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According to the British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, some websites are selling whitening kits with toxic levels of hydrogen peroxide (greater than 6%) that could cause burns. Read the full story here, and be sure to warn you patients who may enjoy shopping online for deals.

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Why do you have a website? To attract new patients, of course. Since many people shop for services online these days, a top-notch website is like having a full spread in the Yellow Pages. With proper search engine optimization, your site will be found by potential patients. But a dental practice website offers much more […]

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The following is just one of several great bits of advice from the TNT Dental [1] newsletter.

Flash” refers to the moving photos on a Website, and search engine spiders do not like it! They look for live text. A good way to tell whether your site has live text is to copy and paste the words. When words won’t copy and paste, they are part of the artwork and not what we call live text. Search engine spiders won’t recognize them. Flash Websites work the same as HTML Websites…. False!
 

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 In "Making the Web Work," an article by Joel Fisher in August’s Dental Economics, dentists are encouraged to carve out a place for themselves on the Web. Joel says that it’s more effective when a patient passes on a dentist’s Web address than if he were to pass on an office phone number. Your potential […]

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This week, the folks at TNT Dental shared some of their most fabuloso before-and-after galleries. Check it out at www.tips.TNTDental.com. TNT Dental is a custom website and hosting company that specializes in search engine optimization for dental practices. For nearly a decade, the expert graphic designers, web technicians, and dental copywriters at TNT have created […]

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Protecting patient data is a critical part of the modern dental practice – especially in light of HIPAA requirements. How does this translate into daily operations at your practice? Tom Terronez of Medix Dental has put together some tips to make sure you are doing all you can to protect your patient’s data… 1. Are […]

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This topic has two distinct areas of interest. One, why is subscribing to a dental blog, like www.dentalblogs.com, and keeping up with dental news on Facebook a good idea? And two, why should a busy dentist write a blog? Because you are busy, we’ll make this brief. 5 Reasons to Subscribe to Online Dental News […]

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According to a report from Reuters, for patients with severe sleep apnea, the risk of death is 46% greater than for those without sleep apnea. This statistic is not valid for patients with mild to moderate sleep apnea. “Severe” assumes that the patient stops breathing about every two minutes, or 30 times per hour, while […]

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The etymology of “bruxism” stems from the Greek work brychein, which literally means gnashing of teeth. As the most comprehensive online resource available,  Dr. Moti Nissani’s research and findings tell us that about 5-20% of Americans suffer with teeth grinding, yet only 80% are aware of the condition. Many people grind their teeth while sleeping, […]

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If you aren’t a friend of DentalBlogs on Facebook, you’re missing out. While we post full, original dental news articles, press releases, and blogs from The Greatest Minds in Dentistry Today right here, we also post tons of links each and every weekday to Facebook and Twitter. In just one online location, www.facebook.com/dentalblogs, you’ll get […]

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