October 21, 2016 Product Spotlight

A dec|W&H Introduce No-Risk Handpiece Trial

by Oral Health

A‑dec announced the launch of an easy way for dentists to try A‑dec|W&H handpieces in their practice—with no commitment: A‑dec|W&H Hands On, Hassle Free Handpiece Try & Buy. Set up as a risk-free way to experience the handpieces free of…

October 2, 2011 News General News

Doctors, listen to your patients

by ken

From TED TALKS TUESDAY http://www.ted.com Modern medicine is in danger of losing a powerful, old-fashioned tool: human touch. Physician and writer Abraham Verghese describes our strange new world where patients are merely data points, and calls for a return to…

September 30, 2011 News Pharmacology

Extending the Cure Launches Interactive Map Featuring Latest Regional and Global Trends in Antibiotic Resistance

by ken

From Pioneering Ideas – September 29, 2011 The latest iteration of ResistanceMap, an interactive web-based tool that tracks drug resistance in North America and Europe, was launched recently by Extending the Cure, a Pioneer-supported research project that explores policy solutions to the growing…

September 20, 2011 News APPs

Round and round she goes, and where it stops………it won’t

by ken

iPADS and Dentistry – nuff sed…..iOS 5.0, the latest iteration of the Apple mobile platform operating system is due out……watch for the explosion…..do check out the image as it MUST in due course become “de rigeur” for reps and their…

June 18, 2011 News BlogsSocial networking

And this is the power of a blog….vote for it, be the ball!!!!!

by ken

At Oral Health, we have a surfeit of riches in our Editorial Consultants and Contributing Consultants. We don’t need to go outside the Oral Health family to seek knowledge on the topics of relevance of the day.  This is an…

May 29, 2011 News Dental conventionsNew dentistsSocial networkingTrends in Dental Education

Survey says – New dentists following conference news on Facebook

by ken

From the ADA – May 25, 2011 Facebook is making it easier for new dentists to stay connected. Image via Wikipedia In fact, it’s become an indispensable tool for both those attending and those not attending this year’s ADA 25th…

May 5, 2011 News Innovations in dentistrySocial networkingTrends in Dental Education

ADA is going mobile with Annual Session APP for smartphones

by ken

This is what they call a “schadenfreude” posting…..APPL was $86.00 when I urged a certain sales force to look into the first iPHONE, but I digress…. Dental professionals can hold this year’s most versatile tool for Annual Session planning and…

April 24, 2011 News General News

Da nose knows – hahchachacha……..

by ken

Most of you are way too young to remember Jimmy Durante, but that was one of his signature phrases…..except now, it has increasing relevance as researchers in Israel have developed an artificial nose sniffs out cancer. An artificial electronic “nose”…

April 5, 2011 News Social networkingTrends in DentistryWebsites

If you think social networking is for the birds, flock off – oops, did that one go too far?

by ken

The time has come for dentists to embrace social networking, because if they don’t, they will risk losing an invaluable marketing tool of viral proportions.. CLICK Click on the above link and spend some time on the page you reach…

March 16, 2011 News Cone beam computed tomography

YES, YES, THERE IS A GOD!!!!!!!!!

by ken

Students favor digital tools for learning radiographic anatomyBy Kathy Kincade, Editor in Chief DrBuspid.com March 16, 2011 — An interactive learning tool developed by researchers at the University of Queensland to enhance the learning of oral radiographic anatomy and interpretation…

March 10, 2011 News Trends in Dentistry

Bring your “A” not “Eh!” game……

by ken

Between singing and dancing websites (ease up on the text folks, it’s a visual medium, social networking as a marketing tool, a new piece of digital equipment hitting the marketplace daily and the fact that you want to choke one…

July 14, 2010 News Cone beam computed tomography

J’Accuse*

by ken

Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) is the most important diagnostic tool to be afforded dental diagnosis since Professor Roentgen published his paper, “On A New Kind of Rays” in 1895.  Although many have been quick to see the value of CBCT and have…