Recently on a dental forum a practice was asking about “thank you” gifts for their clients and reasons to give them. It made me stop and think how this little thing is such a great practice builder. Being able to show your appreciate to your clients/patients who have choose you to take care of their [...]

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Some interesting observations  from New Media Musings: [1]

Top 10 Tech Transformations of 2005 Top 10 ways in which technology has impacted our culture during 2005, in no particular order.
1. The edges gain power. From the video and music worlds to politics and culture, power is increasingly flowing away from the media, from the political elites and from the corporate suits and into the hands of ordinary users
 2. Citizens media takes off.
3. The rise of Web 2.0.
4. Google grows into a colossus.
5. Skype hits 50 million users. 6. Social media become a force.
7. Cell phones get smart.
8. Print’s decline accelerates.
9. Podcasting becomes a movement.
10. The power of goodwill.
Honorable mention: Blogging gets big. Yes, blogging already made its impact with the 2004 election, if not before, but blogging achieved mainstream status in 2005 by dint of sheer numbers (over 24 million blogs today) and by its rising up alongside mainstream media as an influential part of the public’s media diet.
 
 

[1] http://www.newmediamusings.com/blog/2005/12/the_transformat.html

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I visited CRA on December 8th and did some testing with the CRA staff and Gordon Christensen. We tested Simplicity, Surpass and Interface.
Simplicity is a two bottle no-rinse adhesive system, Surpass is a 3 bottle no-rinse adhesive system, and Interface is a porcelain/enamel/dentin primer.
We got 31 mPa immediate bond strength for Simplicity, and 51 [...]

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Dental Products Report polled GP’s in 2005 on radiography preferences.  Eighty per cent are using film based systems. Four per cent plan on buying a film based system versus 18 per cent that are planning on buying a digital system.  49 per cent say sensors are uncomfortable.

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