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Simplify

July 1, 2007
This is a column created to embody a hands-on approach toward user-friendly solutions for our lives.

This is a column created to embody a hands-on approach toward user-friendly solutions for our lives.

This is what we all strive to do.

Each month I discuss concepts relating to women dentists, their lives, and their work.

I focus on alternative dental products, Web sites, books, concepts, and organizations that simplify our world.

Garrison TitaniumComposite Instrument(www.garrisondental.com)

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This is the lightest, multifunctional composite instrument I have ever used for placement, carving, and shaping. It has two sizes of rounded end condensers, a longer blade to sculpt, a ball burnisher, and a corn carver to facilitate occlusal anatomy. All of Garrison’s composite instruments have a titanium nitride coating, which is 40 percent harder than stainless steel and doesn’t stick to composites. Garrison products are made in the USA. For more information, visit www.garrisondental.com or call (888) 437-0032.

Trés White Supreme(www.ultradent.com)

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This is the easiest, most patient-compliant home-whitening. Patients love the ease and mint, peach, and melon flavors. Ten preloaded doses of a 10 percent hydrogen peroxide Opalescence PF gel inside a preformed delivery system are worn briefly. Whitening is quick, so some patients reserve some for later. There is usually no sensitivity. Trés White Supreme is also an excellent adjunct to in-office whitening or for patients who want whitening but not the full, fabricated-tray route. Visit www.ultradent.com or call (800) 552-5512.

National Parks Service(www.nps.gov)

Are you looking for a place to commune with the great outdoors? Are you adventurous? Looking for different white-water-rafting locations? National Parks Service offers information on all the national parks. It’s an excellent resource for weekend visits around your own state. Check out this site. It’s a great history lesson and wonderful reminder of all that is outstanding in our fantastic country. Have a safe vacation! Visit www.nps.gov.