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Kim Sorenson had seen the commercials, but didn’t really see herself needing to use 1-800-DENTIST’s help to find a dentist.

Praise your team. If you create a positive environment in your practice, your patients will notice. They pick up on whatever vibe you and your team members give out, and no one wants to feel tension or negativity during their visit to the dentist. Keep a positive attitude and your staff members will follow suit.

CEREC celebrates its 27th-and-a-half birthday with the launch of an intraoral camera. Sirona also launches a digital sensor and image management system.

CBCT imaging can be a difference maker with endodontic cases.

On the event of Sirona Dental Systems' launch of CEREC Omnicam, we look at technologies that take dental care to the next level. The criteria for the list is simple:  Does this product make clinical care better - more predictable, more efficient, more comfortable? Are you and your patients better off for incorporating this technology into the practice?

The focus of this week's DPR Friday episode is our Paperless Video Series. The series is a guide to help you make the right purchasing decisions during your transition to a paperless workflow.

Adjustable intensity levels of 15,000 lux, 25,000 lux and 30,000 lux at 5,000 K flood the oral cavity with a consistently neutral white light for true-to-life tones.

Would you like to get substructures within two days? Need an abutment that has full freedom of movement? If so, these and other products are part of the new dental lab products roundup for the week of August 13, 2012. Here's a complete list with links to product information and the companies:

Vident will conduct a pair of hands-on shade workshops in September and also will team with renowned instructor and ceramist, Claude Sieber, MDT, to offer a hands-on workshop that integrates all the visual elements necessary to reproduce a natural tooth using VITA ceramics.

IRVINE, Calif. – J. Morita announced the 3D Endo Symposium continuing education event. This full-day course is tailored for endodontists on the topic of 3D/CBCT technology and will include lectures, as well as an interactive session and hands-on training.

Dr. Thomas Kearns says The Dawson Academy has helped him keep a good balance between his professional life and family life while receiving high level education from the continuing education provider. 

The largest benefit of a paperless practice is the ease of which you can protect your practice’s data. That may sound a bit odd with all of the technology scare stories out there, but it really is true.

There is no group of products quite like the “Best of Class” honorees, in large part because it would be almost impossible to recreate the process by which they were selected.

If it’s not important to you, it won’t be important to them. During every visit, you have to take the time to tell your patients how important it is they make their next appointment, said Linda Miles, founder of Miles Global.

Dental company offers product documentation online now to limit the amount of paper it uses.

DENTSPLY Int’l VP and Chief Clinical Officer Linda Niessen, DMD, MPH, MPP, discusses DENTSPLY’s efforts to improve the oral health of patients.

We go through leading small business journals and websites so you don't have to. Check out this week's best small business links... What's Your Competitive Advantage?

Make a payment plan. Allowing patients to pay whenever they want is no way to run a business. All too often they’ll find excuses not to pay, from I forgot my checkbook to I don’t carry a credit card.

A Q&A with Randall B. Grove, Executive Director of the Chicago Dental Society.

Interview with Mark Hollis, CEO of MacPractice.

We go through leading small business journals and websites so you don't have to. Check out this week's best small business links... What your brand can learn from political rhetoric

Thais Carter, Director of Content for Dental Products Report and host of DPR Friday, recognizes the dental companies that are part of this year's Corporate Profiles special section.

The Zimmer Committed to Education hands-on advanced surgical cadaver courses continue this fall with a variety of topics covered in August, September and October.  

More and more people, young and old, are participating in sports these days. Student athletes are preparing for another school year, the Olympics are all over the news, and football season is just around the corner.  

Looking for a stylish, comfortable dental chair with a delivery system? Would you be interested in a free book about caries management? Want to use image management software in the cloud?

FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. 8, 2012 -- Dr. Allen Moses, inventor of The Moses® oral appliance for treating snoring and sleep apnea, was awarded the Haden-Stack Award during the American Academy of Craniofacial Pain (AACP)’s 27th Annual International Clinical Symposium on July 27.

Keep it positive. If you or any of your staff members have a negative attitude or if there’s tension on the team, it’s safe to say your patients have noticed.

Dental Products Report editors have compiled a list of must-read books with your dental practice in mind. The concepts and ideas conveyed through each book can easily translate into your dental practice, among your staff and even your patients.

   One of the longest trends in appetite control has been the low-carbohydrate diet.