I wish to share an example of what all of us at Oral Health hope will become a standard of sharing and caring by Canadian dentists. This case is online with Cosmetic Tribune, one of the incredible publications from Dental…

July 27, 2011 News Social mediaSocial networking

Whistle down the “Goin’ Mobile” Wind REDUX

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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…

July 27, 2011 News ImplantologyPathology

Leaky, smelly implants takes on a whole new meaning…..

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From Dr. Bicuspid Team July 26, 2011 — In response to concerns over the degradation of titanium implants, researchers from the University of Oviedo in Spain have developed a highly sensitive method to determine the levels of titanium in human blood…

July 27, 2011 News AnatomyCone beam computed tomography

Study of the Posterior Superior Alveolar Artery with CT Imaging Suggests Gender Differences in Size

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From Dental Health Hub Imaging – July 26, 2011 A CT x-ray study to be published in Implant Dentistry in 2011 suggests that the posterior superior alveolar artery is larger in males than females and is closer to the alveolar crest in the molar…

July 26, 2011 News Social networkingTreatment planningTrends in Dental EducationTrends in DentistryWebsites

Whistle down the “Goin’ Mobile” Wind

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It’s continuing unabated and it will radically change the dental landscape in marketing, practice management and dental education. You don’t need to be an IT expert, you can hire those, but you need to have the vision and to see…

July 26, 2011 News General NewsTradeshows

Something for Oral Health to ponder upon……

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Albeit, the free trip would be to East Kobakonk….nonetheless… Win a free trip to New York City and join us for the Dental Tribune Awards Dental Tribune is the largest dental newspaper worldwide, published in more than 25 languages with…

July 26, 2011 News Endodontics

I love, a’love, a’love my calendar endo, each and every month of the year

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July 26, 2011 News Innovations in dentistry

Green, green, you’re young and alive….with apologies to Rod McKuen

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Green, green, they say, on the far side of the hill From John Flucke’s technology blog Even dentists hate toothpaste tubes.  They aren’t very efficient which means they are wasteful.  They are also messy and sometimes hard to control. However,…

July 23, 2011 News Cloud computing

Adieu DVD – Welcome to Cumulus, Stratus, Cirrus,Cumulonimbus

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July 22, 2011 News Marketing strategiesSocial networking

Montreal Dentist discusses the choices in dental implants

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Series of YOU TUBE vignettes by Yvan Tesolin……..build the buzz, build the brand Click on the YOU TUBE logo and watch the entire series and then PONDER!!!! http://www.centredentairetesolin.com In Montreal Canada and faced with finding the right dental implants for your…

July 12, 2011 News Computer software

Microsoft begs users to leave Windows XP – gives them until 2014 to do it

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With the explosion of digitally related technologies, they may well have to add a 5th year to dental school for IT and social media. I wish that Mac was as pervasive in dentistry as it is becoming in the real…

July 10, 2011 News Dental industryTrends in Dentistry

Projections for the remainder of the year..you look mahvellous

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Hmmmmmmm – From Dentistry IQ Jul 10, 2011 “The McGill Advisory” is forecasting continued improvement for dental practices in 2011, as the economy continues to slowly recover. The stock market rally has continued, erasing all of the 2008-2009 decline. Meanwhile,…

July 9, 2011 News Practice management

Practice management gurus? In whom do we trust? Eh, Pluribus Unum?

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How do you discern truth, fact? What is real any longer in a world and a profession that seems geared to bells and whistles? If you read the websites and the association newsletters, everywhere in the dental world, it is…

July 8, 2011 News Cone beam computed tomography

Artifacts in cbCT: recognition and avoidance

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First it was certification for small FOV cbCT and now I hear it’s email encryption from the RCDSO…………………………………..that’s the sound of a tree falling in the forest when there is no one around to hear it….did it make a sound…

July 7, 2011 News BotoxCosmetic Dentistry

Dentistry focus: The medical cosmetics business

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And Image via Wikipedia  just when you thought no country could go lower than to claim Kim Kardashian as a citizen….. Read article Related articles Leaders in Dentistry: A conversation with Dr. David T.W. Wong (blogohj.oralhealthjournal.com) Reality Dentistry – Big…