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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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MobileTek Labs

December 3, 2009

This is an idea from the NY meeting that I have not seen before. A mobile lab that uses a CEREC unit and comes to your office. Same day single visit service but no investment…. Interesting.
CAD/CAM is the future of dentistry, but the cost and learning curve makes it unrealistic for most practices. Our mobile [...]

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More Tech Fair Highlights

November 30, 2009

Boaz Munnerlyn from Dexis talked about the new Platinum sensor. This sensor is the primary reason Dexis was chosen as best in class. One unique feature of Dexis is the idea of “perfect size”. In other words just one sensor for all applications instead of multiple sizes.
Dr. Dean Vafiatas talked about CAD CAM and Cerec. [...]

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Santa Monica

November 19, 2009

I am on my way to present at a Biolase event this evening in Santa Monica. Here

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Diode Frenectomy

November 17, 2009

A short video demonstrating a labial frenectomy with a diode laser. Notice: NO bleeding and NO sutures. And from my experience the next day the patient will have essentially NO pain. At most patients report their gum feels like it was “scratched”. IMHO every dentist should have a diode laser.

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It is About the People

November 16, 2009

It’s not about the machine, it’s about the people. But sometimes the machine can make all the difference.
It is easy to see technology just as machines and networks but I have always believed the real significance, the real value of technology comes when we use it to improve the human condition. Dr. Tony Romanazzi a [...]

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Cerec Blue Cam Video

November 15, 2009

This 4 minute video demonstrates the use of the Cerec Blucam that was introduced early in 2009. The camera has a unique functionality, it detects motion and will automatically capture an image once it is still and stable. No foot controls or taking an image with a moving and blurry camera. Bluecam still requires the use of [...]

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What’s Your Hammer?

November 13, 2009

The excerpt and link below is from Seth Godin. The point is very significant in dentistry. I just spent two days at a Cerec meeting. As usual I was very impressed with the technology, (more later) however what was even more significant is that Cerec gives us a different hammer. In the past we had [...]

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Best of Class – OraVerse

November 12, 2009

I have been working with Lou Shuman and The Pride Institute creating a unique Technology Fair to showcase the leading technologies in a number of different dental categories. The first fair will be presented at the Greater New York Dental Meeting (GNYDM) coming November 29 to December 2. I will be highlighting the featured technologies throughout the [...]

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Biolase Event – Secrets of my Dental Success

November 11, 2009

I will be presenting along with Robert Lowe at a special evening event at Pier59 Studios in Santa Monica, Thursday Nov 19. We will be discussing lasers. Dr. Lowe will handle the clinical parts while I will talk about change and profitability.

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Best of Class – Cerec

November 10, 2009

I have been working with Lou Shuman and The Pride Institute creating a unique Technology Fair to showcase the leading technologies in a number of different dental categories. The first fair will be presented at the Greater New York Dental Meeting (GNYDM) coming November 29 to December 2. I will be highlighting the featured technologies throughout the [...]

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Learning about CAD CAM

November 10, 2009

I am a fan of almost anything digital including CAD CAM. I think what Sirona has done with Cerec and now Schein with E4D is amazing and will just keep getting better. This week I will be attending a two day training session on Cerec here: I will report back next week on the program.

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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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Fantastic Offer, CAD CAM Hands on…Free

October 30, 2009

I bumped this post back to the top because it is such an amazing opportunity. The Scottsdale Center is worth seeing all by itself and the topic and speakers are well worth the investment. And that’s the best part the investment is being underwrtitten by Cerec; this program is free, Even the hotel is free. [...]

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Old Masters

October 29, 2009

I was speaking with a dentist recently who was telling me about the insane levels of precision he was learning in a gold study club. There were very precise measurements of powder and liquid to create just the exact amount of shrinkage for die stones, investments and all the rest. The dentists and technicians had [...]

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When Impressions go Wrong

October 28, 2009

Consider the lowly impression and the number of times there is a chance for an impression to go wrong. That is for it to distort or in some other way betray us from the moment it is taken until the restoration is ready to deliver.
Each of these materials; the impression materials, the stone, the wax, [...]

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Cadent – iTero

October 24, 2009

I have just re-visited the iTero digital impression system. I will be learning even more at an in office session next week and I will follow up then. In the mean time look for an article I have in the upcoming Dental Economics Magazine (Oct) on digital impressions. Just the fact that it is digital is a [...]

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CAD CAM ROI

October 19, 2009

Following is a reprint of an article in the Henry Schein Magazine Sidekick
Better Economics
Determining if this type of high technology is right for your practice requires careful analysis of the return on investment (ROI). A practice must not only consider hard costs and the potential financial return, but also the positive marketing impact to patients—current [...]

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Surgical Scalpel Sniffs Out Tumors While It Cuts | Popular Science

October 12, 2009

Transforming surgical scalpels into imaging tools could provide instant feedback on suspicious tumors or tissues. European researchers plan for the new imaging tools to enter clinical trials next month.
The concept combines an elecroscalpel with a mass spectrometer to profile the molecular structures of whatever the scalpel happens to cut. It carries out its molecular analysis [...]

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