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Diagnostics

A Fabulous new Forum

April 4, 2013

Allonfourum.com Is an online forum for dentists doing all on four. Yes, yes the name is a cute play on words but far more important is the content of this site. Users upload and discuss cases not only of all on four but of implants placement and restoration in general. I love this for several [...]

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Online Video CE

March 31, 2013

Online Video CE The High Tech Power Practice Five Modules Essentials Paperless Advanced Internet Stuff DentalEDU.tv

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Caries Diagnostics Steps Ahead With The Canary System

March 28, 2013

This week on Dentalcompare: If Doctor McCoy on Star Trek had been a dentist he wouldn’t have used a Tricorder he would have used a Canary. via Emmott On Technology: Caries Diagnostics Steps Ahead With The Canary System | Dentalcompare.com. I am using Canary in my office. The science is amazing and the patients love [...]

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Canary Update

March 21, 2013

I have been trying the new Canary caries detection system. The science is very interesting and frankly more compelling that other systems I have looked at. Quantum Dental Technologies the makers of Canary just announced the results of a new study that demonstrated that Canary can detect caries beneath opaque sealants. The full press release is [...]

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Digital Diagnostics

March 15, 2013

My article in the March Inscriptions, the Journal of the Arizona State Dental Association. More information on the Amazing Canary System. All of these traditional diagnostic methods have several things in common: They are subjective, they vary significantly from one operator to the next, and they aren’t very accurate. Inscriptions—March 2013.

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Augmented Reality App

March 12, 2013

The linked article shows how online shoppers can use augmented reality to see how a new sofa might look in the living room. …an Android and iOS app which uses augmented reality to let you visualize how products will look in your home. If you want to see a product in your environment, just click the [...]

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Cone Beam CT Defined

March 5, 2013

One of the most amazing imaging technology now available to dentists is cone beam CT (CBCT) such as the iCat. Imagine the difference between looking at a photo of an object, like a car for example, and handling a complete model of the same car. The photo only allows you to see one side of [...]

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Florida Probe Voice

February 26, 2013

At the Chicago Midwinter: Another new product I saw in Chicago was a new voice activated system from Florida Probe. Florida Probe has long been a favorite product of mine for many reasons. With the new voice system they have added a third way to input periodontal charting data to a digital patient record. Voice [...]

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i-Cat FLX

February 25, 2013

At the Chicago Midwinter: One of the most exciting new products I saw introduced at the Chicago Midwinter was the i-Cat FLX. The most significant thing that makes it exciting is that the new system allows you to take a complete 3D image at a radiation dose that is lower than a typical 2D panoramic. [...]

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High Tech Diagnostics

February 1, 2013

One of the most exciting areas of new product development is high tech diagnostics. The core of hi tech diagnostics is the ability to scientifically measure a biologic condition and then to convert those measurements to a digital format for analysis and recording. The result is a highly accurate and consistent measurement. One of the [...]

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ADA launches Dental Symptom Checker

January 13, 2013

To provide patients with accurate information about their symptoms and help them make better-informed decisions about their oral health, the ADA has introduced the ADA Dental Symptom Checker on MouthHealthy.org. via ADA launches Dental Symptom Checker – American Dental Association – ADA.org. Here it is Symptom Checker

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Give your smartphone a sense of smell.

January 11, 2013

Siri, Does my breath stink? Sam Khamis, founder of a startup called Adamant Technologies, thinks he has come up with something far more powerful: an array of sensors that together could potentially detect anything from halitosis to blood glucose levels to an impending electrical fire. The goal: a device that hooks up to your smartphone, [...]

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Updates to CDT Codes for 2013

January 9, 2013

From Jeff Rohde at Dentalcompare. He notes the changes focus on new technology. A majority of the new codes fall into two larger categories. The first addresses changes we have seen in diagnostic imaging, especially with cone beam. The codes show ranges of upper jaw, lower jaw, or both arches, and even include a specific [...]

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Canary Video

December 28, 2012

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The Canary System Approved for US

December 20, 2012

The Canary System has been approved for sale in the US. It is an amazing device to detect caries that uses a completely different technology than previous devices. I have been watching the development of the system for some time and am excited to see it is now available in the US. The following comes [...]

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Tricorder-like device will help people track their health and diagnose problems

December 19, 2012

Hmmm, …plans to sell a consumer-geared gadget that, along with a smartphone, tracks vital signs like blood pressure, temperature, and heart rate. If the device sounds a bit like the fictional tricorder from Star Trek, it should: Scanadu’s team is among those competing in the Qualcomm Tricorder X Prize via Scanadu hopes its tricorder-like device [...]

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Eliminate Pesky Impression Gremlins

December 6, 2012

Dentalcompare Article: Consider the lowly impression and the many ways an impression can go wrong via Emmott On Technology: Go Digital to Eliminate Pesky Impression Gremlins | Dentalcompare.com.

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Personalized CBCT Education

November 20, 2012

Another online reesource for Cone Beam CT (CBCT) training. From Doug Chenin of Anatomage. Our hands-on courses can give you a solid foundation of clinically correct imaging principles that can be immediately incorporated into your practice or imaging center. via Personalized CBCT Education.

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Lung-on-a-Chip

November 10, 2012

Researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have shown that their “lung-on-a-chip” technology can mimic a life-threatening lung condition. They also report that scientists can uncover new aspects of the disease using the lung chip that would not be found with animal experiments. The study, published in today’s Science Translational [...]

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