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April 2010

The Beginner’s Guide to PC Backup

April 30, 2010

You know you’re supposed to back up your data, but you don’t. If you’re just not sure how to get started, our overview of the options will help.
via The Beginner’s Guide to PC Backup | PCMag.com.

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Squeezebox

April 30, 2010

We’ve set up a number of audio services in dental offices over the years. My favorite is the new Squeezebox Touch. It allows you to play music throughout the office from multiple sources: your music collection, free Internet radio, paid services…you name it. At $300, it won’t break the bank either.
via The Digital Dentist Blog [...]

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HP Buys Palm

April 30, 2010

What does this mean for Palm users? I have no idea.

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Internet Use

April 30, 2010

76.3% of US residents use the Internet. It is not specified but the % seems to be based on the the total population, including young children not just adults; which would imply that even a higher % of adults use the Internet. Statistics published on Internet World Stats
I used to hear dentists and dental staff say that their patients [...]

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The crowd goes wild

April 29, 2010

I was at a local business gathering yesterday and overheard this conversation, which perfectly sums up my current take on the i-pad.
Random Business Guy, “I am geting an i-pad on Friday.”
Four people in the conversation group, “Ooooooo.”
Random Business Woman. “What will you use it for?”
Silence

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The Future is Coming…

April 29, 2010

Today:  The patient signs in then fills out a form on a clipboard and the staff enters the information.
Future: A patient enters the dental office and immediately the PDA (personal digital assistant; that is a combination handheld computer, cell phone, web browser, camera, music video player and GPS) in their pocket or purse connects with [...]

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RIP Floppy Disk

April 28, 2010

Sony is the last manufacturer of 3.5-inch floppy disks, and while the company sold more than 12 million of them in 2009, Sony has just announced it will stop making floppies as of March 2011.
via RIP Floppy Disk.

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You don’t know what you don’t know

April 28, 2010

Do you see technology as an expensive annoyance that keeps costing you money with no end is sight or do you see technology as an investment that pays for itself many times over while at the same time making our work more rewarding and enjoyable? Surprisingly your answer probably has very little to do with [...]

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The Secret to Printing Digital X-Rays

April 28, 2010

The secret to printing digital x-rays can be found in an old Nike ad.
Just don’t do it
The urge to print out the x-rays is a throwback to film. There is rarely a good reason to make a physical hard copy. After all one of the primary benefits is that the image is digital, he image [...]

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25 Web Services for Dentistry

April 28, 2010

Patient Actions

Web schedule her appointment.
Research on some cosmetic dentistry she had been considering.
Pt Ed
Update her medical
Confirm the appointment
Patient satisfaction survey
Refer a friend
Web site to pay the balance.

Communications

Recall card
Email appointment reminder
Text message

Office Actions

Web page
Insurance eligibility
Financing approval within minutes.
Electronic claim
Add attachments
After-insurance credit card payment
Backed up automatically.
Track insurance claim
Send a statement
Radiography diagnosis
Financial analysis
Banking
Marketing
Social pages

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Game Seven!!

April 27, 2010

Big game tonight. I am a team dentist for our local NHL Hockey team the Coyotes. They are in the Stanley Cup playoffs against powerhouse Detroit and tonight is the final game. I will be there providing onsite dental care. (Hopefully none will be needed).
Happiness is getting to the second round.

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Police Raid Editor’s House

April 27, 2010

The Internet is a buzz about the lost next gen i-phone. links below.
Apple has the phone back, and Gizmodo has already run its story. Plus followups, such as a piece explaining how the guy who found the phone tried to return it to Apple but was rebuffed by customer service.
Nevertheless, police in San Mateo County, [...]

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CHANGE

April 27, 2010

Peter Drucker, the dean of American management theorists wrote; “Every few hundred years throughout Western history, a sharp transformation has occurred. In a matter of decades, society all together rearranges itself – its worldview, its basic values, its social and political structure, its arts, and its key institutions. Fifty years later a new world exists. [...]

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Optimizing the Image for Diagnosis

April 27, 2010

When looking at a radiograph for diagnosis we are looking at different tissues; soft tissue, bone, tooth, enamel, roots and the special periapical tissues. We are also looking for different pathologies including caries, bone loss, fractures, periapical lesions and so on. With an old fashioned film radiograph we have to interpret all of this from [...]

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The Cloud

April 26, 2010

The following link is to the Curve Dental site. It lists 10 1/2 benefits to web based software as a service (SaaS). I am a big fan of the concept but the world has been reluctant to adopt full on cloud computing.
Across every industry and in every market, web-based technologies are taking the lead in [...]

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Dentrix Mobile Beta

April 23, 2010

Br Bicuspid registration required.
With Dentrix Mobile, users can access the same practice information and patient data available on their office computers from their Blackberry Tour, BlackBerry Storm, iPhone, or Palm Pre. Dentrix Mobile allows users to:
via DrBicuspid Practice Management.

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Align drops annual case requirement for Invisalign providers

April 22, 2010

Hmmm very interesting. The link is to Dr. Bicuspid (registration required).
Reversing a controversial policy put into effect last year, Align Technology announced today that, effective immediately, it will no longer require all dentists who want to be active Invisalign providers to start at least 10 Invisalign cases annually.
via DrBicuspid Cosmetics.

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Apple iPad vs. Amazon Kindle

April 22, 2010

Consumer Reports: As a reader Kindle wins. I have been a very happy Kindle user for more than a year.
The iPad is vastly more versatile than the Kindle, with a growing range of apps, including those for interactive magazines and newspapers, to exploit its almost unlimited possibilities. If e-book reading will be just one of [...]

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PC Market Grows Over 24 Percent

April 22, 2010

I think a lot of people are replacing old XP PCs having kept them longer than usual to avoid Vista.
There are definitely still people and businesses hurting, but there are also signs that the economic recovery is well underway. One little bit of evidence is the surprisingly strong growth of the PC market in the first quarter [...]

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Tech Torture

April 21, 2010
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