From the Editor
The Passing of the Torch
Welcome to the new issue of Solutions Online Magazine. At Solutions, we would like to give a warm hearty thanks to Matt Bratschi for the continuation of the magazine for the past four years. It is with great enthusiasm I take over as new managing editor.
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Guest Column: The Business Sense of Dentistry
Profile of Dr. Vincent Dolce, DMD
By Charles Friedman
As a National Geographic documentary producer, I have had the opportunity to see the world, weave between cultures, and meet many extraordinary individuals. Currently I am working on a documentary for the Florida Department of Education which will be shown to high school students throughout the state. This particular presentation is career oriented with a heavy focus on leadership skills and innovation. Eleven careers were chosen and Dentistry was one of them...
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Search Engine Marketing -
(Article 2 of 4 Part Series - See the last issue of Solutions for Article 1)
By Lisa Thayer, GoldfishNetwork.com
"Spiders and crawlers and bots…oh my!" - Two views of the same website
One of the most challenging aspects of optimizing a website is that there are two audiences to appeal to: 1) standard website users (like you and me) and 2) search engines. There are many similarities in attraction but also some very important differences...
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Dentist's Idea Raises Nearly $40K for Charity
Unique, on-going charitable campaign raises nearly $40,000
By Gretchen Sauerman
Staff writer
Hometown News
MELBOURNE - A local dentist has figured out a way to provide a valuable service and raise money for important causes at the same time.
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Do You Know What Constitutes Great Service?
The Four Components of Great Service
Great service to your patients/clients is one of the most important factors required for building a successful practice. Under the heading of great service, you will find the following key components: convenience, communication, cost and quality, importance of your service as perceived by the patient/client...
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Purpose, Product and Statistics
for the Owner of a Health Care Practice
The Basics
Most doctors, when starting their practices, miss some of the basic actions that should be established prior to opening.
An owner of a healthcare practice should always, as a first step, work out the following basics: their purpose as a practice owner, the actual product of the practice, and the statistics that will measure the success of the practice...
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Steps to Safeguard Your Practice against Embezzlement
Note from the editor:
In our first issue of Solutions Magazine, we published an article entitled "Steps to Safeguard Your Practice against Embezzlement."
As our research staff continues to discover that this issue is still prevalent with doctors nation-wide, we are re-visiting this same article with additional advises...
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Female Vets at Risk of Miscarriage
from Anaesthetic Gases and Pesticides
Female vets run twice the risk of miscarriage as a result of exposure to anaesthetic gases and pesticides, suggests a study published in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
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Guidelines Change for Preventive Antibiotics
Guidelines Change for Preventive Antibiotics Before Dental Work
According to new guidelines, far fewer people need preventive antibiotics before dental procedures than previously recommended, according to a recent issue of Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource...
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"Fluorescent" Cells Give Early Warning for Eye Disease
Scientists at the University of Michigan have shown that their new metabolic imaging instrument can accurately detect eye disease at a very early stage. Such a device would be vision-saving because many severe eye diseases do not exhibit early warning signals before they begin to diminish vision. The testing is noninvasive and takes less than six minutes to administer to a patient...
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Guide For Veterinarians
Includes Unusual Species Adopted Into Human Households And Potential Hazards To Human Health
Ferrets, frogs and finches are becoming more common as pets, but the list of unusual species adopted into human households now includes some of the most exotic creatures on the planet. The trade in exotic pets has become a multi-billion dollar enterprise, but expansion of the industry sometimes outpaces veterinary knowledge of how to treat the maladies that afflict these unusual animals...
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More U.S. Teeth Susceptible to Silent Enamel-eating Syndrome
Cavities or not, your teeth could be in more trouble than you know because of a silent and destructive phenomenon called dental erosion. A faculty member at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio has found that the incidence of dental erosion, which is the steady loss of the teeth's protective enamel, is on the rise in the United States....
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Are Cataract Rates Declining?
The population-based Beaver Dam Eye Study was designed by Barbara E. K. Klein, MD, MPH, and colleagues to determine through long-term observation whether there were differences among age cohorts regarding rates of cataract prevalence and surgery, as well as type of cataract. Five thousand residents of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin were examined for the three most common forms of cataract-nuclear, cortical and posterior sub-capsular...
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Diagnostic Lab Is Kansas' First Line Of Defense
Veterinary Diagnostic Lab Is Kansas' First Line Of Defense Against Bird Flu
If the highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza ever comes to Kansas, diagnosticians at Kansas State University's Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory will be the first to know...
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Amalgam Fillings Don't Affect Children's Brain Development
Dental amalgam tooth fillings do not adversely affect children's brain development and neurological status, researchers report in the February issue of The Journal of the American Dental Association.
The authors of the report-members of a joint team from the University of Lisbon, Portugal, and the University of Washington, Seattle-studied the possible neurological effects of dental amalgam tooth restorations...
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An Eye Disease or Systemic Disorder?
Hearing Loss Study Adds to the Evidence
Shahin Yazdani, MD, and his research team evaluated whether patients with ocular pseudoexfoliation syndrome---the most common cause worldwide of the form of glaucoma known as "secondary open angle"---had a higher incidence of hearing loss. In ocular pseudoexfoliation (also called "exfoliation") syndrome, fibrous white deposits aggregate on the iris, lens and other parts of the eye and can block fluid drainage; this blockage increases intraocular pressure, which can damage the optic nerve...
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Seatbelts Reduce Eye Injury Risk in Auto Accidents
Although airbags in automobiles have helped reduce overall injuries and fatalities by 32 percent since they were introduced in the 1970s, airbag deployment sometimes causes eye injuries, with an estimated incidence of 5 percent. A 2007 study led by Sunil K. Rao, MD, evaluated how seatbelt use correlated with eye injuries and the recovery of visual acuity in auto accidents where airbags deployed....
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