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From the monthly archives:

January 2008

Web Services, Smile Reminders

January 28, 2008

Web services are online solutions that allow the user to simplify the process of information or data exchange and improve efficiency and patient service. The most effective web services interact with your local computer system using the data you collect on patients (as a byproduct of providing dental care) to provide a service.
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Cone Beam Questions for Dale Miles

January 28, 2008

Dr, Dale Miles is a board certified radiologist, He has reported findings on more than 1600 Cone Beam CT scans. I recently asked him about what he is seeing with this new technology.  
EMMOTT: What have you discovered now that you have examined so many cone beam scans?
MILES:  I posted an article on my web site [...]

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Shade X

January 28, 2008

It’s here! After teasing us with a sneak peak last year X-Rite has launched the all new Shade-X. This is a simple version of their advanced Shade Vision system.
I see using ShadeX to match composite shades, choose denture teeth, choose a shade for a posterior tooth, follow the progress of whitening and..who knows.
For an aestheticly [...]

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10 Gadgets to Simplify Your Digital Life

January 28, 2008

10 Gadgets to Simplify Your Digital Life
Living the early-adopting tech life ain’t easy. Simplify and organize your gear and your life with these cutting edge gadgets, including a digital grocery list device and a touch screen universal remote.

10 Gadgets to Simplify Your Digital Life – Reviews by PC Magazine.

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Younger Dentists more connected

January 28, 2008

Not much of a surprise.

Younger Dentists Are More ConnectedMore technology, more connectivity, more of the time—those are the findings of the ADA’s 2006 Technology Survey. Dentists as a whole are focusing more on technology in both their professional and personal lives, but the youngest dentists—those 35 years-old and younger— show the highest levels of interest [...]

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Go Paperless

January 24, 2008
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Canon Announces Rebel XSi D-SLR – News and Analysis by PC Magazine

January 24, 2008

I have been using a Canon Rebel with dental specific attachments for years and am very pleased. Check out Photomed for a dental specific kit.

Canon unveiled a new digital SLR late Wednesday night, the EOS Rebel XSi. The new camera replaces Canon’s current entry-level D-SLR, the XTi, and includes several features that raise the bar [...]

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Why Enhancement Matters

January 22, 2008

At the most basic level a radiograph is a diagnostic tool. However a radiograph does not possess any intrinsic diagnostic knowledge. It only has value because we have learned to interpret features we see on the image to mean the tissue is either healthy or there is a pathologic change. These features can indicate dental [...]

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Technology on the Rocks May 29-31, 2008

January 22, 2008

Join Dr. Larry Emmott the nation’s top dental technology expert, on this three-day high intensity CE-Vacation program. Each day Dr. Emmott will lead a mountain biking group in the morning and a seminar in the afternoon. For non bikers Sedona offers lots of fabulous options like shopping, ancient cliff dwellings, golf or jeep rides. He [...]

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Eight Great Tech Bargains – Reviews by PC Magazine

January 22, 2008

Excellent technology doesn’t have to cost a bundle. We’ve got some sure-to-please gadgets, and none ring up for more than $100.
Eight Great Tech Bargains – Reviews by PC Magazine.

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Wal-Mart Is Piloting E-Health Record System

January 22, 2008

And so it begins.
With a major player like Walmart pushing it digital records will be on the way. Once people realize how much faster , easier and cheaper it is to go digital we will wonder what took so long.

Wal-Mart has begun rolling out personal electronic health records to a handful of employees as part [...]

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Windows watch starts to point to 7

January 22, 2008

Officially, Microsoft has very little to say about Windows 7. But since nature abhors a vacuum, and tech enthusiasts like them even less, the rumor mills are starting to crank into high gear. Postings in the last week suggest that Windows 7 may arrive in 2009, not 2010, as had become the conventional wisdom. Meanwhile, [...]

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Bad Medicine

January 21, 2008

The following is not related directly to technology but should be important to dentists, especially with an election coming.

“In Britain today, you can stuff yourself on deep-fried Mars bars, drink 20 pints a night, inject yourself with heroin, smoke 60 cigarettes a day or decide to change your sex — and the NHS has an [...]

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Demographics of Internet Users

January 18, 2008

Demographics of Internet Users.
According to research from the Pew Institute linked here over 71% of Americans use the Internet. And it not just kids online, well over 80% of people 30 to 49 years old use the Internet. The only age group with less than 50% usage is people over 65. In addition the research [...]

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Build a RAID Array

January 18, 2008

I have long advocated a dental office have a RAID 1 array. This article from PC Magazine explains the various RAID configurations and even gives directions to set up your own system if you are technically inclined.

To build a RAID 1 array, all you need is two identical drives (if they’re the same brand, model, and [...]

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Girl Geek Gear

January 17, 2008

For what it is worth, there were hundreds of booths at CES with various tech gadgets and skins obviously designed for girls. Lots of pink and bling.

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What is worse than not having a web page?

January 17, 2008

Having a web page that is out of date.

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What is SEO?

January 17, 2008

Short for search engine optimization, the process of increasing the amount of visitors to a Web site by ranking high in the search results of a search engine. The higher a Web site ranks in the results of a search, the greater the chance that that site will be visited by a user. It is [...]

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What is the difference between Digital and Analog?

January 17, 2008

In the most literal sense to digitize something means to turn it into digits or numbers. In a more practical sense it means turning something into the electronic language a computer can understand.
The opposite of digital is analog. A good example of an analog device is a wristwatch with hands which move continuously around the [...]

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Should I go digital?

January 17, 2008

This is a common question. When most people ask this what they are intending to ask is, should I convert to digital radiography? However there is much more to “going digital” than just digital radiography.
The word digitize literally means to turn something into digits or numbers. In a more practical sense it means to turn [...]

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