Dental Miscellany !

For some dental miscellany check out

http://www.crookedbrains.net/2013/11/coolest-tooth-inspired-products-designs.html

Thanks to Dr.Shirish Waghulde for this one !

Bio Patch Regrows Bone

Bio Patch regrows bone:
An interesting new development in bone engineering. Hopefully some of this technology will reach our clinics soon!

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Interesting Solution to the Flossing Problem !

'via Blog this'

Hello ! Sorry for the long absence !

Hello everybody and sorry for the long absence ! We've had some problems with spam and hacking in the Implant Sutra blog that forced me to take some time off. I'm back ! I'm grateful to all of you who continued to visit and who motivated me to get back to blogging .
Thanks !

Evidence insufficient to recommend routine antibiotics for joint replacement patients, experts say

Evidence insufficient to recommend routine antibiotics for joint replacement patients, experts say

Please read and save for future reference ! The latest recommendations for a commonly encountered clinical situation.

How Videogames Could Help Train the Next Generation of Robotic Surgeons

From Wired
I wonder when robotic surgery will be a reality in dentistry! OMFS will most probably be the place it will make it's first impact. In the meantime I'm going to get started on my video games!


How Videogames Could Help Train the Next Generation of Robotic Surgeons: Doling out death in the virtual world of first-person-shooter games might help the next generation of surgeons save lives in the real world. A new study used simulators to compare the robotic surgery skills of med school residents against college and high school students who spend a lot of their time playing video games -- and the video gamers won.

Periodontist Group Develops Diabetes Educational Material

Periodontist Group Develops Diabetes Educational Material: In honor of November, American Diabetes Month, the New Jersey Society of Periodontists developed this great brochure that can help your patients understand the diabetes/periodontal disease connection. If you have a blog or use social media for your dental practice, we recommend sharing these images so your patients can learn more about how their oral [...]

A very nice and informational brochure. Print it out for your patients or put it up on your wall.