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computers in dentistry

Moore’s Law Lives Another Day

April 30, 2012

After Monday’s (April 23) launch of Intel’s newest line of processors, named Ivy Bridge, Moore’ prediction is still looking sound. The chips are the first to become available from any company with features as small as 22 nanometers (the finest details on today’ chips are 32 nanometers), allowing transistors to be smaller and packed more [...]

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Monitors in the Treatment Rooms

April 25, 2012

From the High Tech Guide, “Computers in the Treatment Rooms”

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The Best Security Suites of 2012

April 20, 2012

From PC Magazine.
Viruses, Trojans, spam, phishing attacks, predators trolling for kids…the Internet is a dangerous place. Keep your PCs and the people who use them safe with a security suite
via The Best Security Suites of 2012 | PCMag.com.
In dentistry we need a system wide enterprise level security suite that is updated daily. Don’t take chances [...]

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Who Owns the Data?

April 10, 2012

Follow this link to my most recent Inscriptions article on a very important subject we will need to pay more attention to in the future;
Who Owns the Data?
INSCRIPTIONS: April 2012.
If you ask patients the immediate and unequivocal answer is that they, the patients, own the data. That seems right, each patient should have control of [...]

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Augmented Reality

April 6, 2012

 
This Google Project Glass video gives a sneak peek at what augmented reality might look like for an everyday 20-something cool-dude user. However with a little imagination visualize the onscreen messages not as local routes and weather but as patient information. Perhaps vital signs transmitted from sensors, or medical alerts or recent radiographic images. Then [...]

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Treatment Room Monitors

February 17, 2012

Where to put the treatment room computer monitors is a dilemma for many offices.
Monitors need to be positioned so that the assistant can access it easily to input data, such as chairside charting, while maintaining contact with the dentist and patient. They also need to be close enough for the dentist to view radiographs or [...]

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5 Great Tablets at CES 2012

January 18, 2012

From PC Magazine.
 Tablets are becoming thinner, lighter, more powerful, and more affordable than ever. Whether it’s a new dual-screen form factor, transforming dock, or sub-$200 price tag, tablets are poised to make significant strides in 2012.
via 5 Great Tablets at CES 2012 – Slideshow from PCMag.com.
Tablets were big news at CES last year. They are [...]

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How Secure Is My Password?

January 2, 2012

How about making a resolution to improve your password security for 2012? The web site How Secure Is My Password?. can help. You can enter a password or potential password and the site evaluates it for you.
I typed in several. For some I was informed that my password was so common it could be hacked [...]

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HP TouchSmart 9300 Elite

December 5, 2011

Dentists often ask about touch screens for the treatment rooms. I am not sure this is a good idea. Touch screens offer some minimal asepsis benefits but require the user to go to the screen to enter data or access something, like an x-ray and I believe the actual work-flow of a treatment room is [...]

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Do You Need To Upgrade Your Technology?

November 2, 2011

The linked Amex Open Forum article examines a situation common in dentistry. When income declines, (due to the general economy or whatever,) one of the first places dentists look to cut costs is IT (technology). However a good argument can be made that IT is the last place to cut as good technology properly utilized will [...]

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Good-With-Computers, Part Three: User Types

October 18, 2011

The buzz: If we just had kids at work all our computer problems would be solved
The anti-buzz: The workforce user knows more than they think they do.
A recap of parts one and two:
Technophiles ie. (good-with-computers), are good at abstract thinking and problem solving.
Technophobes, (bad-with-computers), fear both failure and success.
If the above sounds strange to you, [...]

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The Future is 3D

September 22, 2011

The Dr Bicuspid article linked below discusses CBCT with two pioneers in the field. The primary message is, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.
Cone-beam CT doesn’t have to be a tool that is just used for implant diagnostics any longer. And this is partly because of the robust viewing software, which allows you to look at so [...]

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Microsoft Pushes for Demise of XP

July 13, 2011

 According to the linked article Microsoft has announced that users have 1000 days until the company stops supporting XP. I know many dentists still using XP, in large part because “Vista” the OS between XP and 7 had a less than stellar reputation. Never fear, 1000 days is close to three years and you should replace [...]

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Dental Computer Types

June 29, 2011

Most dental offices will need three different types of computers: a server, business workstations and clinical workstations. Each computer type will have different specifications depending on the job it must do. Specs and available options change so quickly it is more useful to present a price range for each type than component specifications.
Server:  This is [...]

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Thirty Inch Monitor

April 8, 2011

A 30 inch monitor!!! This is the kind of thing that just gets my geeky heart all atwitter. Just think about the WOW factor as you zoom in on a poor defenseless bitewing and suddenly display the image at a zillion times life size. You’d be a diagnostic ninja master.
You deserve this…your patients desrve this. It [...]

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