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Dentrix G5 Shipping

February 3, 2012

Dentrix has started shipping their newest version G5 to a limited number of users. The “Official” release is scheduled for the Hinman meeting in Atlanta March 22-24. However by starting now with limited numbers they can ensure tech support for users installing the new version and catch and fix any unforeseen bugs before general distribution. [...]

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Value Proposition for Nomad

January 25, 2012

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5 Great Tablets at CES 2012

January 18, 2012

From PC Magazine.
Tablets are becoming thinner, lighter, more powerful, and more affordable than ever. Whether it’s a new dual-screen form factor, transforming dock, or sub-$200 price tag, tablets are poised to make significant strides in 2012.
via 5 Great Tablets at CES 2012 – Slideshow from PCMag.com.
Tablets were big news at CES last year. They are [...]

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Is Email Dead?

December 30, 2011

If you read this PC Magazine article…
Frankly, email is wasteful. Sure, it doesn’t require chopping down trees like paper mail, but it creates a mess of data that often winds up in the hands of people who don’t need it.
via Is Email Dead? | News & Opinion | PCMag.com.
The author is not saying that personal [...]

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HP TouchSmart 9300 Elite

December 5, 2011

Dentists often ask about touch screens for the treatment rooms. I am not sure this is a good idea. Touch screens offer some minimal asepsis benefits but require the user to go to the screen to enter data or access something, like an x-ray and I believe the actual work-flow of a treatment room is [...]

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E4D Compass™

November 4, 2011

The first really cool thing I found at the 3D Congress is E4D Compass.
E4D Compass imports data from the leading cone beam systems … and aligns the data with scans of the operative field via an E4D Dentist Scan of hard and soft tissues, models or impressions.
via E4DSky – Dentistry’s Destination – E4D Compass™.

The software is [...]

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Pride Institute Best of Class 2011

November 3, 2011

Best of Class Winners 2011 – Pride Institute.

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Do You Need To Upgrade Your Technology?

November 2, 2011

The linked Amex Open Forum article examines a situation common in dentistry. When income declines, (due to the general economy or whatever,) one of the first places dentists look to cut costs is IT (technology). However a good argument can be made that IT is the last place to cut as good technology properly utilized will [...]

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Good-With-Computers, Part Two: Technophobia

October 11, 2011

The Buzz: Technophobia can be overcome with experience.

The Anti-buzz: Technophobia is overcome by, (surprise), letting go of your fear.
Part Two (Part One here)
Abstract Thinking and Problem Solving. Two hooks from part one to define “good-with-computers” in a way that accounts for both the software engineer and the self-made expert who uses Excel everyday:
This week, Technophobia. [...]

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Patients Like E-mail

September 29, 2011

Did you know?
58% of consumers start their online day by reading their emails.
76% of dental patients said email is the best way for companies to communicate with them.
This is based on a 2008 Sesame Communications research paper. Most likely today even more of your patients prefer e-mail.
So the question is…are you using it? Or even [...]

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What’s a Voxel?

September 27, 2011

What the heck is a voxel…and why should you care?
A voxel is to a 3D image as a pixel is to a flat 2D image. It is a measure of space.
This matters if you are considering a come beam CT. The CBCT will render the image in voxels. As a general rule the smaller the [...]

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Dentalcompare

September 22, 2011

I spent some time with the folks at Dentalcompare. What a great resource. If you haven’t used them yet check it out here.
I am impressed with them for several reasons. They have a dedication to providing dentists with online comparisons of everything we use from cottom rolls to Cone Beam. They use all kinds of [...]

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Seminar Arkansas

September 14, 2011

I will be presenting a full day on paperless transitions and advanced technology at the Arkansas State meeting in Hot Springs September 17.
The High-Tech Paperless Office and High-Tech Revolution and Cutting Edge Computer Use
Presented by Dr. Larry Emmott
Saturday, September 17. 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
6.5 CDE Hours
via ASDA Fall Seminar 2011.

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Handheld X-ray Safety

September 12, 2011

One of my favorite products is the hand help Nomad X-Ray device. I have written about it frequently. Of course there is a concern about the safety of using a hand held device. Nomad has done a great deal of testing as have other independent research centers. Follow the link for a look at some [...]

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Hackers Target Small Firms

August 25, 2011

I heard about the WSJ article linked here at the Dentrix Tech Summit.
In the time it takes to break into a major company like Citigroup Inc., a hacker could steal data from dozens of small businesses and not get detected
In the past I have written that dentists just needed basic security systems in place as [...]

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If Hamlet was a Dentist would he use CAD-CAM?

August 24, 2011

To mill or not to mill that is the question.
For all kinds of reasons digital impressions are better than goo impression. Until recently you only had two choices once you acquired a digital impression. You could design a restoration and mill it out in your office (CAD-CAM), or you could send the digital impression to [...]

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30 Years of the PC

August 19, 2011

The PC didn’t magically appear in its current wide-screen, multi-core, HD/3D viewing form overnight. It took many years (30, to be exact) to evolve from the venerable IBM PC of 1981 to the high-powered tech gadgets of today.
Follow the link to a fun look at PC development over the last thirty years. I graduated dental [...]

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Then and Now

August 16, 2011

What a difference three decades makes. The first IBM PC was a revolutionary system in its time, but looks, well, archaic, next to the newest Lenovo desktop.

via The PC: Then and Now | PCMag.com.

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Treatment Room Monitors

August 15, 2011

Pole Mounts
Placing computer monitors in the treatment rooms so that both the patient and the dental team can use them is a challenge. If your dental chair/unit has a light pole the obvious solution is a pole mount. These work, however they are less stable than wall or ceiling mounts. Every time the light or [...]

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