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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 Two: Technophobia

October 11, 2011

The Buzz: Technophobia can be overcome with experience.

The Anti-buzz: Technophobia is overcome by, (surprise), letting go of your fear.
Part Two (Part One here)
Abstract Thinking and Problem Solving. Two hooks from part one to define “good-with-computers” in a way that accounts for both the software engineer and the self-made expert who uses Excel everyday:
This week, Technophobia. [...]

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Metcalfe’s Law

October 7, 2011

You have likely heard of Moore’s Law. It is usually stated as:
Computer power will double every eighteen months.
Here is another one, Metcalfe’s Law. Simply stated it is:
The value of a network is proportional to the square of the number of connected users of the system.
Too geeky for you? The essential observation is that the more [...]

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Patients Like E-mail

September 29, 2011

Did you know?
58% of consumers start their online day by reading their emails.
76% of dental patients said email is the best way for companies to communicate with them.
This is based on a 2008 Sesame Communications research paper. Most likely today even more of your patients prefer e-mail.
So the question is…are you using it? Or even [...]

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What’s a Voxel?

September 27, 2011

What the heck is a voxel…and why should you care?
A voxel is to a 3D image as a pixel is to a flat 2D image. It is a measure of space.
This matters if you are considering a come beam CT. The CBCT will render the image in voxels. As a general rule the smaller the [...]

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Dentalcompare

September 22, 2011

I spent some time with the folks at Dentalcompare. What a great resource. If you haven’t used them yet check it out here.
I am impressed with them for several reasons. They have a dedication to providing dentists with online comparisons of everything we use from cottom rolls to Cone Beam. They use all kinds of [...]

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Seminar Arkansas

September 14, 2011

 I will be presenting a full day on paperless transitions and advanced technology at the Arkansas State meeting in Hot Springs September 17.
The High-Tech Paperless Office and High-Tech Revolution and Cutting Edge Computer Use
Presented by Dr. Larry Emmott
Saturday, September 17. 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
6.5 CDE Hours
via ASDA Fall Seminar 2011.

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Handheld X-ray Safety

September 12, 2011

One of my favorite products is the hand help Nomad X-Ray device. I have written about it frequently. Of course there is a concern about the safety of using a hand held device. Nomad has done a great deal of testing as have other independent research centers. Follow the link for a look at some [...]

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Hackers Target Small Firms

August 25, 2011

I heard about the WSJ article linked here at the Dentrix Tech Summit.
In the time it takes to break into a major company like Citigroup Inc., a hacker could steal data from dozens of small businesses and not get detected
In the past I have written that dentists just needed basic security systems in place as [...]

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

August 24, 2011

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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30 Years of the PC

August 19, 2011

The PC didn’t magically appear in its current wide-screen, multi-core, HD/3D viewing form overnight. It took many years (30, to be exact) to evolve from the venerable IBM PC of 1981 to the high-powered tech gadgets of today.
Follow the link to a fun look at PC development over the last thirty years. I graduated dental [...]

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Then and Now

August 16, 2011

What a difference three decades makes. The first IBM PC was a revolutionary system in its time, but looks, well, archaic, next to the newest Lenovo desktop.

via The PC: Then and Now | PCMag.com.

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Treatment Room Monitors

August 15, 2011

Pole Mounts
Placing computer monitors in the treatment rooms so that both the patient and the dental team can use them is a challenge. If your dental chair/unit has a light pole the obvious solution is a pole mount. These work, however they are less stable than wall or ceiling mounts. Every time the light or [...]

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XDR Diagnotic Features

August 12, 2011

I have long held that one of the primary benefits of digital radiography is the ability to use software to enhance the image and improve diagnostic efficiency.
All too often dentists, and even the vendors selling radiography to dentists, have been caught up in the mantra, what looks most like film. I assert this is the [...]

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Online Reviews: More Thoughts

August 10, 2011

Some interesting thoughts on Google, Yelp, Google Places, online reviews and Facebook from the smart guys at DoctorBase.
It’s no secret that he biggest review site on the web, Yelp, was not a fan of Google displaying what they felt was their content. Yelp claimed Google was essentially stealing their content to drive traffic to their [...]

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Do our older patients need more dental work?

July 27, 2011

The correct answer to this question could affect all kinds of things we do in the dental office; from the supplies we order to the services we provide even to our office location. However, prior to the use of digital technology, getting answers to these simple questions was tedious, expensive and unreliable. As a result [...]

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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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Adopt vs. adapt

June 25, 2011

More thoughtful thoughts from Seth Godin. We certainly see this with the adoption of technology in dentistry. I have come to believe the success of new technology in a dental office has far more to do with the mindset of the dentist and staff than the actual technology. Successful early adopters see glitches as minor [...]

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The File Room of 2021

June 3, 2011

Today: The dentist has a room filled with charts, radiographs, correspondence, EOBs and all the other records along with endless little white boxes filled with plaster models. Finding the models and records for a case done six years ago requires an exploratory party and soon bears a striking resemblance to a wilderness expedition. But make no mistake about [...]

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Webinar: Technology in the Treatment Room

May 14, 2011

If you missed the Sesame webinar on technology in the treatment room you can get the archived version here.

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