X-Ray: Page 8

10 areas of hygiene profitability and the obstacles they bring
By Jen Butler, MEd
If your practice's goal is for your hygiene department to produce about a third of your total product, then simply focusing on prophies and x-rays every six months is not going to get you to your goal, writes practice management consultant Jen Butler. She offers 10 areas where you can boost your hygiene production and the answers to three common objections you are likely to hear.
June 26, 2018
2017 12 01 18 31 4930 Butler Jen 2017b 400
New product: Detection Technology launches x-ray detector
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Detection Technology has launched a new line of x-ray detectors.
May 22, 2018
2018 05 23 17 22 7308 Detection Technology X Panel 20180523170201
Legal Cases: Implant placement into the maxillary sinus
By William S. Spiegel and Marc R. Leffler, DDS
A group practice's dentists proposed a treatment plan of three implants for a 60-year-old man with missing teeth. However, after the implants were placed, an x-ray showed one of the implants projected beyond the bony floor of the patient's sinuses. As William S. Spiegel and Dr. Marc Leffler write, sometimes there is a difference between acceptable clinical practice and what a jury may see.
March 13, 2018
2016 08 15 14 01 32 982 Law Books 400
Varex launches CT development chain package at ECR
Varex Imaging is launching a new development chain package for CT and featuring its x-ray tubes, digital detectors, and software at ECR 2018 in Vienna.
February 27, 2018
Dental x-ray volume linked to financial incentives
By Lori Roniger
Dentists take images only when necessary, right? A new study examined the relationship between the number of x-rays taken and whether dentists received a salary or worked on a fee-for-service basis. The findings suggest that payment model influences imaging decisions.
January 30, 2018
2017 01 11 18 12 12 869 Dollar Sign 400
New product: Teledyne DALSA launches scanning software
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Canadian digital imaging developer Teledyne DALSA has launched advanced scanning reconstruction software for the company's Xineos x-ray detectors.
March 13, 2017
Impacted canines: Radiographs or CBCT?
By Theresa Pablos
When creating a treatment plan for impacted maxillary canines, conventional radiographs will likely work fine for most cases. But if a case is particularly difficult to diagnose in the initial evaluation, a cone-beam CT (CBCT) scan may be the better option, according to a new systematic review.
February 22, 2017
2017 02 16 11 02 17 636 X Ray Panoramic Dental 400
Products to look for at Chicago Midwinter 2017: Part 1
By Tony Edwards
A highlight of the upcoming 2017 Chicago Dental Society Midwinter Meeting will be the vast exhibit hall, where hundreds of companies will showcase their products. Here we bring you a preview of new and recently introduced products to look for while you're walking through the exhibit hall in McCormick Place in Chicago.
February 16, 2017
2017 02 16 14 40 31 324 Chicago New 400
Sheri's Solutions: Come on over and check them out
By Dr. Sheri Doniger
What do you do when your practice asks a new patient's previous dentist for the patient's last full-mouth series only to be told that, while the other office has the x-rays, the images have not been converted to digital yet? Dr. Sheri Doniger has an idea on how to solve this issue.
December 19, 2016
2016 08 09 11 38 33 962 Doniger Sheri 2015 400
Week in Review: U.S. access to affordable dental care lags; new insurance code; and x-rays
By Tony Edwards
December 1, 2016
Why I take x-rays
By Dr. Alvin Danenberg
Over the past several weeks, two potential patients have called the office of periodontist Dr. Alvin Danenberg with basically the same question: "If Dr. Danenberg is holistic, why does he take dental x-rays?" His receptionist had the right answer. Read on to find out what that answer was.
November 29, 2016
2016 08 22 14 15 49 958 Danenberg Alvin 400
Patient selection criteria for radiographs
By Donald Tyndall, DDS, PhD
You likely wouldn't receive the same prescription at the physician's office for greatly differing conditions. So why do patients receive the same prescription when it comes to dental radiographs? Dr. Donald Tyndall, director of radiology for the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry, walks you through the patient selection criteria for radiographs.
March 21, 2016
2016 03 21 15 15 11 257 Tyndall Donald 200
Previous Page
Page 8 of 28
Next Page