I have chosen 2022 to retire from the speaking business. I will miss the many fantastic people I have worked with over the past thirty plus years speaking, consulting and writing on digital technology for the dental profession. It has been a wonderful and exciting career and I will be forever grateful for the privilege. I have been blessed.

Rest assured all is well, I am healthy and looking forward to new challenges.

The future is coming and it will be amazing!

“Hold Still” Where is the bib? I am not sure of this is a rare sexy dental art image or just another in the endless line of dentistry is awful images.

Dental art is anything that depicts teeth or dentistry in an interesting or artistic way. If you have any suggestions for future Dental Art pieces please send them to me or give me a link. Thanks.

Previous “Dental Art” images can be found here on Pinterest.

New Mountain Bike Sculpture.

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JADA Foundational Science differs from The Journal of the American Dental Association in that it will be entirely online and open access. As an open-access journal, JADA Foundational Science breaks down the barriers to access for scientists of all disciplines who have work relevant to the oral health sciences and aims to create a forum for collaboration and interaction among investigators and clinicians in all disciplines.

Source: JADA Foundational Science to highlight how basic research applies to oral, craniofacial health

I believe this type of journal will be the standard in the future. In theory it will allow faster development and distribution of new scientific information.

There is a lot of gray area.

“Incoming” I always wondered what happened to all the old models once the restoration was delivered.

Dental art is anything that depicts teeth or dentistry in an interesting or artistic way. If you have any suggestions for future Dental Art pieces please send them to me or give me a link. Thanks.

Previous “Dental Art” images can be found here on Pinterest.

Henry Schein One, a subsidiary of Henry Schein, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSIC), announced today that it has acquired an 80% ownership position in Jarvis Analytics, a software company that develops comprehensive business analytics tools to help dental practitioners and their teams use data to diagnose problems, strengthen decision-making, and improve business performance…Dallas-based Jarvis Analytics was founded by Steven Maroulis in 2017. Maroulis will continue to manage Jarvis Analytics and lead the Henry Schein One Dental Analytics business as Executive Director. …

“This partnership further demonstrates our commitment to offer the latest advances in technology through Henry Schein One, making it possible for dental practices to improve nearly every aspect of their business management,” said Stanley M. Bergman, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Henry Schein.

Source: Henry Schein One Acquires Majority Interest in Jarvis Analytics | Henry Schein

COVID-19 infection rate among dentists remains lower than other health professionals. ADA study finds 2.6% of dentists had contracted COVID-19 as of November 2020

Source: COVID-19 infection rate among dentists remains lower than other health professionals

A May 2020 of healthcare workers including nurses and physicians, found their reported COVID-19 prevalence rate to be 29%.