Stan Goff is a Managing Editor with MJH Life Sciences, which includes Dental Products Report, Dental Practice Management, Dental Lab Products, Modern Hygienist, and Dentist's Money Digest. He has covered the dental industry since 1999 and can be reached at sgoff@mjhlifesciences.com.
Seeing Is Believing: Today’s X-Ray Sensors Deliver on Diagnostics
April 1st 2021If you’re in the market for new x-ray sensors, do your homework. We can help some here as we take a look at 13 x-ray sensor solutions with many enhancements designed to produce fast, clear images; better patient comfort; lower radiation exposures; and more.
5 Foods that Are Surprisingly Bad for Your Teeth
January 29th 2021It’s pretty obvious that most people are aware that sugary, sticky candies are bad for your teeth and that carbonated beverages also can cause damage to your teeth. But there are some foods and drinks that are bad for your oral health that may be a surprise to you. These troublesome foods include some types of fruit—often thought of as healthy choices—and a staple for sandwiches and toast, bread, that on the surface seems harmless to your teeth. So here’s a look at 5 foods that may surprise your patients by making the naughty list when it comes to harming their teeth
6 Hockey Smiles in Need of a Good Dentist
January 8th 2021Another NHL season starts next week which means that hard hockey puck will be flying around at high speeds and occasionally getting directed at a player’s face. Then you also have hockey sticks sometimes intentionally or unintentionally landing the blade on an opponent’s face. Because of this hockey players have a long history of oral injuries and missing teeth, often sporting smiles with big gaps as a badge of honor. Dental injuries are nothing to joke about, but it can be fun to take a look at some players whose smiles were changed while in the heat of battle on the ice. Here we take a look at just 6 of the many athletes who might just have their dentists on speed dial.
Top 5 Software Products of 2020
December 1st 2020Technological advances are constantly innovating the way clinicians treat patients and how dental practices are operated. These 5 dental software products released in the past year offer breakthroughs in imaging, treatment planning, orthodontics, practice management, spending management, and more.
5 Things We Should be Thankful For (even during a pandemic)
November 25th 2020While it’s easy to reflect on all the turmoil that the coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) brought to us personally and professionally, it’s important—especially at this time of year—to count our blessings. Even during difficult times, we all have things to be thankful for. Take a quick peek at just 5 things the dental industry has to be thankful for, some of which are constants and some of which came out of 2020, a year that will always be synonymous with a pandemic.
6 Weird Dental Guinness World Records
November 6th 2020Sports fans will tell you that records are made to be broken, even though some are more obscure than others and some may indeed last forever. But setting and breaking records—even bizarre ones—are so attention-grabbing and fun that people around the globe are always striving for records and headlines and this has helped make the Guinness Book of World Records so popular. Here, we share just some of many odd dental-themed marks recorded by the Guinness World Records.