An Invitation to Share Your Story

It's an Idea Room Session

Over the past few months, I have enjoyed helping to tell the story of a few new friends, introducing a guest author to this site, and, most recently, becoming a guest contributor at PlanetProto.  These specific experiences and the general endeavor of maintaining this site have led my thoughts to return once again to the concept of story.  We all have our own to tell, and, more importantly, we all contribute to the greater tale of our various communities.  The intent of this site has been to attempt to share my view, my story, about a community which I love and am proud to be a part of:  the dental trade.

Now, I would like to broaden the intent and create a larger story, a better story.  Rather than just my views, I want to add yours.  What dental industry experiences would you like to tell us about?  What knowledge, insights, and passion can you share?  What innovations do you want to inform the dental industry about?  I invite you to contribute here, to share with us, to tell your story.

Simply contact me with your idea(s) or article(s) or send them via email to michael@jmichaeldunn.com.  As always, I look forward to hearing from you.

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Priceless Benefits of Going Digital

Brightsquid Dental Collaboration PlatformIn a previous article, I predicted several dental product categories to watch for explosive growth and user adoption this year.  I recently became acquainted with the folks at Proto3000, a company dedicated to enabling digital workflows in a variety of industries.  They offer a number of solutions in two of the dental product categories I mentioned, Digital Impression & CAD/CAM devices and 3D Printing.  I’m very pleased to announce that I will be contributing to their site, PlanetProto, sharing my views and insights on digital dentistry.

My first post over on PlanetProto concerns three often overlooked benefits of making the transition to digital workflows.  In dentistry, the gains in productivity, efficiency, and precision associated with moving from manual procedures and workflows to digital ones are readily apparent.  Whether only one step in a process or the complete process itself is digitized, the benefits are abundant.  However, there are some advantages to adopting digital dentistry workflows which, while more difficult to calculate an ROI, are just as important.  Take a peek at the rest of the article over on PlanetProto for three priceless benefits of going digital.

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ColLABoration for Improved Team Dentistry

IDT ColLABoration 2013 2I am a big fan of collaboration, whether online or in person.  As dental technology advances faster and dental professionals have access to increasing numbers of new systems, processes, and technologies, working together effectively and efficiently has never been more important.  This is especially true for dentists and laboratory technicians.  Inside Dental Technology and the Greater New York Dental Meeting have recognized this and are collaborating to bring ColLABoration 2013 to the dental community.

This event is designed to create a unique environment of rich learning for both dentists and technicians within the show floor of the GNYDM.    Featured peer-reviewed presentations will be designed to showcase team dentistry, co-presented by dentists and technicians:

IDT ColLABoration 2013 Schedule

In addition to CE accredited presentations, ColLABoration 2013 will feature digital dentistry live workshops and nearly 100 exhibits focusing on dental technology.  Registration for the event is free at the GNYDM website, and it will provide attendees complete access to the Greater New York Show as well.  Mark your calendar to collaborate for team dentistry and  best practices in patient care this December in New York City.

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