Dentaltown Magazine - March 2013

Articles
Howard Farran, DDS, MAGD, MBA, DICOI; Publisher, Dentaltown Magazine
Publisher and Founder of Dentaltown Magazine Dr. Howard Farran discusses how the economy is on the upturn and your practice is soon to follow if you are proactive.
Thomas Giacobbi, DDS, FAGD, Editorial Director, Dentaltown Magazine
Editorial Director Dr. Thomas Giacobbi talks about how the media portrays dentists and references some funny and scary examples from television and movies.
by L. Stephen Buchanan, DDS, FICD, FACD
Dr. L. Stephen Buchanan talks about who is qualified to place implants, and gives his opinion about who should learn to place them.
by Benjamin Lund, Editor, Dentaltown Magazine
by Krista Houstoun, Assistant Editor, Dentaltown Magazine
Dentaltown Magazine talks with leading companies in the field to find out where CAD/CAM materials are headed.
by Douglas Carlsen, DDS
Dr. Douglas Carlsen explains what holds dentists back from retirement. He answers the questions of how to invest and why.
by Tom Hopkins
Marketing guru Tom Hopkins explains the key to keep patients coming back.
by Benjamin Lund, Editor, Dentaltown Magazine
Dentaltown Magazine sat down with Dave Kerpen, CEO and chairman, to learn about his company Likeable Dentists.
by Brian Trava
You’ve made the decision to purchase a multimodality machine (MMM) to expand your practice. That’s the easy part. Dr. Brian Trava explains how to go about choosing the right unit for your practice.
by Kenneth Koch, DMD, and Ali Nasseh, DDS, MMSc
Drs. Kenneth Koch and Ali Nasseh explain that in the clinical practice of endodontics, once proper straight line access has been created, the next task is the cleaning and shaping of the root canal system. However, the real challenge is to accomplish this in a consistent and predictable manner.
by John Nosti, DMD, FAGD, FACE, FICOI
Dr. John Nosti, a pro at cosmetic dentistry, takes you through the steps of preparing porcelain veneers.
by Captain Stephen W. Harden, BS, ATP, B-737, B-727, MD-11 and John B. Roberson, DMD
Just like airline pilots have safety checklists, Cpt. Stephen W. Harden and Dr. John B. Roberson suggest dentists should also have checklists in their practices to avoid accidents.
by Catherine Goodson, DDS
Do you or your team know how to handle an inoffice medical emergency? Instead of panicking, Dr. Catherine Goodson suggests several ways to prepare your team for such an occurrence.
by Peter Verlander, PhD
Peter Verlander discusses stem cell research within the oral health sector.
by Paresh B. Patel, DDS
Dr. Paresh Patel writes, “With seniors living longer, we must offer this set of patients that has never been given options a predictable, economic and aesthetic solution.”
Message Boards
These two message boards explore the OSHA safety regulations regarding needle stick incidences.
There is a right and wrong way to do everything. In dentistry there are many gray areas.
This Townie’s family friend accuses him of cracking his tooth. How would you respond?
In This Issue
by Howard M. Goldstein, DMD, Director of Continuing Education
Howard Goldstein, director of CE, gives you the update for Dentaltown’s online CE.
by William B. Dragan, DDS
Hygiene & Prevention
by Trisha O’Hehir, RDH, MS Editorial Director, Hygienetown
by Linda Douglas, RDH
Linda Douglas discusses how xerostomia affects the mouth and body.

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