Dentaltown Magazine - December 2011

Articles
“And the Winners are…”
Howard Farran, DDS, MAGD, MBA, DICOI; Publisher, Dentaltown Magazine
This month, Dr. Farran stresses the importance of teaching your team to start teaching.
Thomas Giacobbi, DDS, FAGD, Editorial Director, Dentaltown Magazine
Dr. Thomas Giacobbi touches on the subject of annual employee performance reviews.
Dr. John Bruinsma
Dr. John Bruinsma discusses how easy it is to promote and deliver xylitol and its oral health benefits to your patients.
Douglas Carlsen, DDS
Dr. Douglas Carlsen dispenses his knowledge about inflation and investment opportunities so you can start the year off on the right foot.
Chelsea Knorr, staff writer, Dentaltown Magazine
Dentaltown Magazine catches up with Ina Pockrass, co-founder of the Eco-Dentistry Association and learns more about its new GreenDOC program. Pockrass suggests going green is as simple and inexpensive as rethinking.
Joe Steven Jr., DDS
Successful dentists are the ones who take opportunities as they come. Dr. Joe Steven Jr. explains the concept of POOR dentists.
Hygiene & Prevention
Trisha E. O’Hehir, RDH, MS, Hygienetown Editorial Director
Skip Brushing and Start Cleaning in Between
• Antioxidant Defense in Oral Health
• Measuring Oxidative Stress
• Antioxidant and Oxidative Stress in Smokers
• Hopeless Teeth Can Be Saved
• Non-surgical Therapy Faster than Surgical Treatment
• Factors Influencing Perio Referrals
Dr. John Peldyak
Safely Sweetening the Dental Neighborhood Part 2
Cindy Kleiman
Cindy Kleiman shares a story of providing a patient with a much-needed Sonicare Airfloss.
Erika Feltham, RDH
Erika Feltham provides an update on getting the word out about the dental dangers of sour acid candy.
Charting recession is easy on a periodontal chart, but how would you note a fenestration in an electronic chart?
In This Issue
Online features for the month of December
Removable Prosthodontics
If you would like to submit a new product for consideration to appear in this section, please send your press releases to Assistant Editor Marie Leland at marie@farranmedia.com.
What Did He Just Say
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