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From the monthly archives:

December 2007

December 24, 2007
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Dentrix Holiday with Santa’s Helper (me)

December 21, 2007

We’re spreading the cheer and giving gifts to good girls and boys, including iPods, a Nintnedo Wii, and FREE electronic services!
Click Here to see what Santa has for you
Looking back on 2007 we are reminded of the many things we have to celebrate. With the release of DENTRIX G2 and a host of other new [...]

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Year End Web Specialts

December 21, 2007

Check out the special offers from TNT Dental

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Multiple Monitors, Expert Help by PC Magazine

December 18, 2007

I am a big proponent of multiple monitors everywhere in the dental office. See the PC Mag article linked below for instructions on how to do it. Here is my office manager Jackie with two monitors at the front desk.

I’m going to assume that you have Microsoft Windows XP or Windows Vista. Given that, you’ll [...]

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New Product Treo 755p

December 18, 2007

Palm announced today the launch of the Treo 755p for the Verizon network. The device is available immediately via Verizon’s site and will be available for purchase in the carrier’s brick-and-mortar locations on January 7th. The blue-green Treo 755p features a sleeker design than its predecessor, an internal antennae, a higher-resolution color touchscreen, and a [...]

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Evidence-Based Medicine vs. Patients

December 18, 2007

This is not just about technology but has important implications for dentistry.

A new buzzword entered the medical lexicon in 1992 when the Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group published one of the first articles on the phenomenon in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). In the years since, the role that evidence-based medicine (EBM) plays [...]

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Gearlog – 802.11 Routers for under $50

December 16, 2007

D-Link Slashing Prices of 802.11n Routers to under $50? 
According to DigiTimes, D-Link is in the process of slicing the price of its entry-level 802.11n routers to under $50. Those sort of price cuts may be hard to believe, but a quick search of Google turned up an indication that prices are indeed heading south: the [...]

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High Tech-High Touch; Core Concept #3

December 16, 2007

John Naisbitt the author of the famous book Megatrends coined the phrase “High Tech-High Touch”. Naisbitt noted that people really do like High Tech. That is they like the excitement, the change, the novelty, the speed and rapid access to information, they like new and innovative ways of doing things. But they don’t like being [...]

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Understanding Cone Beam CT

December 16, 2007

To get an understanding of what makes cone beam ct (Also known as CBVT; Cone Beam Volumetric Tomography) different imagine that you are Superman. Superman of course has x-ray vision. As Superman you could stand beside Lois Lane and focus your x-ray vision on her lower 1st molar and view an image of the tooth [...]

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Dentrix Users Meeting in Utah

December 9, 2007
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What Not to Buy in 2007 – Columns by PC Magazine

December 5, 2007

Nice article with three levels for each product type; Don’t Buy, Maybe Buy and Do Buy.

Gift buying is nice, but if you’re a smart shopper, you know that there’s no better time to buy for yourself than during the holidays. There are great new products and amazing deals available to you right now. Of course, [...]

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Dental CT Safer than Medical

December 5, 2007

The following is from a press release from Imaging Sciences the folks behind the I-Cat:
 
“A new report was released this week by the New England Journal of Medicine identifying new dangers of medical CT scans. Specifically, the research shows that unnecessary or overused patient CT scans have been found to cause an increased risk of [...]

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The Maxtor Online Store USA – Product Info

December 5, 2007

I like these kinds of systems. However for the dental office you need more than one. You also need a well established system to take the back up drive off site.
If in the unhappy event you are told to evacuate (Huricanes wildfires and such) grab your family photos and your back up disk and hit [...]

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Florida Probe Integration

December 5, 2007

I am often asked about using the Florida Probe (My favorite high tech diagnostic!) with various practice management systems. See below for an update on Florida Probe links. By the way the way I do not try and import the Florida Probe data to Dentrix. I use a bridge from Dentrix to Florida Probe [...]

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Data Base Marketing

December 4, 2007

Data base marketing is information management in its purest form. Companies use it all the time to target you for products or services they believe you will buy.  For example have you ever noticed that once you buy from a catalog you immediately receive some similar catalogs or direct mail solicitations? That’s because you have [...]

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Mini Silver Keyboard

December 4, 2007

A good source for small foot print keyboards; ideal for treatment rooms.

Mini Silver Keyboard Price $79.95
Product Details
Features 11.81″W x 5.91″D x 0.71″H 88 standard size keys. Functionality of a 104 keyboard. Great for desk with limited work space. Available in PS/2, USB or USB with bilt-in Hub Scissors keycaps makes typing silent, stable [...]

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Product – Claris i310

December 4, 2007

This is simply my favorite intraoral camera. It is a simple direct USB digital camera with a good quality image and much better than average focus capacity. It sells for around $3500; but deals are available.

No docking station True digital direct plug Hi-Speed USB 2.0 connection Single Hi-Speed USB 2.0 cable connection Superior image quality [...]

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Top 100

December 4, 2007

I was honored to be chosen by Dentistry today as one of the Top 100 dental clinicians in America. Dentistry Today

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Dentrix is Vista Compatible

December 4, 2007

As a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner, the Henry Schein Practice Solutions (HSPS) team has been working closely with Microsoft to develop Vista-compatible versions of our practice management and add-on software products.
Currently the Microsoft Windows XP Professional operating system is the preferred and recommended client platform for HSPS’s software applications. Although HSPS has released a Vista-compatible [...]

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