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Entries from March 2008

Questions about Lead in Crowns

March 18th, 2008 · Comments Off on Questions about Lead in Crowns

As we previously reported, lead has been found in some crowns made overseas. The ADA released this list of questions to help patients learn about the crowns their dentists use. You may want to review these and come up with answers, then educate your team on how to respond. By showing your patients that you […]

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Lead in Crowns

March 18th, 2008 · Comments Off on Lead in Crowns

On the issue of lead being found in dental work outsourced overseas: On the topic of outsourcing, we should keep in mind that many of the international labs are going to continue to get better. The lead issue is serious, no doubt, but it does not mean that all dental work from overseas is substandard. […]

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Tags: Clinical · Dental Lab · Dental Materials

Energy Drinks Sap Tooth Enamel

March 17th, 2008 · Comments Off on Energy Drinks Sap Tooth Enamel

In two years, the energy drink boom will have reached $10 billion. Energy drinks include those rather pricey caffeine and sugar crazy colas that folks are downing by the case. Recent studies show that energy drinks erode tooth enamel, which concerns oral health experts. Adolescents, teens, and young adults are the group hit hardest because […]

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Tags: News

Lasers vs Electrosurge

March 14th, 2008 · Comments Off on Lasers vs Electrosurge

If you’re a Townie (go to dentaltown.com here) or you read Dentaltown, check out the discussion on electrosurge versus laser on page 38. Questions were presented as to whether a laser has significant advantages over monopolar or bipolar electrosurge – enough so to warrant the financial and training investment required for using a laser. The […]

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Tags: Laser Dentistry

Block Data Systems

March 14th, 2008 · Comments Off on Block Data Systems

Tom Block of Block Data Systems in California has another great idea. Using off the shelf components he can create a secure off site data back up system for your dental office. You should know that off site back up is critical. Usually that has been done with tape or removable disk that is copied […]

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Tags: Technology

Full-Service Supermarket has Dental Clinic

March 14th, 2008 · Comments Off on Full-Service Supermarket has Dental Clinic

According to Supermarket News, a newly remodeled Carnival grocery store in Plano, Tx, will feature both a dental and health clinic. Talk about a one-stop shop. When a dentist claims to provide “everything under one roof,” does that include milk and eggs? It does now. The dental clinic, All Smiles, may be the first in […]

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Tags: News

Sedation Dentistry

March 13th, 2008 · Comments Off on Sedation Dentistry

Sedation is an important adjunct to comprehensive care because many candidates with broken down mouths are in their situation because they are terrified. Doing oral sedation with Helcion (a drug that has a great amnesia factor), IV sedation, or bringing in an anesthesiologist is wise. I personally don’t like to do deep sedation without an […]

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Tags: Clinical

Can Sedation Dentistry Wake Up Your Practice?

March 13th, 2008 · Comments Off on Can Sedation Dentistry Wake Up Your Practice?

When Dr. Anthony S. Feck determined that he wanted to stop being in the PPO for a big dental insurance carrier, he decided to train in sedation dentistry to increase his practice’s profits. He learned all the skills he needed through DOCS, got training for his team, and since then, his practice has flourished, growing […]

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Tags: Administrative

Resolving Financial Issues in the Dental Office

March 12th, 2008 · Comments Off on Resolving Financial Issues in the Dental Office

Dr. Richard Rosenblatt didn’t like being made out to be the bad guy when it came to financial policies for his business dealings with patients. In Dentaltown (February 2008), his article “My Financial Policy Helped Me Become the Good Guy” shares how his internal and external financial policies take the bad guy problem out of […]

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Tags: Administrative · Practice Management

PC Mover from Laplink

March 12th, 2008 · Comments Off on PC Mover from Laplink

I have just installed a new Home-Office computer for Emmott on Technology. It is awesome…quad core dual monitors…total geek out. However even for a big geek like me setting up a new computer is a tedious and frustrating task. However this time I used a slick product that made it much faster and easier. PC […]

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Tags: Hardware · Technology