Author's article list

  • Align Technologies - Invisalign

    Review
    Monday, January 16, 2006
    “What is Invisalign?” It’s a system of clear plastic (the formula is proprietary) aligners that move teeth in increments.
  • Six Resolutions for Any Time of Year

    Featured Article
    Thursday, January 12, 2006
    It is important to measure the results we create against our old results and not our ideals. We can never hit our ideal result.
  • Common Sense Dentistry

    Featured Article
    Tuesday, January 03, 2006
    You need to find a practice management system that fits your personality and style. Not every technique, whether clinical or practice management, is suited to every dentist.
  • Passive Self Ligating Bracket System

    Featured Article
    Thursday, December 29, 2005
    Passive self-ligation, or “frictionless” orthodontics, is perhaps the most universal in application.
  • The Atlantis Abutment

    Review
    Wednesday, December 28, 2005
    The Atlantis Abutment offers a CAD/CAM solution to the construction of a dental implant abutment.
  • Caesy System

    Review
    Thursday, December 22, 2005
    Caesy can act as a marketing tool, as well as an educational one; continuous video sequences can play, both in the treatment rooms and in the waiting room.
  • Practiceworks

    Review
    Thursday, December 22, 2005
    Practiceworks is one dental software management programs that has gained nationwide acceptance. It rivals such packages as Dentrix, Eaglesoft, and Easy Dental.
  • Endex Plus Apex Locator

    Review
    Thursday, December 22, 2005
    The “END” of the root canal is what we are looking for—finding the end is the desired result we must achieve before instrumentation.
  • Sensimatic 600SE Electrosurge

    Review
    Tuesday, December 20, 2005
    The 600SE is described as a solid-state dental electro-surgery unit that is able to automatically adjust itself to compensate for varying resistance loads.
  • NOMAD Portable X-ray

    Review
    Tuesday, December 06, 2005
    Taking dental x-rays with the traditional wall-mounted x-ray units may be ancient history for offices equipped with the NOMAD portable x-ray system.
  • Dental Technology Consultants: The Newest Member of Your Dental Team

    Featured Article
    Tuesday, December 06, 2005
    Looking back over the years of dental school, our training seems to lack many of the skills needed to survive in a modern dental practice.
  • Common Sense Dental Insurance Management

    Featured Article
    Tuesday, December 06, 2005
    This article is in response to numerous requests from readers and seminar attendees to talk about a common sense-based approach to handling patients’ dental insurance.
  • Six Pitfalls of Expanding Your Practice

    Featured Article
    Monday, November 28, 2005
    Acting prior to planning can create huge mistakes and is the reason for problems in expansion projects. What if you could isolate the risks and then mitigate them before planning?
  • 10 Blockbuster Questions for Designing Your Ideal Practice

    Featured Article
    Monday, November 28, 2005
    Designing your Ideal Practice—or is that your Dream Practice? The distinction is important, so give yourself a moment to decide what that distinction is for you.
  • Demandforce Patient Relationship Management Program

    Review
    Monday, November 28, 2005
    The number one challenge for dental practitioners is the never-ending battle to keep our patients on a successful recall system.
  • Rely X Unicem Universal Resin Cement

    Review
    Friday, November 18, 2005
    Rely X Unicem is a dual cure composite cement that is specially formulated to be self-adherent and moisture-tolerant.
  • Senior Citizens and the Power of Lumineers

    Featured Article
    Tuesday, November 15, 2005
    Having a variety of different aesthetic materials to choose from allows the clinician to select the most appropriate restorative material necessary to overcome that obstacle.
  • PhotoMed Close Up Attachment

    Review
    Monday, November 14, 2005
    It’s refreshing to review an item that has no wires, batteries, or service requirements, and actually fulfills the manufacturer’s claims.
  • Turbo Temp 2

    Review
    Wednesday, November 09, 2005
    Perhaps the easiest way to fabricate a temporary acrylic restoration, such as a temporary crown, is to use one of the generation of bis-acryl resins.
  • The i2 Dryfield Illuminator

    Review
    Tuesday, November 08, 2005
    The i2 Dryfield Illuminator offers some nice improvements over its popular, well-received predecessor, the Isolite.
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