Patterson has announced the release of a complete digital photography solution - the Canon® DentalFoto™ Digital Camera Kit.
The complete kit includes the Canon PowerShot A620 camera, proprietary lens extension, close-up lens set, lens cap, two sets of rechargeable batteries and a trickle battery charger. The kit also includes three Secure Digital memory cards, a card [...]
I will be leaving for the Southwest Dental Conference in Dallas on Thursday. I will present two programs on Friday and a Digital Radiography Roundtable on Saturday.
The Roundtable will feature four leading Radiography vendors answering audience questions.
Florida Probe Version 5.12.6 will begin shipping this week. If you have purchased a Florida Probe System within the last 12 months or you are a current Extended Warranty customer, you will receive this version free of charge by replying to this email. New upgrades with this version include: new highlighted cursor, new center line [...]
11 Commandments for an Enthusiastic Teamby Ian Percy
1 Help each other be right — not wrong. 2 Look for ways to make new ideas work — not for reasons they won’t. 3 If in doubt — check it out! Don’t make negative assumptions about each other. 4 Help each other win and take pride in [...]
This just in from Lorne Lavine at: The Digital Dentist
Two MAJOR Announcements from Air Techniques Although this has been in the rumor mill for a few months, both were confirmed to me this morning by the Product Manager for Air Techniques. Both of these new products are being officially released on February 1, 2006:
1. The [...]
Read the whole review from PC Magazine here: ABSmini Automatic Backup System 40GB review by PC Magazine
Whether you’re part of a large office or a small business or are flying solo, the ABSmini ($259 direct) from CMS Products is just right for backing up your notebook or desktop. It’s the perfect compact hard drive for [...]
Ping Pong is the latest tech slang. It refers to the back and forth blame game that can happen between tech vendors. The hardware guy blames the software. The software folks blame the hardware and they all blame Microsoft (it probably is Microsoft).
As a dentist caught in the middle you are the ping pong ball! [...]
Previously only available to current Caesy DVD customers, printables are now being offered for sale to non-Caesy customers.Printables, are printable versions of Caesy’s more than 200 multimedia presentations.
Caesy Printables, allow dentists and their team to create printed versions of Caesy presentations that patients can take home. Each Caesy Printable presentation includes full-color photos and is available with either English [...]
Look here at PC Magazine: A Short Guide to the Best 19-inch LCDs for the whole story. Dentists are rapidly converting to LCDs from old fashioned CRT (TV Style) monitors. There are so may to choose from use this PC Magazine guide to help make a good choice.
Looking for an LCD isn’t as easy as you may think. [...]
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March 31– April 1 2006: Two Day Hands On Seminar It is so easy to make an expensive mistake when buying technology!This two day course is a high energy power packed program. However, attendance is limited. The sessions will be customized to the attendees so you get the most from your time [...]
If you have been hearing about so called Neuromuscular Dentistry look here: Neuromuscular Dentistry for a complete description. A sample is posted below.
Myotronics was founded as a result of the decades long work of the late Dr. Bernard Jankelson, a noted prosthodontist. Early in his practice, Dr. Jankelson recognized that purely mechanical concepts he had learned in [...]
Sally says…Do it now. Read the whole article here: Tips: Ready! Fire! Aim! for a complete outline of why it makes sense financially to go with a digital system.
Sally McKenzie, CEOThe McKenzie Companysallymck@mckenziemgmt.com
As I hope the title of this article indicates, I’m actually advocating that you follow a practice that is reputed to have been common [...]
Another idea from CES.
What a great High Tech way to display before and after smile photos.
Digital Frames are produced by several companies. They can also provide sound and even connect to the network.
I had a very difficult restorative situation today. The patient had extensive root decay below a PFM and completely subgingival. In the past this would have been a bloody mess. Today I used my diode laser and it allowed me to treat the patient in a much more effective manner than I would have in [...]
Definition from Wepopedia
IP Address: An identifier for a computer or device on a TCP/IP network. Networks using the TCP/IP protocol route messages based on the IP address of the destination. The format of an IP address is a 32-bit numeric address written as four numbers separated by periods. Each number can be zero to 255. [...]
Look here 2006 International CES: Innovations Honorees if you are interested in what the industry judges picked as the best innovations in consumer electronics for 2006.
Another cool non dental product at CES were Massage chairs like this model from SANYO > Massage Chairs
Massage chairs may not seem like a dental technology but in fact they can be used in the dental office. One of the trends in dentistry has been the development of the “Spa Office” A massage chair is [...]
CT stands for Computed Tomography which is a shorted version of CAT, Computed Axial Tomography. A CT scan is a diagnostic imaging method in which a computer is used to generate a three-dimensional image of the internal of an object using a series of two-dimensional X-ray image slices taken around a single axis of rotation. [...]
One of the big concerns dentists have about using computers in the treatment rooms is the space. We usually end up wedging a full size tower into the side or back cabinet. However there are several options, like putting the computer in the monitor or even the keyboard. However one of the smallest options on [...]
Check it out here The Babble
As dentists we have both a legal and an ethical responsibility to protect our patient’s confidential information. If you are telling a patient what you found when you examined them, asking about a medical condition or making financial arrangements no one else in the office should hear what you [...]