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Entries Tagged as 'Teeth Whitening'

Pola Office+ Whitens in 30 Minutes

April 29th, 2008 · Comments Off

Made by SDI, and Australian company with a North American branch, the pola system has five solutions: poladay, polanight, polaoffice, polazing (an in-office boost), and polapaint (no trays, good for touch-up). Dental Products Report featured procedural information (provided by SDI) on polaoffice in the April 08 issue, page 128. Basically, you apply the gel to [...]

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Tags: Cosmetic Dentistry · Teeth Whitening

British Websites Selling Toxic Teeth Whitening Kits

March 3rd, 2008 · Comments Off

According to the British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, some websites are selling whitening kits with toxic levels of hydrogen peroxide (greater than 6%) that could cause burns. Read the full story here, and be sure to warn you patients who may enjoy shopping online for deals.

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Inexpensive Polyvinyl Impression Material

September 27th, 2007 · No Comments

Dr. Peter Boulden from Atlanta gave us this tip.  Safco, a dental supply house in Chicago, has a house brand of poly vinyl that is great for accurate study models for wax up’s and diagnostics.  It is called Replica.  The Monophase material’s product number is 102–0559 and Safco’s number is 1–800–621–2178.  It is just over [...]

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Tags: Cosmetic Dentistry · Teeth Whitening · Used equipment/supplies

Vita Shade Guide in Bleaching Order

August 27th, 2006 · No Comments


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Tags: Downloads · Resources · Teeth Whitening · Uncategorized

Things Slow At Your Office;How About Making Housecalls???

August 23rd, 2006 · 1 Comment

 
 
A New Approach….Way Out Of The Box Thinking
Hey you guys here is a new twist. I was reading in HEALTH magazine that there is a dentist in Boston who makes “tooth whitening house calls”. Right in your own home he will take impressions of your teeth, make whitening trays and leave you with all you [...]

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Tags: Cosmetic Dentistry · Events · Just for Fun · Marketing · New Patients · News · Patient Service · Practice Management · Technology · Teeth Whitening

Crest Whitestrips vs. Professional whitening

August 8th, 2006 · 4 Comments

We all know that Crest Whitestrips only whiten the anterior teeth, but this photo really illustrates the effect nicely.

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Podcast from the AACD exhibit floor.

June 5th, 2006 · 1 Comment

I covered the exhibit floor at the AACD meeting in San Diego in May 2006 and found the best new and innovative products.  This podcast is a series of five minute interviews with the representatives of these products.  There is information on web sites, electronic patient communication, skin treatments, digital photography, new whitening systems, electronic [...]

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Tags: Chairside CAD/CAM · Continuing Education · Dental Websites · Digital Photography · Digital Radiography · Events · News · Podcast · Search Engines · Teeth Whitening

Things Slow In Your Practice????

January 5th, 2006 · 2 Comments

 
It is time of the year when in some practices things slow down. I have never really figured out why; maybe because of tax time or maybe it is an after the Holiday lull. There have always been things you can do, chart audits, special discount offers, email reminders of unfinished treatment plans, etc. Well [...]

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Tags: Case Presentation · Continuing Education · Cosmetic Dentistry · Dental Diamonds · Digital Photography · Digital X-Rays · New Patients · News · Patient Service · Practice Management · Technology · Teeth Whitening · Uncategorized

Feel Free to Ask! Dental Blogs is about sharing ideas without confrontation.

November 1st, 2005 · 5 Comments

We have all been on other forums where anyone can post anything about anyone. This often leads to angry and self-ritious grandstanding. In other words, confrontation for the sake of protecting ones turf, as opposed to simply sharing ideas for the simple sake of helping others. All the authors of this forum have the obligation [...]

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Bleaching and Postoperative Sensitivity

October 10th, 2005 · No Comments

    The interest in bleaching teeth has continued to grow, particularly in North America. Although the process of "whitening" teeth has been around over a decade and a half, little is known about the mechanism. The same can be said about the postoperative sensitivity (POS) that commonly accompanies the procedure.
     The mechanism of bleaching is [...]

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