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Nanostructured Assemblies..What’s that?

July 19, 2010

John Fluke, linked below, has found a very interesting article on possibly using nanostructures to repair or replace failing teeth. very cool.
For as long as I’ve been in dentistry, we’ve been looking for the Holy Grail of tooth replacement… let’s throw a new idea into the mix. What if the body could grow a new tooth? [...]

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Body Scanners Could Make Fitting Rooms Obsolete

July 1, 2010

This has nothing to do (directly) with dentistry. However it is interesting and it does show how scanners are being used in various ways which does relate to 3D imaging in dentistry. One step closer to the Tricorder.
Within seconds, 3D body scanners take a snapshot of the human form and produce a 3D replica, with complete measurement [...]

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No more fillings? Gel regenerates teeth

June 30, 2010

A new peptide, embedded in a soft gel or a thin, flexible film and placed next to a cavity, encourages cells inside teeth to regenerate in about a month…
via No more fillings? Gel regenerates teeth – Health – Oral health – msnbc.com.

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CAD-CAM is all about the Training

June 22, 2010

CAD CAM is an amazing technology. It provides a better therapeutic result for patients, it reduces chair time and associated costs. On the other hand it is not a simple or easy technology to implement.
Inevitably those dental offices who are getting the most out of a CAD CAM investment have invested the most in training. [...]

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Serious Games For Dental Implant Training

June 21, 2010

Sample Video here
Research shows that healthcare providers who practice clinical skills via simulation have better patient outcomes than those who dont. The Virtual Dental Implant Training Simulation is designed to help students in diagnostics, decision making and treatment protocols.
via Serious Games For Dental Implant Training | FUTURE MAKING SERIOUS GAMES BLOG.
From Andrew: Interesting that the [...]

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Just as White without the Light

June 4, 2010

A study to be presented at the upcoming International Association of Dental Research (IADR) meeting in Barcelona, Spain, found that 35% hydrogen peroxide alone is effective in whitening teeth and that light activation does not improve the effect.

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Occlusion Connections Blog

May 12, 2010

A great source of information on the new science of occlusion by Clayton Chan.
Occlusion Connections Blog.

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If Hamlet was a Dentist would he use CAD-CAM?

March 20, 2010

To mill or not to mill that is the question.
For all kinds of reasons digital impressions are better than goo impression.  Until recently you only had two choices once you acquired a digital impression. You could design a restoration and mill it out in your office (CAD-CAM), or you could send the digital impression to [...]

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Laser Basics

March 11, 2010

A very simplified version of laser mechanics, the laser produces a beam of light energy that is coherent and collimated. That means the light is all the same wavelength and it is focused into a fine beam.
The various lasers used in dentistry are usually identified by the resonating material such as Yag, diode, chromium, CO2 [...]

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Precautionary Principle

March 3, 2010

Thoughtful essay from a blogger called ShrinkWrapped. He is an East Coast Psychiatrist… Despite that  I often find his writing to be interesting and persuasive. Follow the link to the full essay. The connection to dentistry, technology and more directly health care reform is not in your face obvious, yet it is undoubtedly there.
Bureaucracies by [...]

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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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i-CAT® Imaging Institute

February 19, 2010

Cone Beam CT is such and amazing technology it is hard to get a handle on it,  there is so much diagnostic information in a CBCT a general dentist trained in traditional radiographic diagnosis does not really know what he/she is seeing. i-Cat has a series of online webinars linked below to help you learn [...]

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Expanding your practice with diode lasers

February 18, 2010

The link is to an article I wrote a few years ago on using diodes lasers. The information is still valid and worth a look if you are considering the purchase of a soft tissue laser.
Expanding your practice with diode lasers.

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Perio Cant Wait! – Scientific Studies

February 10, 2010

I am again bowing to the show me the science crowd. I have been a big fan of diode lasers for years. I could not be a dentist without my laser. However I understand my excitement does not constitute science. So for your reading pleasure follow the link below to some ..you know…research.
Diode laser treatment [...]

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4th CAD/CAM & Computerized Dentistry International Conference

February 9, 2010

It is in Dubai
4th CAD/CAM & Computerized Dentistry International Conference.

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Digital Impressions

February 5, 2010

The following is excerpted from an article I wrote for Dental Economics:
The most important element a dentist needs to understand about new digital impression technology is not whether or not it can make a crown like we used to or how the technology works but simply that it is digital. That changes everything – that [...]

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Affordable Diode

January 29, 2010

I am a huge fan of soft tissue diode lasers. I have not tried this one from AMD but it is endorsed by Ross Nash who I respect a great deal. This seems to have all the basics covered and is only $2500. Ten years ago I paid $15,000 for my first diode.
…an unprecedented level of affordability, [...]

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Study in 3D-Based Patient Records

January 15, 2010

From: Titus Schleyer, DMD, PhD Assoc. Professor and Director, Center for Dental Informatics School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
We are currently working on conducting a study that will investigate whether providing 3D models of a patient situation (derived from CBCT imaging or similar) is helpful to improve clinical decision making among _general_ practitioners. Of [...]

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Digital Teeth

January 13, 2010

By now most everyone is familiar with digital “stuff” like a digital photo, a digital x-ray or a digital song on an iPod. However all that “stuff” is so 2000s, what is new and even more exciting for the 2010 era is the technology to digitize a solid object. That is to make a highly accurate digital [...]

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Digital Impressons Testimonial

December 7, 2009

Via Dental Blogs; a look at a new technology that I believe has the potential to go mainstream very quickly. Look here for my DE article on the subject and follow the link below to Dental Blogs.
We’ve had iTero in my downtown Denver dental office for over a year and a half, and we’ve had [...]

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