This is Samos refugee camp. Around 1000 people live here after fleeing war, persecution, poverty and violence. No dental treatment has been available and people are suffering terrible toothache. Many refugees are on liquid diets and can’t eat because their dental pain is so severe. International dental charity Dentaid is determined to help. Over the coming months Dentaid isContinue reading “Please help Dentaid provide dental care for refugees in Greece”
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Why Dentistry Is Separate From Medicine – and the possible consequences
Why Dentistry Is Separate From Medicine The divide sometimes has devastating consequences. Doctors are doctors, and dentists are dentists, and never the twain shall meet. Whether you have health insurance is one thing, whether you have dental insurance is another. Your doctor doesn’t ask you if you’re flossing, and your dentist doesn’t ask you ifContinue reading “Why Dentistry Is Separate From Medicine – and the possible consequences”
The Monday Morning Quote #410
“When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” Max Planck, German quantum theorist and Nobel Prize winner.
Robotics on the way…
Dr Marc Cooper a dentist turned business consultant, understands all elements of the business of dentistry. Never afraid to be provocative and often way ahead of the curve, his newsletter is amongst my top ten regular must reads. He has written in recent times about the transformational nature of technology and the growth of robotics and AIContinue reading “Robotics on the way…”
Bad news for online advertisers – you’ve been ’ad – John Naughton
The old line was, “the trouble with advertising is that only 50% of it works and you don’t know which 50%”. My concerns about digital marketing are not about the process per se but rather about the number of people who claim to be “experts”, I think my Linkedin connect requests have become 50% “I’mContinue reading “Bad news for online advertisers – you’ve been ’ad – John Naughton”
The Monday Morning Quote #409
“It is better to go through life making mistakes than to sit still and do nothing because you are afraid to make mistakes.” The teachings of Buddha.
There’s a completely legal reason this American dentist has an office full of human heads. In case you missed. TGBSL #26
TGBSL explained here There’s a completely legal reason this American dentist has an office full of human heads Jordan Sparks found cryonics while sifting through the Portland State University library as a student in the early 1990s. He was fascinated. He stayed fascinated through dental school, and as a practicing dentist, and while building a dentalContinue reading “There’s a completely legal reason this American dentist has an office full of human heads. In case you missed. TGBSL #26”
The Weekend Read – Getting Things Done by David Allen
David Allen – Getting Things Done – the art of stress free productivity. This is one of those “must read” books, an obligatory member of every coach’s reading list for their clients. The second edition, published in 2015, is just over 300 pages long and comes almost 15 years after the first edition which wasContinue reading “The Weekend Read – Getting Things Done by David Allen”
The Monday Morning Quote #408
“Productivity isn’t everything but in the long run it is almost everything”. Paul Krugman (Nobel prize winning economist)
The Monday Morning Quote #407
“It took me a year to make peace with myself,” “You learn to adapt and accept. You have a choice: are you going to lie down and die or are you going to live your last few months? Life is joyous. “In the beginning you go through all the emotions. You start to ask yourself,Continue reading “The Monday Morning Quote #407”
The Incisal Edge 