Dental Education: Page 341

Electronic health records: Part I -- Boon or boondoggle?
By Kathy Kincade
Switching to electronic patient records is supposed to bring all kinds of benefits to dentists and patients alike. So why have so few practices adopted them?
December 30, 2008
New online directory of dentists launched
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Prime Companies has launched what it claims to be the most comprehensive online directory to dentists: mychoicedentist.com.
December 29, 2008
Why live-patient courses are essential
By Helaine Smith, DMD, MBA
Patients these days are well-informed -- and critical, writes Dr. Helaine Smith in The Mouth Physician. If you don't satisfy them, you may even end up in court. That's why it's essential to study the latest techniques at live-patient courses where communication is part of the lesson.
December 29, 2008
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Seminar: How to take advantage of lower ad rates
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Finally, something positive to come out of the current economic climate: There has never been a better time to market dental implant and reconstructive services with TV and radio advertising, according to Big Case Marketing of Seattle.
December 28, 2008
The secret to discretionary dentistry
By Richard Geller
Are you better off selling people something they need or selling them something they want? In his latest Marketing Madness column, Richard Geller reveals the secret to success in discretionary dentistry.
December 25, 2008
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U-M gets birth defects grant
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Dental school graduates can study cleft lips and palates and other craniofacial anomalies at the University of Michigan (U-M) thanks to a new $750,000 fellowship, according to a report in the Ann Arbor News.
December 23, 2008
Michigan dental school fights $1.7 million verdict
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Four faculty members of the University of Michigan School of Dentistry are demanding a new trial in the case of a student who was awarded more than $1 million for unfair dismissal from the school, according to an Associated Press (AP) story.
December 23, 2008
Patterson acquires Dolphin software company
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The Dental Supply unit of Patterson Dental has acquired Dolphin Imaging Systems and Dolphin Practice Management.
December 21, 2008
Williams named dean of Stony Brook dental school
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The chair of the department of periodontology at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill School of Dentistry, Ray C. Williams, D.M.D., has been appointed the dean of the State University of New York at Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine.
December 21, 2008
UCSF receives $24.4 million to fight cavities
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Dentistry has received the largest grant in its history: $24.4 million, from the National Institutes of Health, to address socioeconomic and cultural disparities in oral health.
December 18, 2008
Georgia dental school gets $3 million grant
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The Robert W. Woodruff Foundation has pledged $3 million toward construction of a new Medical College of Georgia (MCG) School of Dentistry building, according to the school.
December 15, 2008
1st class of DHATs graduates from Ala. program
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The first class of dental health aide therapists (DHATs) to be trained in Alaska has graduated.
December 14, 2008
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