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Entries from August 2007

Check out this video; no more keyboards?

August 31st, 2007 · No Comments

File Attachment: MicrosoftNomorekeyboards.wmv (6362 KB) [1]

[1] http://www.emmottontechnology.com/assets/MicrosoftNomorekeyboards.wmv

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Tags: Hardware · Office Design

Ohio State Meeting

August 31st, 2007 · No Comments

I will be presenting at the Ohio State Meeting in Columbus September 13. We will be talking about Paperless Records and Digital Imaging (including radiography).

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Tags: Just for Fun

X-Rite: Products New Web Site

August 31st, 2007 · No Comments

Check Out the new Shade Vision Web Site, very cool.
X-Rite: Products [1].

[1] http://www.xrite.com/product_overview.aspx?id=339

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Tags: Diagnostics

Hardware Advice

August 31st, 2007 · No Comments

The following is From Lorne Lavine [1]. He has a nice essay on choosing computer hardware in the latest Dentists Network Newsletter. [2] I agree with all his suggestions which just shows me he is a sharp guy

It’s important to understand that there is a reason that operatory computers cost more: it’s because they have higher requirements than the computer you use at home to surf online and check email. Be very cautious of those ‘special” deals you see offered all the time from computer vendors. In almost all cases, the computers are underpowered and have poor warranties. The only thing you really gain from a cheap computer is the fact that you’ll need to replace it sooner: hardly a “win-win” in my book.

[1] http://www.thedigitaldentist.com/index
[2] http://www.thedentistsnetwork.net/

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Tags: Hardware

Video: CEREC in Action

August 31st, 2007 · No Comments

Watch as Dr. Tom Hedge removes a patient’s existing crown and replaces it with a custom CEREC crown in less than an hour. This 15-minute video features ste-by-step narration by Dr. Hedge. You’ll go through the entire process chariside, with close ups of CEREC’s amazing and efficient CAD/CAM technology – from camera to computer to […]

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Tags: Uncategorized

Increase Case Acceptance with Payment Options and Incentives

August 31st, 2007 · No Comments

You invest in technology, take the latest courses for aesthetics, and offer patient comfort enhancements – like the Couch Potato, ergonomic neck pillows, and warm, lemon-scented towelettes – but do you give your patients easy ways to pay for dental care? How about incentives, like a discount when a patient pays for dental work up […]

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Tags: Uncategorized

A Link Between Stress and Gum Disease

August 30th, 2007 · No Comments

In 2006, the Journal of Periodontology (JOP) featured an article about a link between chronic stress and increased plaque and gingivitis for caregivers over 50 years. Hypercotisolemia was blamed. This August, JOP published a review that linked stress and periodontal disease without reference to age. Again, increased cortisol was named as the possible connection between […]

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Tags: Uncategorized

Creating the dental piece of the EHR

August 29th, 2007 · No Comments

Another ADA link. Two ADA links in a single day Wow. This is a story from the News that outlines the work being done to create the dental portion of the Electronic Health Record.

ADA leaders are now working to ensure that the unique character of dental practice is understood and maintained in the dental components of the electronic health record as the government moves this initiative forward.
The federal government wants to promote overall quality and cost reduction of the entire health care system by increasing the use of health information technology. Its primary focus is to develop an electronic health record for everyone in the U.S. by 2015. Complete health information will be contained in a patient’s electronic health record.
ADA.org: ADA News: Creating the dental piece of the EHR [1].

[1] http://www.ada.org/prof/resources/pubs/adanews/adanewsarticle.asp?articleid=2642

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Tags: Just for Fun

Dentrix Summit

August 29th, 2007 · No Comments

I have just returned from a meeting with Dentrix and many of the top consultants, speakers and researchers in the dental technology world. They showed us a sneek peak at a number of new products and updates which I will discuss in future posts.
However the most interesting aspect of the meeting was seeing the recent changes in the management team at Dentrix.
In the past few years the founders of Dentrix, Larry Gibson and Kimbal Wirig, have retired and Henry Schein has replaced them. Whenever there is a change of this significance it is difficult to predict the outcome.
I was very pleased to see that the new management team seems to be preserving the best part of the Dentrix culture and also moving ahead with improvements that are now possible with advanced technology. Dentrix aquired the Vision suite of products from Discus Dental. Thay have also changed the name of the division to Henry Schein Practice solutions. The future at Dentrix looks good. 

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Tags: Just for Fun

The feasibility of a three-dimensional charting

August 29th, 2007 · No Comments

The link below will take you to an online JADA article exploring 3D charting. It seems the concept is very exciting but the technology needs some refinement. Never the less what a cool idea.

Most current paper- and computer-based formats for patient documentation use a two-dimensional dental chart, a design that originated almost 150 years ago in the United States.
The feasibility of a three-dimensional charting interface for general dentistry — Schleyer et al. 138 (8): 1072 — The Journal of the American Dental Association [1].

[1] http://jada.ada.org/cgi/content/abstract/138/8/1072

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Tags: Administrative · Just for Fun