March 31, 2019 Feature Dental TeamMarketing strategiesOral Health OfficePractice management

7 Sure-Fire Tips To Convert Dental Prospects Into Patients

by Grace Clark

Most dental practices don’t dedicate enough and appropriate efforts on converting their prospects into patients. Dentists spend thousands on revamping their practices but rarely have a proper plan in place to convert the prospects into patients. These seven super tips…

November 3, 2011 News ImplantologyInfection controlPeriodontology

Peri-implantitis in a specialist clinic of periodontology. Clinical features and risk indicators.

by ken

Swed Dent J 2010;34(2):53-61 Carcuac O, Jansson L. Source Department of Periodontology at Kista-Skanstull, Folktandvården i Stockholms Iän AB, Stockholm,Sweden. Abstract Implant therapy has become a widely recognized treatment alternative for replacing missing teeth. Several long term follow-up studies have…

July 28, 2011 News Dental examination

Should dentists screen for diabetes?

by ken

By Rosemary Frei – DrBicuspid.com contributing writer July 28, 2011 — A new study suggests that dentists can accurately screen patients for diabetes and prediabetes using results from two measures they already routinely assess in the clinic (Journal of Dental Research,July…

July 27, 2011 News Electronic Health Records

Noah! Build me an ark…..the flood has begun

by ken

Secure networks for health care data communication and discourse……up the ramp, two by two now…. Image via Wikipedia US Healthcare is in crisis. Costs are rising rapidly, quality is poor or inconsistent and access or choice is inadequate. These problems,…

July 13, 2011 News Cosmetic Dentistry

Faymoose in Toronto

by ken

Topix is hot, looks good in the reception area for the clients……….just check the grammar in the writeup……..tends to be wonky……….we all want our 15 minutes of being faymoose, but not at the expense of sounding illiterate. Image via Wikipedia…

June 14, 2011 News Community outreachSystemic links

Hawkesbury hospital opens dental clinic for low-income kids

by ken

From Ari Altstedter – The Ottawa Citizen – June 13, 2011 OTTAWA — Heart disease, arthritis, kidney failure: A growing body of research suggests that poor dental health is linked to all of these problems. So, in the face of …

July 6, 2010 News General News

Calling Out to Canadian Dentists

by catherine

Hope for Haiti is a small group of volunteers located in St. Marys, Ontario. The group was formed in 1990.  They spent their first few years working in Central America.  In 1992 they visited Haiti and worked in Lature, a mountain area about twenty…