A calendar of continuing education seminars on clinical topics ...

The annual award honors eight dental hygienists who push the boundaries for excellence in preventive dentistry.

Enter today for the “Perk Up Your Practice” contest! Just share in 200 words or less how your practice currently boosts staff morale and the patient experience and why you could benefit from a “perk up.” Ten lucky finalists will receive the NEW Keurig B155 Commercial Brewing System for their practice. The entry period is from now until March 31, 2010.

Boston Scientific, one of the major manufacturers of pacemakers/ICDs, added a new caution to their contraindications for dental patients. They warn that if a patient has a pacemaker/ICD, and the dental chair has a magnetic headrest with strength over 10 gauss, the patient should NOT sit in the chair.

Doctors need to be aware of little known, but very important, task risks implicated undeer the basic business and tax structures related to co-ownership.

Friends don't let Facebook friends break these nine commandments.

The key to having a relationship-based practice full of missionaries is to be worthy of a referral. Dr. James Kincaid, a member of the associate faculty of The Pankey Institute, tells you how to build a "well-referred" practice.

How do clinical staff manage to stay on track when key front office personnel suddenly leave?

In this series, Jonathan A. Bregman, DDS, FAGD, investigates the real barriers dental professionals have to performing a complete oral cancer examination on patients. Here, he uncovers the fifth resistance factor: uncertainty about how to best and most effectively deliver the message of a positive finding.

DentistryIQ interviews Dr. Stuart J. Froum, a periodontist in New York City, about the importance of an interdisciplinary approach among dental professionals to make dental implants a success.

GC Initial IQ Lustre Pastes NF are three-dimensional and have an optimal match to low and high CTE ceramics.

Digital SoftXFoam Sensor Loops cinch tightly for accurate digital images.

Delivery of Opalescence Trèswhite Supreme now available in a 15% formulation.

Dr. Richard Mounce presents a clinical discussion of the endodontic management of an upper first molar. Emphasis is placed on achievement and maintenance of canal patency, prevention of iatrogenic events, and trimming master cones to fit the master apical diameter.

Donald R. Berger outlines four steps to becoming a self-directed investor.

Pamela Myers, RDH, of Huntsville, Texas, is the 2010 Philips Sonicare/RDH Mentor of the Year

Before you send your taxes to Uncle Sam, make sure you learn from these authors.

Dr. Patrick Foy describes his journey into evidence-based dentistry, where the "the ship has left the port, but has yet to sail the ocean."

Samples and special offers were published in the March 2010 issue of RDH magazine. Did you take advantage of them?