Blog

Best Reads

Illuminating the Blind Spot

Why do our attempts to deal with the challenges of our time so often fail? Why are we stuck in so many quagmires today? The cause of our collective failure is that we are blind to the deeper dimension of leadership and transformational change. This “blind spot” exists not only in our collective leadership but

Read More »

Prenatal Oral Health Program

Evidence indicates that poor maternal oral health can have significant consequences for a woman’s systemic health and that of her children. Similarly, transmission of oral bacteria from mother to child is well-documented and poses a risk for the development of early childhood caries, the most common chronic disease of childhood. Untreated maternal dental disease nearly

Read More »

Healthabitat

Paul Pholeros and his colleagues have been working for decades on improving health by improving the living environment and housing of Indigenous people in Australia. This successful model is now spreading to other continents. Ever since I watched this TEDx Talk, I have been wondering how we, dentists could apply similar thinking to improve health

Read More »

Of Trust, Value & Infants

Progress in dentistry has an intense focus on technology. And what more exciting for a dentist than a new high-tech instrument? I know. I used to say that the one who dies with the most toys wins. I was going to win this game. Early adopter across the board here! But is high-tech better? In some instances it surely is. When our patients come to the point of needing restorations, the technology that provides the best margins will benefit them for sure. But could there be better ways of benefitting our patients? This article was first published in the March 2013 issue of TEAM WORK, a Palmeri Publication.

Read More »
Blog

New ideas

Leadership for change starts with imagining a new reality. This demands that we come to a full stop, a place where images of what is possible emerge, a place where we ready ourselves to challenge the status quo and challenge others to do so…

Read More »
Blog

A Patient Speaks to Dentists

The first and only book written for dental professionals by a patient, “A Few Words from the Chair—A Patient Speaks to Dentists” by David Clow offers advice to established and new dental professionals on how to understand the things patients don’t get to say.

Read More »
Blog

Shaping the Future of Dentistry with CAMBRA

I invite all of you, yes all, not only dentists, to join this blog post in which we can share ideas on HOW we already use or will implement CAMBRA not only in our dental clinics, but also invite others, health professionals, perhaps educators too, to add Caries Risk Assessment to the routine evaluations of the people they care for.

Read More »
Blog

Are You Talking About Benefits or Benefits?

There are many components in the equation of health in which one values people as much as results. Find out more about insurance benefits versus health benefits in this creative piece by Mary Osborne built on an equation of health that benefits all.

Read More »
On Trend

Best Reads

yellow canary on its perch in front of a white background

TEETH: CANARIES IN THE MINE?

What if dentists approached findings that indicate an imbalance in the mouth as a far more serious warning sign, like canaries dying in yesteryears mines?

Illuminating the Blind Spot

Why do our attempts to deal with the challenges of our time so often fail? Why are we stuck in so many quagmires today? The cause of our collective failure is that we are blind to the deeper dimension of leadership and transformational change. This “blind spot” exists not only in our collective leadership but

Prenatal Oral Health Program

Evidence indicates that poor maternal oral health can have significant consequences for a woman’s systemic health and that of her children. Similarly, transmission of oral bacteria from mother to child is well-documented and poses a risk for the development of early childhood caries, the most common chronic disease of childhood. Untreated maternal dental disease nearly

Healthabitat

Paul Pholeros and his colleagues have been working for decades on improving health by improving the living environment and housing of Indigenous people in Australia. This successful model is now spreading to other continents. Ever since I watched this TEDx Talk, I have been wondering how we, dentists could apply similar thinking to improve health

Scroll to Top