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Googling for Dentists

July 28, 2011

The only way to be sure you will appear on the first page of Google is to buy it. More or less.
That is you buy an ad and you Pay Per Click, PPC. The ad will appear in a Google search as a “sponsored link” based on the “keywords” you have bid on. [...]

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Quick Scan Low Dose 3D

July 25, 2011

Imaging Sciences, the i-Cat folks, have released a new low radiation 3D scan called Quick Dose. Quick Dose can provide the user with a full 3D image with a radation dose of 27 uSv. This compares to a typical digital pan which has a dose of 24 uSv. There is always a trade off with radiation [...]

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Who owns that phone?

June 22, 2011

The linked article by law professor Glen Reynolds discusses the recent kerfuffle with Apple possibly attempting to control the use of iPhone video.
It also raises a question of ownership. When Americans buy an iPhone or other gadget, we tend to think that, since we paid for it, we actually, you know, own it. But the [...]

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Breakthrough in Digital Impressions with Ultra Sonics

June 13, 2011

I believe that digital impressions will be the next big thing in digital high tech dentistry. The linked DrBicuspid article discusses breakthroughs in the technology that help eliminate the issues of blood and saliva on the teeth. Amazing.
While light-based intraoral scanning systems offer many advantages over conventional impressioning, they still have one great disadvantage: Moisture, [...]

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Intelligent Positioning System

April 20, 2011

 It doesn’t matter how sophisticated the sensor is - or how powerful your image software is - the fact is that if you don’t position the sensor and align the tube head properly you will get a lousy radiograph.
For the most part we are still using the aiming system used by America’s most famous dentist…Doc Holiday. Now [...]

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Computer Security

April 13, 2011

I have long had mixed feelings about computer security. On one hand I acknowledge we do need to be aware of the issues and take precautions, on the other hand I am such a Pollyanna when it comes to digital technology I just want it to be wonderful and tend to ignore the seamier aspects [...]

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Wilmington Delaware March 11

March 9, 2011

I will be presenting an all day meeting for the Delaware State Dental Society on March 11 in Wilmington. The primary topic will be going paperless with lots of Internet and digital communications as well. For more information: Delaware Meeting

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Digital Changes Everything

February 8, 2011

 
An introduction to the idea of the “Digital Nervous System” and how it changes everything.
More videos here.

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Fuzzy no More

November 11, 2010

One of the best things about a digital x-rays is that they are…wait for it…they are…digital! That means we can use diagnostic software to examine and possibly enhance the image and improve our diagnostic efficiency. Most dentists believe that digital radiography is all about the sensor, but when it comes to diagnosis it is all [...]

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Intra Oral Positioning Survey

July 26, 2010

Imaging Sciences (i-cat) is doing some market research and running a survey on intraoral positioning and portable x-ray. As a thank you to those who take the survey, they will enter your name in a drawing for a FREE GXC-300 intraoral camera.
 
Click here to take the survey.

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Cone Beam Texts

June 28, 2010

Here is a sugested reading list if you want to learn more about Cone Beam CT. The list is from the Dental Imaging Center.
“Radiographic Cepalometry: From Basics to 3-D Imaging”. Alexander Jacobson, Richard Jacobson. 2nd Edition. Quintessence Publishing. ISBN (0-86715-461-6).
“Cone Beam Computed Tomography”. Allan Farman, William Scarfe. 1st Edition. Springer Publishing. ISBN (978-3540493594). Due to [...]

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3D Congress Video

June 27, 2010

This is a sample of some of the truly amazing technology on display here at the 3D congress. Already pioneers like Dr. Scott Ganz and others are using this technology to diagnose, plan and treat patients to a level of precision and final excellence unimaginable just a decade ago. The video below illustrates just a few [...]

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What are you missing? CBCT Case Study

June 25, 2010

You don’t know what you don’t know. Another interesting case study from Dental Imaging Center. The first image below shows what seems to be an uninterupted first molar with a preliminary diagnosis of Ankylosis.

The CBCT image shows the real cause, an odontoma.

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