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Office Design

New tech office ideas – Dental Economics

February 25, 2011

My most recent Dental Economics article is linked below.
New tech office ideas – Dental Economics.

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Flexicord mini USB Cables

February 14, 2011

Interesting products that would have all kinds of uses in a dental office.

Flexicord mini USB Cables > The ultimate USB gadget cable | Flexicord.

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Touch Table

February 10, 2011

I have been posting a lot about Tablet Computers. This video is just the opposite, the anti tablet, instead of a tiny portable computer it is a huge table sized total touch computer. The video shows lots of uses and mentions medical collaboration as a future possibility. Whatever the future dental uses it is just [...]

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Hand Held is Better

February 7, 2011

Nomad is a hand-held x-ray device. Because it easily moves from treatment room to treatment room, one Nomad can take the place of several conventional wall-mounted x-ray units in a typical dental office , saving dentists money when building or remodeling an office.
Hand-held also allow x-rays to be taken without moving the patient, so that patients [...]

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Newest Economic Indicator: Companies Buying iPads

January 24, 2011

More evidence that iPads are inspiring a computer use revolution. The idea of a completely mobile computer that looks and feels like a piece of paper is very appealing. I too like the idea but have yet to see it in action.
If you follow the link the main thrust of the story is that the [...]

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Hidden Nasties

January 6, 2011

According to the Mythbusters TV show our computer keyboards are covered with nasty germs. If you have ever watched the show, and I admit I am a fan, you know that Mythbusters isn’t exatly science. But it is a close approximation. In fact if you follow the link and read the procedures in this case [...]

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Magnified Video Dentistry

December 31, 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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Interesting Technology at the New York Meeting:MagnaVu

December 2, 2010

I have been a fan of MagnaVu for some time. Recently they added several little improvements that make it even better. I believe any dentist who is building or remodeling an office needs to take a look at this system. It replaces your lights, including fiber optics and headlamps, it takes the place of an [...]

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Interesting Technology at the New York Meeting: Tablets

December 1, 2010

Tablet style computers are popping up everywhere in response to the overwhelming popularity of the i-Pad. As cool and well designed as it is the i-Pad still suffers from, what in dentistry, is a major limitation; it is a Mac.
None of the mainstream dental applications will run natively in a Mac mode. To take advantage [...]

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If you want it you will have to ask

November 24, 2010

What do Kentucky, Delaware, Indiana, Alabama, Minnesota, North Carolina and New Hampshire have in common?
These are the only US States that do not allow the use of the Nomad hand held x-ray device. Actually some do but with such silly restrictions that it becomes unusable. If you live in one of these states and want [...]

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Nomad Pro

November 16, 2010
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Dental Integrators Association

October 30, 2010

Need an experienced dental IT company to set up and maintain your computers? Here is a nice resource.
Dental Integrators Association | Dental Integrators Association.

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How to Buy a Server

October 18, 2010

The linked article provides a rather wide range of advice. My personal opinion is that a “typical” dental office needs a dedicated server running Windows Server 2008 with RAID 1 and the ability to scale up to double the original capacity. In other words if it comes with 100GB hard drive you can add another [...]

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Art 4 Your Practice – Dentistry Artwork

October 11, 2010

I saw these marvelous little displays at the ADA. I have not seen anything quite like them before.

This is one of my favorites but there are many other designs and options. Follw the link for more samples.
Art 4 Your Practice – Dentistry Artwork – home.

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Plan for Flexibility

October 8, 2010

One undeniable truth about technology is that it is changing at a remarkable rate and whatever we do now is likely to change over time. For that reason build in flexibility. Don’t hard wire everything with built in cabinets but think in terms of modules and access points, which can be changed.
If you are building [...]

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Digital Workflow and Front Desklessness

October 6, 2010

Many years ago in the BC era (Before Computers) when office data was on paper, work flow meant; where does the chart go and who does what task.
Once a dental office develops a paperless system digital data can be accessed anywhere there is a computer, in the back, at the front or somewhere in the [...]

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NOMAD Handheld X-ray Receives WSJ Technology Innovation Award

October 4, 2010

One of my favorite products the Nomad hand held x-ray unit was chosen by the Wall Street Journal as a runner-up in the medical device category of the 2010 Technology Innovation Awards.
Aribex Inc., U.S.: The Nomad, a hand-held dental X-ray device. It’s rechargeable, can be taken anywhere and allows the operator to stay with the [...]

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Nomad goes Hollywood

September 19, 2010

The Aribex NOMAD Pro will be featured in the season opener for CSI:NY on Wednesday, September 23. Check your local listings for the time, but we think it’s 10PM Pacific and Eastern, 9 PM Central and Mountain. The episode is entitled “Epilogue”.

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ICW Summer Sale

September 16, 2010

 
One of my favorite vendors, ICW is having a sale.
Dental mounting systems from ICW.

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It’s the Network…Stupid.

September 8, 2010

You don’t build a house starting with the decorating scheme and cute window coverings. You start with a solid foundation which supports the rest of the house. It is the same with a high tech office you need to start with a solid foundation of computers linked to a powerful server that works quickly, efficiently [...]

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