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One of the interesting (ugly but cool) products at CES was the Power Squid here: Trident Design, LLC. [1]
I am constantly frustrated by bulky plug in transformers hogging all the space on my power strip. Right now I have eight of them under my desk connected to the cable modem (2) speakers, routers, phone chargers and so on. The squid makes all of the outlets from the power strip or surge protector available.

[1] http://www.trident-design.com/index.htm

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I am back from the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. It was huge, taking up four different convention locations. (The entire Las Vegas Convention Center, the Sands Expo, The Hilton Convention Center and the Alexis Park). It was also very crowded (More than 120,000 people). It reminded me a little of Comdex back in the day.
As with Comdex there were lots and lots of new products we will be seeing in the next year or two. The challenge is to figure out which ones will have a place in the dental office. Over the next few days I will tell you about some of the items I found and how they might help in the dental office. Actually in some cases there isn’t much of a dental use but they are so cool I included them anyway.

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Degradation of the hybrid zone      Ever since Hashimoto in 2000 demonstrated that the hybrid zone was subject to deterioration, a number of additional papers have confirmed this concern. There are a number of potential causes for this unwelcomed problem. The first is related to an incomplete diffusion of the bonding agent into the evacuated […]

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  It is time of the year when in some practices things slow down. I have never really figured out why; maybe because of tax time or maybe it is an after the Holiday lull. There have always been things you can do, chart audits, special discount offers, email reminders of unfinished treatment plans, etc. […]

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Title: Composites, Adhesives and Beyond            Dr Douglas Terry of Houston, Texas and I are developing a textbook on everything dentally esthetic. This publication is designed to offer the clinician an unprecedented level of comprehensive information related to various types of restorative systems employed for treating patients. These include the following: composite resins, dentinal adhesives, indirect […]

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I am off to the Huge Consumer Electronics Shoe (CES) in Vegas. I expect to see lots of amazing new devices that we can use in the dental office. I will report .

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(Culver City, CA), January 3, 2006 – Discus Dental, Inc., a leading direct manufacturer and marketer of professional and consumer dental products, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase the assets of BriteSmile, Inc.’s (Nasdaq: BSML) “Associated Center” business and substantially all of BriteSmile’s intellectual property in exchange for $35,000,000 in cash […]

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I just tried these burs from Axis Dental called Razor burs. They are fantastic! They cut through both the porcelain and metal very easily. There was no chatter noticed. I used them with both NSK and KaVo electric hand pieces.   Tony  

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Recently on a dental forum a practice was asking about “thank you” gifts for their clients and reasons to give them. It made me stop and think how this little thing is such a great practice builder. Being able to show your appreciate to your clients/patients who have choose you to take care of their […]

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Some interesting observations  from New Media Musings: [1]

Top 10 Tech Transformations of 2005 Top 10 ways in which technology has impacted our culture during 2005, in no particular order.
1. The edges gain power. From the video and music worlds to politics and culture, power is increasingly flowing away from the media, from the political elites and from the corporate suits and into the hands of ordinary users
 2. Citizens media takes off.
3. The rise of Web 2.0.
4. Google grows into a colossus.
5. Skype hits 50 million users. 6. Social media become a force.
7. Cell phones get smart.
8. Print’s decline accelerates.
9. Podcasting becomes a movement.
10. The power of goodwill.
Honorable mention: Blogging gets big. Yes, blogging already made its impact with the 2004 election, if not before, but blogging achieved mainstream status in 2005 by dint of sheer numbers (over 24 million blogs today) and by its rising up alongside mainstream media as an influential part of the public’s media diet.
 
 

[1] http://www.newmediamusings.com/blog/2005/12/the_transformat.html

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