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The Monday Morning Quote #603
“Success is a peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.” John Wooden
The Monday Morning Quote #602
“The great difference between the real leader and the pretender is that the one sees into the future, while the other regards only the present; the one lives by the day, and acts upon expediency; the other acts on enduring principles and for the immortality.” Edmund Burke
Urgent dental care for patients during the COVID-19 pandemic – The Lancet
The Lancet Vol.395 | Number 10232 | Apr 18, 2020 During the initial phase of a pandemic, when a vaccine is not available, personal protective equipment (PPE) plays a major part in disease control. Dental and oral surgery procedures using drills or ultrasonic devices cause aerosol release, and routine dentistry has therefore been suspended inContinue reading “Urgent dental care for patients during the COVID-19 pandemic – The Lancet”
The Monday Morning Quote #601
“If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are gone, either write things worth reading or do things worth writing.” Benjamin Franklin
The Monday Morning Quote #600
“The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.” Hans Hoffman
The Importance of Humility
The Importance of Humility “Too many orthodontists are hypercritical of one another. This behavior is likely attributed to our academic success in dental school, the browbeating method of morning case-reviews in residency, and the competition over patients in private practice. When I graduated from residency, I believed that I was better trained than the otherContinue reading “The Importance of Humility”
The Monday Morning Quote #599
“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest form of appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” John F. Kennedy
Allyson Pollock – We need hands-on public health expertise.
Allyson Pollock can be relied upon to speak truth to power, but should they have listened? The government has released its scientific evidence, which sheds light on the fiasco and the catastrophe that is unfolding economically, socially, and health wise. It also highlights the lack of public health input and the decimation of the specialityContinue reading “Allyson Pollock – We need hands-on public health expertise.”
The Monday Morning Quote #598
“Ignorance breeds confidence more often knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.” Charles Darwin in The Descent of Man
The Incisal Edge 