From the monthly archives:

October 2007

Online Dental Manager

October 30, 2007

This is a truly unique idea. An idea that is only possible with digital technology.
Online Dental Manager.

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Sandisk Unveils 8GB1 MicroSDHC and M2 Flash Memory Cards

October 30, 2007

Wow, 8GB. The future is truly amazing.

Sandisk Unveils 8GB1 MicroSDHC and M2 Flash Memory Cards
Two new flavors of SanDisk Flash memory cards are making their debuts on store shelves today. The 8GB micoSDHC and M2 cards are designed with the with the growing multimedia use of mobile users in mind.SanDisk is getting the word [...]

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Find Dorks with Ease

October 30, 2007

Find Dorks Easily with the Wi-Fi Detector Shirt 
There’s nothing worse than struggling to find a Wi-Fi hotspot. But thanks to the intelligent minds over at ThinkGeek.com, it’s easier than ever. The Wi-Fi Detector Shirt features glowing bars on the front of the shirt that change according to Wi-Fi signal strengths for both 802.11b and 802.11g [...]

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Presenting in Louisiana Nov 9

October 30, 2007

I will presenting a seminar for Sullivan Schein and others in Houma LA on Nov 9. If you are in the area I hope to see you there.

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CAD CAM The time is here

October 29, 2007

After years of development the newest Cad Cam systems are so much better than what was available just a few years ago I believe it is now reasonable for the typical dentist to consider.
CAD-CAM stands for Computer Aided Design and Computer Aided Manufacture. The system uses a high tech device to take an digital impression [...]

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Technology on the Rocks May 29-31, 2008

October 27, 2007

Join Dr. Larry Emmott the nation’s top dental technology expert, on this three-day high intensity CE-Vacation program. Each day Dr. Emmott will lead a mountain biking group in the morning and a seminar in the afternoon. For non bikers Sedona offers lots of fabulous options like shopping, ancient cliff dwellings, golf or jeep rides. He [...]

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ADA Handout online access extended

October 26, 2007

The deadline for downloading handouts has been extended to 5pm ET on Monday, November 5.
If you attended CE courses during the Annual Session, you probably noticed that you only received a course outline with lined pages for taking notes during the course.  You may download the traditional course handout materials including PowerPoint presentations, as [...]

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Flash Websites Don’t Work

October 23, 2007

The following is just one of several great bits of advice from the TNT Dental newsletter.

Flash” refers to the moving photos on a Website, and search engine spiders do not like it! They look for live text. A good way to tell whether your site has live text is to copy and paste the words. [...]

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The 20 Sexiest Tech Products – Reviews by PC Magazine

October 23, 2007

It’s getting hot in here. From the Voodoo’s seductive chassis to the iPhone’s slammin’ touch screen, these products have just the right amount of geek sex appeal.
- The 20 Sexiest Tech Products – Reviews by PC Magazine.

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Training Training Training

October 23, 2007

See the post below re training. In my opinion most dental offices do not get enough training on the high tech systems they purchase. Here is a link to the upcoming Kodak users meetings.

Solutions That Make $ense In Your Practice!Whether you have attended a users meeting in the past or not we are sure this [...]

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Training Training Training

October 23, 2007

I am always advising dental offices to get more training. Limited training is one of the top two mistakes I see dental offices making with regards to technology. So to make it even easier here is a direct link to Dentrix training.

The Advantage Seminar is one of the best ways to learn the new features [...]

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D4D

October 23, 2007

I have been following the development of the D4D system for some time. This is a new Cad-Cam device designed to compete with Cerec. I have scheduled a full demo this week and will follow up with details.

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Technology on the Rocks May 29-31, 2008

October 18, 2007

Join Dr. Larry Emmott the nation’s top dental technology expert, on this three-day high intensity CE-Vacation program. Each day Dr. Emmott will lead a mountain biking group in the morning and a seminar in the afternoon. For non bikers Sedona offers lots of fabulous options like shopping, pre-historic cliff dwellings, golf or jeep rides. He [...]

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Spam

October 18, 2007

The latest step in the evolution of spam: the mass mailing of MP3 audio files. This trend was first detected in European mail traffic by the company’s spam analysts.
The spam circulating in MP3 files is so-called stock spam, which is designed to artificially increase the price of certain stocks by advertising them. This type [...]

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Great web graphics.

October 18, 2007

Do not settle for the cookie cutter web site design offered by most dental web site providers. Check out the design portfolio from TNT linked here. Awesome.
TNT Dental Portfolio, TNT Dental Clients, Dental Website Portfolio.

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Guru – Henry Schein

October 18, 2007

I was impressed with this new offering from Henry Schein. Caesy has dominated this area, with good reason it was an exceptional product. Now with Guru there is an equally good alternative.

New from Henry Schein comes Guru, a new approach to the not-so-new challenge of educating your patients. Your patients are unique, which is why [...]

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PhotoMed / Canon Rebel XTi

October 18, 2007

In response to recent questions regarding clinical Cameras I have linked to the Canon Rebel kit from PhotoMed. This camera does everything we need for great dental photography and the kit is complete you won’t need to be running around trying to find the right accessories.

PhotoMed offers the Rebel XTi as a complete clinical [...]

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What’s really broken with Windows Update – Trust

October 15, 2007

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See, here’s the problem. To feel comfortable with having an open channel that allows your OS to be updated at the whim of a third party (even/especially* Microsoft … * delete as applicable) requires that the user trusts the third party not to screw around with the system in question. This means [...]

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The Third Eye

October 12, 2007

I missed this at the ADA but heard about it from Lorne Lavine. It is an interesting idea, The web site is linked below. I don’t find the web site very impressive I hope the product is better than the site.

ThirdEye – a unique dental camera !Intra oral cameras there are plenty on the market. [...]

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Which Sensor?

October 12, 2007

The following table (adapted from a Schick ad) shows the steps required to view an image with a direct corded sensor as opposed to an indirect phosphor sensor.
             Direct                                            Indirect

Insert sensor into barrier (once)PositionExposeView

Erase each PlateInsert into barrier (each plate)PositionExposeTake to Scanner areaClean up hands and platesOpen barriersInsert plates in scannerArrange images in proper order in [...]

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