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I just got back from New York. Lots of new and exciting things happening. The biggest buzz was the DRC from Sullivan Schein. It is a lot easier to show you than tell you so check it out here. [1]

Much more to come in the next few days!

[1] http://drcdental.com/

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 This is a photo shoot I did last week for Anna. She is a model that will be going to France and Milan next year. She needed some updated photos for her portfolio so she hired me to take some. This shoot does not have anything directly to do with dentistry as I was hired […]

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This from Omer Reed: "….proprely accomplished,the team owning 20%of the business(cash flow) is asociologically mature business partnership.when the practice is sold,oftenthe team receives 20%of the selling price if they stay one year after theowner leaves.guess what that does to the selling price?…win-win,I’dsay!!….a bonus system is a carrot and a stick designed for the "jackass"inbetween!….a staff […]

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A recent independent study found that dental offices using Care Credit had significant improvement in key practice numbers. Here are some of the most important findings.
Production increase                     with Care Credit 25.3%     without Care Credit 4.1% Accounts receivable decrease      with Care Credit 37.7%     without Care Credit 3.8% Other interesting findings

21% increase in the dollar amount per procedures completed 98% increase in implant services 71% increase in restorative acceptance

Read the whole thing here [1]
Disclaimer, Care Credit is a sponsor of Emmott on Technology
 

[1] http://www.carecreditworks.com/

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From the Kodak website here How they work [1]

The SensorsIt all starts with our exclusive sensor design, the foundation of our unique system. Our intraoral and extraoral sensors consistently provide a high-quality, film-resolution image, free from distortion and noise. The sensor records the image and transforms it into an electrical signal that is converted to binary information and displayed on your PC.The Optical FiberThe optical fiber receives light from the scintillator then transfers the light into the sensor and blocks x-ray photons not converted to light by the scintillator so that it does not damage the sensor or create electronic noise on the image.

The Scintillator ScreenThis highly sensitive screen receives the x-ray photons and converts them to light through fluorescence, which is received first by the optical fiber and then by the sensor to create the image.The resulting electronic signal is converted to a digital file and the resulting image is displayed on the computer monitor.

[1] http://www.kodak.com/global/en/health/dental/digitalImaging/howItWorks.jhtml?pq-path=2348

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Dentrix has changed the name of their stand alone imaging product from Vipersoft to Dentrix Clarity. Vipersoft was the original name of the program when Dentrix purchased Integra Medical. Vipersoft was integrated to Dentrix as Dentrix Image. The product is the same only the name has changed. Clarity is a complete image management application which includes cosmetic imaging, digital video and digital radiography applications. Vipersoft/Clarity also has some of the best interoperability in the industry as it connects with all the major x-ray sensors and scanners.
Another change I really like! The newest versions of Dentrix Image and Calrity have finally eliminated the need for those annoying security keys. That makes it much more user friendly.
 

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Posted by Tom Hedge on DentalBlogs – [1]

Film is dead. Kodak is not making slide projectors anymore and will soon stop servicing them. Digital camera sales have now surpassed film camera sales. Digital sales are up 80% in 2005 over 2004. Remember Smith Corona?

I have noticed that of all of the digital images I take in the office and at home, very few are printed. In the office, it is only the one’s that go up as office art. At home, the only images printed are to give to others that may have been at an event. This will decline as you can post images at no cost on the web. www.flickr.com [2].
I just got a Video iPod. Sixty Gig black model. This device is amazing. I have over 5000 songs, 7000 pictures, my calander, and contact list on it. The images are downsized to the 320×240 resolution of the iPod screen, so they do not eat up storage. I have less than half of it’s drive in use. You can transfer all the images at full resolution, and it can act as a backup.
Speaking of back up… How many of you are backing up your home images? What if you computers hard drive failed…which it will, as all hard drives eventually fail. My point here is to get a firewire back up and do it! Store it off site if you can. Have you seen what all of the Katrina victims look for as they search the rubble? Pictures.
The big changes we will see in 2006 will be full size sensors, larger LCD screens to view the images, and the ability to download wirelessly. Most sensors today on digital SLR’s are smaller than film. This gives our images a 1.6x multiplication factor from the lens settings. New sensors, like on the Canon 5D, are the same size as film, making our lenses accurate to settings and they capture better information. The larger LCD is an obvious advantage. The image at the top is the 2.5 inch screen on the Canon 5D. The tiny 1.8 inch screens on the current digital SLR’s are very inadequate. Wireless image transfer will make card readers obsolete. Press a button and beam your images to your computer.

[1] http://www.dentalblogs.com/archives/hedge/thoughts-on-photography-in-2006/#more-544
[2] http://www.flickr.com/

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MOUSE PAD – Where Mickey and Minnie live
BAR CODE – Them’s the fight’n rules down at the local tavern
DISKETTE – Female Disco dancer
CACHE – Needed when you run out of food stamps
DIGITAL – The art of counting on your fingers
FAX – What you lie about to the IRS
INTERNET – Where cafeteria workers put their hair
MEGAHERTZ – How your head feels after 17 beers
MODEM – What ya did when the grass and weeds got too tall
ONLINE – Where to stay when taking the sobriety test
ROM – Where the pope lives
SERIAL PORT – A red wine you drink with breakfast
FLOPPY DISK: Whatcha git from tryin to carry too much farwood. 
HARD DRIVE: Gettin home in the winter time.
MICRO CHIP: Whuts left in the munchie bag.
INFRARED: Whur the left over muchies go (Fred eats them).
DOT MARTIX: Ol Dan Matrix’s wife.
KEYBOARD: Whur ya hang the dang keys.
SOFTWARE: Them dang plastik forks and knifs.

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I  have finalized a location for my Web Optimization seminar in Chicago on January 13, 2006.  It will be held at The Wyndham Chicago, which is one block off Michigan Ave in the middle of the Magnificent Mile.  The Wyndham is in the same building as the Capitol Grill.    Chicago is still decorated for XMAS […]

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Sullivan Schein Dental will launch a new program DRC, the Dental Resource Center next Monday Nov 28 at the Greater New York Dental Meeting. I will be at the launch and have helped develop some content. More to come.

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