White Teeth Utilize Retention Postcards To Keep Patients Coming Back

The following is a guest post by MaKenzie Birchell of Bluewater. If you are interested in guest posting for Dental Heroes, please sign up here.In case you missed it, check out MaKenzie’s previous post that highlighted the dental postcard marketing process.When it comes to retention, some dentists think only of reminder postcard sent out to patients for their bi-annual cleaning. Though reminder cards are good, retention postcards with a broader strategy are more effective for keeping patients. Using a full service postcard marketing provider is becoming a more popular option for busy dentists that appreciate the quick Create-Target-Mail process. Letâ??s cover some great tips for retention postcards with this simple method.CreateRetention cards are sent to your current patients, so...

White Teeth Dentcubator Poised To Hatch Promising New Dental Tech

NEW YORK CITY, NY, USA: Historically, the very best advances in dental technology have sprung not from geeks in corporate R&D departments but rather from regular dentists working in their practices. That’s perhaps because most dentists are thinkers and tinkerers. They are constantly coming up with innovative ways of improving upon procedures, increasing efficiency or doing something in a manner that hasn’t been tried before.

White Teeth Easy, Quick Modeling

Even though dental cases have been modeled for decades mainly using the most varied types of dental waxes or PMMA powder-liquid resins, "The better is the enemy of the good." As the requirements of modern dental technology change, a modern modeling material should also have new, improved and user-friendly properties.

White Teeth A Map With A Difference

Click here to see SHOWWorld, a fascinating global map adjustable by various indices (population, health, energy etc). Select a subject from the top menu and watch the countries on the map change their size. Instead of land mass, the size of each country will represent the data for that subject. Mapping Worlds, the company behind this application is a data visualisation and interface design company with a love for maps. They are based in Amsterdam and work with organisations such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to make data accessible to different audiences. (Source: Mapping Worlds, accessed on 27/09/2010) Subscribe in a reader (Source: DentistryLibrary@Sydney)MedWorm Message: Register forMedMatcha, MedWorm's medical advertising network, and receive $5 free advertising.

White Teeth Links For 2010-10-25 [del.icio.us]

How Sarah Palin Could End Up As President in 2012But today the conventional wisdom about Palin is being revised again, nowhere more so than within the ranks of professional Republicans. Among two dozen senior strategists and operatives with whom Iâ??ve spoken in recent daysâ??including many of those responsible for securing the nomination for the partyâ??s last three standard-bearersâ??there is a growing consensus that Palin is running or setting herself up to run. All agreed that her entry would radically and fundamentally transform the race. Most averred that if she steps into the fray, she stands a reasonable chance of claiming the Republican prize. Indeed, more than one argued that she is already the de facto front-runner.++++++Read it allLos Angeles Times daily circulation barely ...

White Teeth The Compromised Implant Site Solution

The use and acceptability of implants today is considered both routine and highly predictable. With that, people more than ever before are considering the replacement of missing teeth by this method. Unfortunately, until now, a segment of this population has not been viewed as a viable candidate, particularly patients with compromised situations having to do with limited interdental spaces, advanced bone loss, convergent roots, age and financial constraints.

White Teeth Long-term Stability Of Surgical-orthodontic Open-bite Correction, Amjo Sept 2010

Conclusions:There was a 64,11% stability of the overall sampleMost relapse was present on the Class I-II subgroups with a 47.82% stability percentage.And on the Class III subgroup the stability was the highest with 87.50%Those are numbers from just a sample of 39 cases, which is not small considering this is an almost 9years long term follow up but the study has some weaknesses:Patients were not treated with the same technic surgically, some were corrected with a single jaw, and others with a double jaw procedure.Surgeon was not the same, and method of surgery not standardized.However the results show:A statistically significant relapse of those 39 sample open bite cases, after orthodontics and surgery correction. There is a significant stability on the Class III sub group.&nbsp...MedWorm Message: Register forMedMatcha, MedWorm's medical advertising network, and receive $5 free advertising.

White Teeth Cerec 25th Anniversary Celebration Will Be Remembered, Attendees Say

LAS VEGAS: Sirona Dental Systems’ CEREC 25th Anniversary Celebration (CEREC 25) may be over, but it will not be soon forgotten, according to the majority of the more than 3,000 attendees and more than a dozen keynote speakers who participated in the milestone event celebrating the 25-year anniversary of the CEREC CAD/CAM system.