Dentists
Every tooth in a man’s head is more valuable than a diamond - Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote, 1605
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Could Your Next Doctor Be Your Dentist?
Tooth enamel is the strongest substance in the human body. It’s harder than steel. Which helps explain why the three words “root canal treatment” often strike such terror into patients sitting in the dental chair. It starts by boring a hole through enamel as effortlessly as if it were rice paper. Ninety-nine percent of the time, that gaping hole is filled and sealed immediately after treatment. A few months ago, I met a patient I’ll call Janet, to protect her privacy. She was one of the 1 percent.
I carefully peered my head into her mouth. The remaining pulp, or core, of the treated tooth—an amalgam of nerves, blood vessels, and immune cells—had blossomed out of the fractured crown…
Resources
Are Dentists Really More Prone to Suicide?
"You're in a career where nobody wants to see you and you're the last place they want to come back to and it's depressing."
Dentist Is No Longer The Best Job In America -- This Is
Step aside, dentists, there’s a new best job in town. For the first time in years, dentist didn’t nab the top spot on U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings. Though the list was, as usual, dominated by the health care industry, first place went to another field altogether: tech.
Legal hurdles, not Amazon, key concern for U.S. dental supply firms
Their stocks, as well as those of other U.S. drug and medical equipment suppliers, have taken a beating in the past year as speculation over Amazon expanding its considerable reach gained momentum. But investors and analysts told Reuters that the larger overhang on the two dental suppliers, and privately held Benco Dental Supply, is a recent complaint filed against them by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
The Dentist’s Office Is a New Front in the Fight Against Domestic Violence
Whether or not mandatory formal screenings in the dental chair makes sense, however, it can’t hurt for dentists to be attuned to signs of abuse, and be prepared to point their patients to local support services.
The Rise of Digital Dentistry
While dentists may continue to spend most of their time practicing in an office, they will increasingly rely on new technologies, cameras, an Internet connection, and greater collaboration.
Why Dentistry Is Separate From Medicine
Doctors are doctors, and dentists are dentists, and never the twain shall meet. Whether you have health insurance is one thing, whether you have dental insurance is another. Your doctor doesn’t ask you if you’re flossing, and your dentist doesn’t ask you if you’re exercising. In America, we treat the mouth separately from the rest of the body, a bizarre situation that Mary Otto explores in her new book, Teeth: The Story of Beauty, Inequality, and the Struggle for Oral Health in America.
Why Your Next Dentist Will Probably Be a Woman
More women — attracted to the flexibility and relationships to patients — are joining the ranks of the profession.
Dental Spas - What, No Pain?
Health spas, medical spas, pet spas, day spas and now dental spas - a concept long overdue that brings comfort to a setting that is all too commonly associated with shots, high pitch drills and pain.
How Technology is Changing Dentistry
No drills, no injections, easier access, lower costs: how technology is transforming dentistry for the better.
More Dentists Taking Pains to Win Back Fearful Patients
Now, many dentists are taking pains to win frightened patients back. Some practices let patients virtually sleep through the procedure. Others focus on maximizing soothing distractions while minimizing pain as well as the typical sounds and smells of dentistry that can trigger unpleasant memories.
Oral Health Goes Modern
Oral health has a profound impact on general health and welfare, and yet dentists and doctors continue to operate in silos. What will it take to bring the fields together and start improving lives?
Owww! If You Think The U.S. Medical Care System Is Broken, Take A Look At Dental Care
A few weeks ago, I called the dentist I’ve used for more than 20 years for an appointment and got a message back from her receptionist: The dentist is no longer accepting patients who are covered by the insurance company I’m enrolled with. And just like that, I lost my dentist.
Why going to the dentist still seems stuck in the Stone Age
Who among us hasn’t had this thought, as a dentist industriously and cheerfully chisels and scrapes and drills away at your teeth: Surely there is a better way. When anthropologists last month discovered evidence of dental handiwork in a 14,000-year-old tooth, the surprising thing about it wasn’t the fact that people in the Stone Age had cavities and tried to do something about them. It was the fact that the procedure seemed so… familiar.
Could Your Next Doctor Be Your Dentist?
A two-step plan could help address the physician shortage and lack of access to dental care.
Brighter
Bring your profile to life with photos, information, and online appointment scheduling.
CDA Oasis
The Canadian Dental Association is the national voice for dentistry dedicated to the promotion of optimal oral health, an essential component of general health, and to the advancement and leadership of a unified profession.
Dental Abstracts
Keeps dentists informed of developments and advances in general dentistry and its specialties in an easy-to-read, abstract format.
Dental Economics
Dental Economics magazine helps dentists improve their practices through sound business advice and the latest information on new dental products including the latest advances in dental technology.
Dental Products Report
Dental Products Report provides dentists with comprehensive, accurate and unbiased information across the spectrum of specialties. In consultation with forward-looking clinicians and manufacturers, its staff supports dentists as they apply new products and technologies for excellence in patient care and development.
Dental Update
We publish postgraduate articles covering new and established clinical treatment. All articles are peer reviewed giving the subscriber an unbiased and professional platform for continuing professional development and education in the UK.
DENTAL World
DENTAL World is a dental portal designed for dentists, companies and every people or activity dental related.
DentalCare.com
dentalcare.com is the premier website from Crest® Oral-B® for dental professionals and students around the world. It is specifically designed to provide education, research, news, and product information to help you–and your patients–achieve success every day.
Dentalcompare
The Buyer's Guide For Dental Professionals... Dentalcompare is the first free internet resource for dental professionals that provides side-by-side product comparisons along with a host of premier dental website features. The site has been created and is maintained by dentists, for dentists, and designed to provide a one-stop shop for all dental professionals.
DentalSite.com
Provides users with the most comprehensive, cutting-edge information on all things dental. Whether you're a dentist, a member of an office staff, or a patient - we have what you're looking for.
Dentaltown
Continuing education resources and online magazine.
Dentistry iQ
Covering the world of dentistry including dentists, hygienists, assistants and the industry.
Dentistry.com
Dentistry.com is the Internet's premier dental resource for consumers and dentists. We provide a wide variety of dental articles that cover all forms of dentistry, including cosmetic dentistry, restorative dentistry and pediatric dentistry.
DrBicuspid.com
DrBicuspid.com is a free, member-driven web site dedicated to general dentists, specialists, and other dental professionals. DrBicuspid's goal is to deliver useful, trustworthy, and relevant news, features, columns, and more, that will help you make your practice better, faster, smoother, and more profitable.
HIVdent
HIVdent is a not-for-profit coalition of concerned health care professionals committed to assuring access to high quality oral health care services for adults, adolescents, and children living with HIV disease.
Hygienetown
Hygienetown is an interactive healthcare community working to connect dentists to their peers, dental service providers and manufacturers.
OsseoNews
OsseoNews.com is designed primarily for use by qualified medical and other healthcare professionals. The information provided here is for educational and informational purposes ONLY.
Smile
Smile is a dental magazine concerned in introducing the most advanced dental sciences, methodologies, news, armamentarium and materials
The Dentist
Aims to keep dentists fully informed on up-to-date news, whether they are working in Private, NHS or Corporate Practices.
WebDental
Online community for dentists and allied dental professionals to network, share ideas, and discuss the latest treatment, news, and products.
A walk through a life of a dental student (well..DDS/PhD)
Vivid and sometimes humoristic excuse of one former dental school student and recent PhD student not to work
Dental Fear Central
For many people, a visit to the dentist can be frightening or even terrifying. How you treat your patients can make a huge difference to their view of dentistry. The Dental Anxiety Network will offer practical tips for helping people with dental fears, listings of training courses in the UK and Ireland and links to other organisations involved in Dental Anxiety Management.
Dental Student
I do not know of any blogs that chronicles a dental student's life but perhaps ... Do you know of a dental student blog?
National Museum of Dentistry
This NMD web site provides a wealth of information about the museum and includes materials for teachers as well as activities for children.
America Smiles
Welcome to our online service for both dentists and dental patients. Search the dental directory to review American dentist profiles and find local services for tooth whitening, general and cosmetic dentistry, dental implants, veneers, dentures, teeth cleaning, family dentists as well as dentistry for children.
Benco Dental
Website offers everything your dental practice needs, from supplies and equipment to practice development, consulting and office design.
Best Buy Dental Supply
Dentist and dental office's low cost supplier of dental products and dentist supplies. We're your dental supply specialist.
DDSGadget
Discussing the latest in dental technology.
Dental Health Products
We offer one of the largest product offerings in the industry with over 50,000 dental products representing 450 vendors and our purchasing power guarantees you competitive prices.
Dentsply Sirona
Every day, we empower dental professionals all over the world to provide millions of patients with better dental care and make people smile.
Henry Schein Dental
Henry Schein is proud to offer a vast array of dental products and services designed to maximize a dental practitioner's efficiency and profitability.
Midmark
Our mission is to provide innovative solutions and quality equipment that enable healthcare professionals in delivering efficient quality care.
Patterson Dental
Dental's most trusted partner for service, supplies, equipment & technology.TM
Practicon
To help healthcare professionals improve patient care and professional success by providing distinctive products and services in ways that build lasting, profitable relationships.
Premier
Premier is dedicated to bringing the finest, most innovative products, through a worldwide network of dealers, to dentists around the globe...
SmartPractice
Dental Supplies, Equipment & Exam Gloves.
Sports Dentistry
Sports Dentistry is the treatment and prevention of oral/facial athletic injuries and related oral diseases and manifestations.
The Wealthy Dentist
Welcome to The Wealthy Dentist. With over 20 years of dedicated dental marketing and management experience, we’ve developed 3 options to help you achieve your goals.
Vista
Today Vista Dental designs, manufactures, packages and distributes more than 300 catalog items.
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