This entry has nothing whatsoever to do with mathematics. It has everything to do with women in dentistry. With more than 50% of today’s dental classes being represented by the fairer sex in N. America (the numbers are MUCH MUCH higher in many other countries), how is it that this percentage is not demonstrated on [...]

Push technology – you have to love it. RSS feeds, YOUTUBE, Follow, all the social media sites that “push” information to you through alerts………this one’s from YOUTUBE.  Uploaded by perieau on Mar 29, 2012 Dental Implants can become infected but just as teeth with gum and bone problems can be treated so can dental implants.  

From Marketwire – CERRITOS, CA, Mar 29, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Millennium Dental Technologies and the Institute for Advanced Laser Dentistry (IALD) announce the renewal of their partnership with the Seattle Study Club (SSC) after an extremely productive three years. Millennium Dental Technologies, the developer of the FDA-cleared LANAP(R) protocol for the treatment of [...]

The purpose of this study is to explore the use of office-based sedation by board-certified pediatric dentists practicing in the United States. Pediatric dentists have traditionally relied upon self-administered sedation techniques to provide office-based sedation. The use of dentist anesthesiologists to provide office-based sedation is an emerging trend. This study examines and compares these two [...]

A very large majority of the unsolicited email that crosses my pewter is email blasts for CE. There was one today from the Halton Peel Dental Association, my regional society, the largest in Canada I’m told. On June 1st, 2012, Dr. Paul Weigl will be presenting an all day program on Brilliant Aesthetics. I’ve seen [...]

Periopatch – Improve Gingival Healing – twas only a matter of time for most major dentinal companies to see the value of mobile marketing – the new iPAD with retinal display turns the YOU TUBE (below) on PerioPatch from MISimplants Canada into a thing of beauty and a joy forever. PERIOPATCH is a unique oral [...]

Found this website off a Facebook link – interesting content  - http://wpicommunications.com/dentists?gclid=CNDG-sTyiq8CFe4DQAodRn0m9w Generating a steady flow of new dental patients is critical to the success of your practice. Dental specialists, especially, often depend on professional referrals by other dentists and physicians. Our newsletter programs provide a highly effective way to reach out to other health care [...]

SPRIX® (ketorolac tromethamine) Nasal Spray is the first and only intranasal NSAID, a novel form of ketorolac tromethamine, a proven pain reliever used in hospitals for more than 20 years.1 SPRIX® combines the strength of non-narcotic ketorolac2 with the advantages of a patient-administered nasal spray. POTENT PAIN RELIEF - SPRIX® provides hospital-strength analgesia2 inside and outside the hospital for patients with moderate to moderately severe pain. [...]

(Nanowerk News) Heraeus Kulzer, LLC, the worldwide leader in dental esthetics, announced today that its Venus Diamond nano-hybrid composite was highly rated in an 18-month in vivo clinical study conducted by the Department of Restorative Dentistry of the Dental School at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat (LMU) in Munich, Germany. Venus Diamond achieved consistently high marks in all [...]

There has been a limited response to the survey sent out designed to determine your wishes and hopes (of the non-Dusty Springfield variety); however, the N todate indicates that most folks read the blog when the email blast comes out, and that the areas of interest are new techniques and materials. I want to keep [...]

Op-ed piece from an online discussion forum……..worth a read….everything is grist for the mill……….there is method and madness in the concept of a dental knowledge network in Canada. There is no question that anonymity will lead to some incendiary commentary, but have you been reading the newspaper these days?  It’s a part of life, the [...]

Hopefully, I have your attention. In the new world of dentistry, or as I like to call it, THE HUNGER GAMES, with the technologic onslaught/juggernaut, implant driven treatment planning, CAD/CAM software driven everything from surgical placement to final restorations, and a new material appearing every twelve seconds vibe, with the claims and counter-claims, with the [...]

Thanks to Dr. Alex Bankhead – Utah Valley Periodontics

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From ROOTS – this case is being reposted but since the discussion of decompression came up two times this week, I thought I would post as food for thought…..30 year old woman presented with continued severe pain associated with her upper central. Needs an extreme amount of restorative dentistry along with some intense cosmetic issues [...]

Many of you generate YOUTUBE vignettes, have PowerPoint or Keynote presentations to share. You are encouraged to do so…..either send them to me through DropBox or I’ll send you the USER ID and Password to the SlideShare being used for the MOUTHING OFF BLOG.  Content begins with a small stone thrown into a pool, the [...]