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Researchers foresee a 15% increase in the already booming cosmetic and implant dentistry market. This growth appears significant when compared to the 5% predicted increase for other dental procedures. A survey by the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry backs up the concept that cosmetics will continue to grow, stating that the market is worth about […]

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Dentaltown editorial director Thomas Giacobbi, DDS, FAGD, interviewed the leaders behind NDN in January’s issue. David Protitt, President, and William Mays, CEO, shared the basics about NDN and their vision for growth. Mays says, "NDN brings the expertise of the world leaders to you," of their video-CE courses available on DVD, Internet, or download to […]

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Read how to register your participation at the ADA site:  http://www.ada.org/prof/resources/pubs/adanews/adanewsarticle.asp?articleid=2772  

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Last week I did two lectures – one full day at the Holiday Dental Conference with Dr. Peter Dawson and a two-day, hands-on, occlusion course at Traverse City, Michigan. Both involved the functional aspects of dentistry. I am excited about the interest that dentists show in functional esthetics, as well as function in nuts-and-bolts restorative […]

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DentalBlogs reported earlier in the year that the NYU School of Dentistry adopted digital textbooks, but today’s educational dental technology goes much deeper. Enter DentSim, a system that uses robotic patients and interactive software to teach dental students various procedures. The system can gauge measurements within 1/3 of a millimeter. One student related the images […]

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I just completed Dawson Seminar 2, a hotel course that featured three days of lecture and instruction on functional esthetics in dentistry. We had about 220 doctors in attendance. It was a fun course covering the procedural aspect of esthetics, within the confines of Dawson philosophy. At The Center, we find that as the curriculum […]

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Last Wednesday, I flew to the UK and spoke to the British Society of Occlusal Studies (BSOS). Roy Higson runs the group and has almost single-handedly provided occlusal courses in the UK for the past 25 years. Ten or 15 years ago, in the US, cosmetic dentistry emerged, and we had Dawson, Pankey, and other […]

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By now all dental offices should have and see the value of a web site. A really nice, flashy web site is terrific BUT if no one ever finds it what good is it to the bottom dollar of your practice. You have to know how to drive the general public to your site so […]

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Web Optimization on DVD   This three DVD set of the August 4, 2006 lecture in Los Angelas will shoot you web page to the top in search engine listings.   You will learn about:   -Trends in marketing -Internet Demographics and why they are perfect for a dental practice -Domain names – how to […]

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