Dentaltown Magazine - December 2009

Articles
2009 Townie Choice Awards
Dr. Douglas Carlsen, DDS
Dr. Doug Carlsen discusses the common practice management traits found in those offices that had a record year in 2009 as well as additional ideas that will help in 2010.
Sandy Pardue
Don't think that embezzlement can never happen to you. Practice Management Consultant Sandy Pardue presents common embezzlement and fraud techniques and ways to prevent it.
Hygiene & Prevention
Trisha E. O’Hehir, RDH, BS Hygienetown Editorial Director
The Standard of Premedication
Characteristics of 2,000 halitosis patients
Ways to test oral malodor
Toothbrushes don't increase recession
Ulcer bacteria reduced with good oral hygiene
Diet may improve periodontal health
Antibiotics - right or wrong for perio?
Oral lesions can be the most painful side effect of chemo or radiation therapy. Several remedies are recommended by Townies who have used them personally, with family members or for their patients.
In This Issue
Howard Farran, DDS, MBA, MAGD, Publisher, Dentaltown Magazine
The 11th Commandment
Thomas Giacobbi, DDS, FAGD, Editorial Director, Dentaltown Magazine
Desperately Seeking a Dentist
In celebration of Dentaltown’s 10-year anniversary, we held a “Best Computer Setup for Surfing Dentaltown.com” contest where Townies sent in a photo of themselves sitting in the environment where they visit Dentaltown.com.
Message Boards
The November 5, 2009, edition of the North County Times (San Diego and Riverside Counties, California) reported the sentencing of Victoria “Vicki” Lee Wafford, 50, of Temecula, California, for embezzling $1.6 million between 2001 and 2008 from Oceanside dentist James Hargas, 58. According to the North County Times article, Hargas had taken out a second mortgage, went into credit card debt and quit paying into his retirement account in order to pay his staff and vendors...
Your patient is down in his car shivering. What would you do?
Everything seems easier when it is magnified. Check out these great uses of dental microscopes.
Townie Clinicals
Townie "rickster" presents a great sinus lift case using the MIS Bone Compression Kit.

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