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Intra Oral Positioning Survey

July 26, 2010

Imaging Sciences (i-cat) is doing some market research and running a survey on intraoral positioning and portable x-ray. As a thank you to those who take the survey, they will enter your name in a drawing for a FREE GXC-300 intraoral camera.
 
Click here to take the survey.

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Digital Imaging Camera Wand

July 14, 2010

My wife noticed this little gem in the SkyMall catalog. You know that glossy gadget and novelty catalog you find in the seat back pocket on airplanes. It is a consumer intra oral camera. Amazing! Sells for $119.99 Here it is. Remember when intra oral dental cameras were selling for $6,000 to $10,000. (Wait…they still are:-)?)
With [...]

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Eye-Fi Pro X2

May 28, 2010

This is an ideal gadget for use in the dental office.
Like all Eye-Fi cards, the companys latest, the Pro X2 $149.99 direct, works with any digital camera that supports SDHC cards to let you wirelessly upload your photos and videos to your PC and popular sharing sites.
via Eye-Fi Pro X2 – At A Glance – [...]

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Who Owns the Data?

May 11, 2010

Hmmm, does that mean a dentist is in violation if he/she uses the video camera to record a patient testimonial and puts it on a dental practice website?
…something very important, that the vast majority of both consumers and video professionals don’t know: ALL modern video cameras and camcorders that shoot in h.264 or mpeg2, come with [...]

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Bridge to Somewhere

March 19, 2010

Ideally the image storage feature (patient photos) should be linked to the patient chart. This can be accomplished in two ways; integration or bridging.
Bridging is usually done in order to link applications made by different companies. The images are not visible as part of the chart but can be accessed with a single click.
Integration and [...]

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Calibrate for True Color

March 16, 2010

The link below is to a PC Magazine article that discusses a simple method of assuring accurate color from your monitor. True color is important in clinical dental images. The tooth shade, the color of the tissue or even the contrast in the radiograph are important. If the colors change from one monitor to another the image [...]

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20 Years of Photoshop

March 7, 2010

Hmmmm.
Such is the nature of how we see photographs in the age of Photoshop. Thanks to Adobe and the four employees who created the piece of software, we are able to become digital artists in almost no time flat; because of this amazing democratization of technology, though, almost nothing we see on the internet is [...]

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Magnified Video Dentistry

February 25, 2010

I believe that Magnavu is one of the best kept secrets in dentistry. This is a remarkable product that should, in my opinion, be part of every new practice set up. It uses relatively simple technology, that is a digital video camera built into a dental light, to create a very high quality magnified picture of the [...]

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Snap Cosmetic Imaging

February 23, 2010

Follow the link below to see a video demonstration of Snap. It does look pretty quick and easy. I have long been a fan of imaging but have not tried this product.
SNAP DENTAL COSMETIC IMAGING – BETTER SMILE DESIGN SOFTWARE.

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ImageCentrik

February 22, 2010

I just saw a demo for a new photo management program called ImageCentrik. It is linked below.
ImageCentrik combines some powerful and unique editing tools with an easy to use software program that makes creating customized patient presentations absurdly easy.
For example there is a unique built in alignment editing tool which allows users to properly align [...]

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Sale on SLR Accessories

January 4, 2010

Amazon has a 25% off sale on SLR Camera acessories here: Including some Canon lenses. Look to the right.

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How to Buy a Digital Photo Frame – Reviews by PC Magazine

December 12, 2009

Digital photo frames are a great tool for use in the dental office. They can be used to show before and after cases, to introduce team members with a photo and to present treatment options like whitening or Invisalign. The following links to  PC Magazine piece designed to help you make a good choice.
Old school [...]

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Dental Economics Digital impressions: Creating the “aha” moment

November 9, 2009

Follow the link below to my October DE article on digital impressions.
To understand the advantages of digital impressions, let’s compare it to another digital system you have probably used and understand — a digital photograph.
via Dental Economics-Dental News – Digital impressions: Creating the “aha” moment.

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Death of the DSLR Camera – Gearlog

October 28, 2009

The article linked below defends and explains the advantages of a good SLR digital camera. I highly recommend a digital camers for dental use…on every patient.
So what exactly is the DSLR advantage? Countless articles have been written on the benefits of large-sensor DSLR cameras, but in a nutshell: The primary reason that DSLRs provide better [...]

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Amazon.com: Todays Deals: Electronics

September 30, 2009

Top Ten Amazon Electronics deals. They all can have a dental use.
Amazon.com: Todays Deals: Electronics.

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Video Surveillance

September 15, 2009

Follow this link to the white paper described below. To view the paper requires registration.

7 Benefits of Wireless Video Surveillance
Fixed video surveillance solutions are poised to become one of the most powerful and productive technology tools in every part of the globe. Systems integrators and network operators are increasingly choosing the very [...]

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Photo Tip

August 31, 2009

Terry Xelowski from Sundance Lab mentioned this idea to me, which once you think about it is so obvious yet I have rarely done it. When you finish a great restorative case…send a copy of the after photo to the lab. The technicians will appreciate seeing their careful work delivered into the mouth of a [...]

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Picture Manager

August 18, 2009

I picked up a gem from a local Phoenix dentist, Ginger Price. If you have Microsoft Office 2007 (and in my opinion every dentisy should) it includes a great little photo editor called Picture Manager. Picture Manager has very basic editing functions like: cropping, resizing, color and brightness adjustments and “red eye” removal. This is [...]

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Dental Learning Centers

August 7, 2009

A very complete site for cameras: that is purchasing, supplies and best of all training.

Dental Learning Centers.

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Amazon Electronics Deals

August 6, 2009

Several of these products have a direct use in a dental office including digital frames, external hard drives for back up, cameras and even HD monitors.
Amazon Electronics Deals

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