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Social Media Marketing – What Works and What Doesn’t

Oral Health Group

Interested in contributing to Oral Health Group’s blog? Email marley@newcom.ca for more information! The post Social Media Marketing – What Works and What Doesn’t appeared first on Oral Health Group.

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Current Research on Hydroxyapatite Toothpaste Efficacy and Safety

Ask The Dentist

Image licensed under Creative Commons by MDPI. Last Updated January 2022. This is a current list of every study we’ve found on the safety and efficacy of hydroxyapatite toothpaste. We created this to be a resource for the functional dentist community, so feel free to bookmark it, share it widely with your patients, and email us if you have a study to add.

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Sports mouthguards: Contamination, roughness, and chlorhexidine for disinfection - A randomized clinical trial

Dental News and Technology

Braz Dent J. Nov-Dec 2021;32(6):66-73. doi: 10.1590/0103-6440202104533. Abstract The aim of the present in vivo study was to evaluate the bacterial contamination of sports mouthguards, surface roughness, and the efficacy of chlorhexidine gluconate spray in the disinfection of these devices. A randomized, blinded cross-over clinical trial was performed with twenty 9 to 13 years old children who practiced martial arts and participated in all phases of the study.

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Free Dental Practice Management Webinar for Specialists/Residents

David Schwab & Associates, Inc.

Click to register: [link]. January 22, 2022 11:00 a.m. Eastern. David Schwab, Ph.D. presents: “The Future Isn’t What it Used to Be.” Offered by the International Association of Dental Specialists (iADS), this one-hour dental practice management webinar is free to dental specialists and residents. Future courses in the Business of Dentistry Series require iADS membership.

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Dental Assistant Requirements: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, and Kentucky

Dentistry Gone Digital

By: Natalie Kaweckyj, LDA, RF, CDA, CDPMA, COA, COMSA, CPFDA, CRFDA, MADAA, BA. One of the greatest challenges for current dental assistants is the portability of their profession across state lines. With over fifty designations of dental assistants nationwide, no two designations are alike, nor are the dental assistant requirements. Allowable duties, education, and continuing education requirements as well as state-specific credentials are all over the spectrum.

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Align Technology Helps America’s ToothFairy Promote Oral Health

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

In underserved communities across the United States, many families don’t have enough information about what causes dental disease or how they can prevent tooth decay. America’s ToothFairy helps improve the lives of children by preventing dental disease through educational programs that encourage effective dental hygiene habits that can help families break the vicious cycle of poor oral health.

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Cost analysis of two types of fixed maxillary retainers and a removable vacuum-formed maxillary retainer: a randomized controlled trial

Dental News and Technology

Eur J Orthod. 2022 Jan 11;cjab080. doi: 10.1093/ejo/cjab080. Online ahead of print. Abstract Background: There has been an increased interest in conducting healthcare economic evaluations. Also, orthodontic treatments have gathered focus from an economic point of view, however orthodontic research seldom examines both clinical and economic outcomes.

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Dental Associate Contract: The first contract for the dental graduate

Dentistry Gone Digital

By: Bruce Bryen, CPA/CVA. After finally graduating from dental school and taking any additional courses that might be needed where the potential associateship is being offered, the job now is waiting for those qualified to work. The title of Associate Dentist has a wonderful sound to it and the compensation package is one that will assist greatly in paying off the student loans accumulated during dental school.

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8 Essential Factors to Consider Before Joining a DSO

Planet DDS

No doubt, DSOs are shifting the dental industry landscape. There’s a couple of different reasons you might be considering joining or selling to a DSO: 1) you may be nearing retirement, 2) you are looking to get support from a DSO to handle administrative tasks and manage the business side of your practice, or 3) you may have some other financial or strategic reason.

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FDA Issues Warning About Dental Risk With Transmucosal Buprenorphine

Dental News and Technology

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a Drug Safety Communication about dental problems associated with the use of buprenorphine products that dissolve in the mouth (transmucosal) and is requiring that a new warning about the risk of dental problems be added to the prescribing information and patient medication guides for these products.

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Reimbursable COVID-19 Tests May Help California Dental Practices Comply With Vaccine Mandate

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

This summer, the state of California instituted a “vaccine-or test” mandate that requires healthcare providers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly COVID-19 testing. The federal government’s provision of four free rapid COVID-19 tests and the requirement that health insurers cover eight at-home tests per month may help dental practices meet the vaccine-or-test mandate by ensuring rapid antigen tests are available and limiting the amount of time employees need to seek testing.

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How Long Does a Root Canal Last?

Phoenix Endodontist

The benefits of a root canal treatment when you have a tooth that is infected or injured are significant. First and foremost, you keep your tooth. Root canals also effectively reduce tooth pain, decrease the chance that serious dental infection will spread to adjacent teeth , and prevent the loss of bone density in the jaw, a common after-effect of tooth loss.

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From Lebanon to Arizona: Falling into dentistry

ASDA Blog

Growing up in Kfarhazir, Lebanon, I have always counted on my family for support. They are the reason why I am in my final year of dental school in the United States, graduating with a dual degree in dentistry and a master’s in public health in May. I will be the first dentist in my small Lebanon village and the first dentist in my extended family. It has been a long and challenging journey, but made possible thanks to those who support me.

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A pilot study of a deep learning approach to detect marginal bone loss around implants

Dental News and Technology

Published: 16 January BMC Oral Health volume 22 , Article number: 11 ( 2022) details Abstract Background Recently, there has been considerable innovation in artificial intelligence (AI) for healthcare. Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) show excellent object detection and classification performance. This study assessed the accuracy of an artificial intelligence (AI) application for the detection of marginal bone loss on periapical radiographs.

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Poor Oral Health Linked to Social Isolation in Elderly

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

A New York University study found that older adults with few social connections have more missing teeth and lose teeth at a faster rate than those with a variety of social connections and regular contact with others. Due to the global pandemic, the incidence of social isolation among the elderly has significantly increased as this group is at high risk for severe COVID-19 illness.

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Dental Social Media: How-Tos for 2022 

YapiApp

Here’s Advice That You Should Listen to Before Posting Your Dental Social Media … Whether you are looking to grow your practice or grow stronger patient relationships, dental social media is where it’s at. ??You may already know how valuable patient relationships are. If not, here’s a reminder. Good communication is the key to: Reduce patient anxiety.

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How a Dentist Can Improve Your Sleep

Gilreath Dental

While we often think of the dentist as someone who helps our smile during the day, there are times in which the teeth and jaw need some nighttime attention too. Nighttime oral habits that can be addressed by a dentist include teeth grinding, snoring and sleep apnea. While these conditions range in severity, they can… The post How a Dentist Can Improve Your Sleep appeared first on Gilreath Family Dentistry.

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Accuracy of dental implant placement with computer-guided surgery: a retrospective cohort study

Dental News and Technology

Published: 16 January BMC Oral Health volume 22 , Article number: 8 ( 2022 ) details Abstract Background The aim of this study was to assess the accuracy of virtual planning of computer-guided surgery based on the actual outcomes of clinical dental implant placement. Methods This retrospective study enrolled patients among whom implant treatment was planned using computer-guided surgery with cone beam computed tomography (CBCT).

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Crest + Oral-B Seeks to Honor Clinicians Caring for Underserved Kids

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

In honor of National Children’s Dental Health Month in February, Crest + Oral-B is calling for nominations of oral health professionals who are dedicated to improving the oral health of vulnerable children in their communities. Beginning February 1, nominations can be made at dentalcare.com/conquercavities. Winners will receive a variety of pediatric dental products to distribute to their patients.

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Retain More Patients

Patient News

Patient newsletters work for dentists Direct marketing expert, author, and speaker, Dan Kennedy, says “Every dental practice should have some kind of patient newsletter, that, at a minimum, hit their [patients’] doorstep once a month. Preferably it would be a real, printed newsletter.” Why is that? He describes that a physical patient newsletter has a better perceived value, it plain.

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How Dental Practices Can Benefit from Open-Architecture Imaging Software

Planet DDS

Having open-architecture software is like having a master key that can unlock multiple doors. In dental imaging software, that means dentists can choose what imaging sensors, devices, and practice management solution they want to use. Anytime a practice wants to expand or switch to a new sensor, having an imaging software that can communicate with virtually all devices can help save a lot of money and headaches. .

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Expanding Pages vs. Writing Blogs—Which Is Better for SEO?

Rosemont Review

Content marketing is a world of moving parts. With each new search engine algorithm update comes a clearer understanding of what works and what doesn’t in the quest to reach the top of google. One of the most common dilemmas that medical and dental practices struggle with? Whether they should dedicate their time to maintaining their website pages or blog.

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Another Reason to Quit Vaping: More Severe COVID-19 Effects

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

Oral health professionals are well versed in tobacco cessation and play a key role in helping their patients quit all forms of nicotine. Well, here is another reason to advise patients against vaping: they experience more serious health effects from SARS-CoV-2 infection. In a study of COVID-19 positive subjects that compared individuals who vape to non-vapers/non-smokers, the e-cigarette users experienced higher incidence of chest pain, chills, body aches, headaches, smell and taste alterations,

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Clinical Case: Diastema Closure

3M

The post Clinical Case: Diastema Closure appeared first on 3M Dental Blog.

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Why Our Patients Love To Be Led!

Coaches Corner

In dentistry, it’s super important to lead our patients to the next step, whether that is scheduling treatment, becoming a patient in your practice, or anything else. In this episode of The Dental Practice Fixers, Dr. Rich shares a story and a great quote that will demonstrate the importance of telling our patients what they need to do next. Then on our secret shopper calls, something AMAZING happens – you gotta hear it!

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Stop complaining about the price. Dentists are not expensive

Modern Family Dental

Many people believe that the services provided by dentists are so expensive. But are dental healthcare services really expensive, and why ? In this YouTube edition, you’ll find the answers to this question, and we’ll fill you in on how to cut your dental procedure costs. Let’s dive right in! Are dentists expensive? The simple off-the-cuff answer is that the provision of private, high-quality healthcare is “expensive,” be it medical or dental.

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Large-Scale Study Finds Omicron Unlikely to Cause Severe Disease

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

A study that evaluated more than 69,000 patients with SARS-CoV-2 infections in Southern California found that the Omicron variant caused much less severe health outcomes than the Delta variant. The researchers—one from the University of California at Berkeley; two from Kaiser Permanente, the healthcare system through which the patients received treatment; and three from the COVID-19 Response Team at the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—looked at 52,297 cases caused by the

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How Long Does it Take to Straighten Teeth with FASTBRACES®? 

Broomfield Dentists / MountainAire

Today we’re going to answer a very important question: how long does it take to straighten teeth? It’s a complicated question. The short answer is that there are many factors like tooth type, age of patient, and more. In this article, our team at Mountain Aire Dentistry will explain everything you need to know and how we can help with FASTBRACES®!

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Dentistry, Football, Etc…

Coaches Corner

Dentistry, Football, Etc… A great dental practice (and life) lesson was shown on December 19th to fans of The Baltimore Ravens. (Yes – I’m a lifelong Baltimorean, or “Balti-Moron” as we sometimes call ourselves.). The Ravens, playing without our star quarterback Lamar Jackson, somehow managed a huge comeback after being down 14 points to the visiting (and favored) Green Bay Packers.

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Woobamboo Announces Toothbrush Heads for Sonicare Toothbrushes

Denticle

The world is going more and more to goods with sustainability. I find it pretty amazing how many companies are figuring out how and then creating goods that for decades have been non-recyclable, now sustainable. Take the ever popular toothbrush. Everyone needs one and we tend to go through several every year. That simple fact is amazing. I mean, toothbrushes are incredibly important to, not only oral health, but overall health in general.

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Supreme Court Backs COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Healthcare Workers but Not Large Companies

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

On January 13, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the White House’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare professionals may remain in place, but it struck down the mandate for companies with more than 100 employees. The vote on the mandate for healthcare professionals was close: 5 to 4, while the mandate for large companies was voted down 6 to 3.

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Is Root Canal the Right Treatment for You?

Swan Dental AZ

If you’re shying away from having a root canal due to fear of pain or misconceptions about this treatment, you’re missing out! Root canals can help save natural teeth from extraction. Root canals are generally the last resort to extraction for repairing severely damaged or decayed teeth. Once these teeth are repaired, however, they can endure for years, saving you the time and expense of having them replaced unnecessarily.

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Bioclear Method – A Predictable Solution for the Perennial Problem of Black Triangles!

3M

A common cosmetic complaint following orthodontics or periodontal treatment is the dreaded black triangle – it’s a real concern for both patients and dentists. The Bioclear Method offers a unique and cutting edge alternative to traditional direct composite techniques for addressing post orthodontic cosmetic and functional concerns. It introduces the use of Biofilm removal and 3M Filtek ‘injection moulding’ composite placement with the use of revolutionary anatomic Black Triangle Bioclear matrix

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Dr. Allen Offers Fotona Laser Root Canal Therapy

Phoenix Endodontist

Safe, thorough & effective laser root canal treatment is now available at Phoenix Endodontic Group. SWEEPS® is an advanced method for cleaning the root canal system. Our state-of-the-art Fotona LightWalker® laser generates precise waves of energy to thoroughly clean the complex root canal system that traditional methods can sometimes miss. SWEEPS® promises to represent an entirely new way of thinking about root-canal therapy.

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Directa HAp Prophy Paste Features Hydroxyapatite

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

ProphyPaste HAp from Directa (800-537-8765; directausa.com ) is a new addition to the company’s ProphyCare lineup. ProphyPaste HAp has a unique composition that includes hydroxyapatite to effectively block open dentinal tubules on exposed dentin surfaces, providing a barrier for instant relief from hypersensitivity. In addition, this one-step paste is said to deliver outstanding cleaning and polishing results.

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Mouthwatch Announces Special One Time Pricing until Thursday January 20th

Denticle

I've been a fan of Mouthwatch intraoral cameras ever since they came on the market a few years ago. The company have even managed to make my annual Top 5 Test Drive article twice. They sell an amazingly good intraoral camera for an incredibly reasonable price. Before Mouthwatch, I was paying around $3500 for intraoral cameras. That's not a small amount when you factor in that my office has 7 operatories.

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6 Secrets To Make Flossing Easier In Blackburn

Healthy Smiles

Want to know the secrets of how to floss easily? Flossing is essential dental hygiene practice. It cleans and removes food stuck between your teeth, reducing plaque and bacteria in your mouth. However, the majority of us floss far less than we should. Perhaps we don’t think we have time for it, perhaps it hurts our gums, or perhaps we simply don’t feel like it.