Megatrends in dental education
As technologic change innovates and disrupts the dental service mix, it seems odd that dental education is lagging so seriously behind the innovation and sophistication of product and equipment evident in all the…
Stop worrying or you’ll make yourself sick!
Dr. Robert Adler was an experimental psychologist who was among the first scientists to show how mental processes influence the body’s immune system. Sadly, he passed away on Tuesday, December the 27th. His…
The power of media to subvert
The fun part of being a grandfather is when the kids take a nap, you can justify taking one too. The fun part of a nap at my age is that you can…
Pseudo-Science and Sponsorship versus Science and Censorship: A Duel Lasting Centuries or Underway
If you wish to ignore my blather, simply read the article on the link below. I couldn’t help but reflect on the past year in dentistry. There is no question technology is elevating…
Steve, you’re still here…….sniff, sob…..
APPLE has plans to solve one of the most draining problems to plague smartphones, tablets and laptops: battery life…..from news.com.au According to patent applications submitted to the US Patent and Trademark Office, Apple…
Luddite or Geek, this is way kewl!!!
Pill Bottle Caps Use Wireless Communication To Remind Patients When To Take Medication GlowCapsTM is a bottle with built-in wireless communication When you receive your GlowCapTM, you program it with your schedule. It…
Speed kills?
December 23, 2011 By Catherine Hughes – from Science Friday -Check out this and more from the Robb Report of Dentistry http://www.thewealthydentist.com/blog/2471/science-friday-an-amazing-new-kind-of-orthodontic-treatment/ Orthodontists: Get ready to speed up the time it takes to…
New Orascoptic Endeavor
By Marty Jablow – he rocks!!! As to the featured image, just proves, that anyone can have 15 minutes of fame in the spotlight, even the most egregious, self-serving, solipsistic, pervericating buffoon….I’m just…
Encryption – yawn!!! – been there, done that – wait six months
The most exciting thing about technology is it enables one to be creative in ways unimaginable in the era prior to the Internet. Digital signatures are currently necessary; however, a pain as they…
Visual communications solutions
Not sure why, but I tend to avoid banner ads……mistake in this case – http://www.servdentist.com/products_overview.en.html Banner at the top of the OHJ website – reviewed on the fly, but once the site came…
Cochrane Issues Study on Fluoride Supplements
From Dental IQ December 22, 2011 According to the Cochrane Oral Health Group, fluoride supplements failed to reduce tooth decay in primary teeth, permanent teeth cavity-reduction is dubious and health risks are little…
Addition Of Mannitol Increases Effectiveness Of Dental Nerve Block Anesthesia
By Marty Jablow Allowing a patient to be comfortable and pain-free during surgical and restorative dental procedures is an essential part of the process. The most commonly used local anesthetic injection for lower…
Plasma Brush may Help Banish Fear of Pain During Dental Visits
by Kathy Jones on December 22, 2011 at 7:28 PM Researchers from the University of Missouri have developed a new Plasma Brush that promises to help dentists clean and disinfect the cavities for…
This has nothing whatsoever to do with Chanukah…
Dentistry does not exist in a parallel universe to the rest of humanity – it will either learn to extrapolate, iterate, evolutionate, migrate, or potentiate or it will constipate, obfuscate, and obliterate it’s…









