Yearly Archives: 2012

“Free trial” Dental Product Scams

Posted on June 21, 2012 by The Dental Warrior

I’ve been at this dental gig long enough to have seen these scams come around more than once.  I first learned about this one many years ago.  I got a bill for a composite build-up product that I never recalled … Continue reading →

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Failing Dentistry or Poor Host Response?

Posted on June 20, 2012 by The Dental Warrior

Sometimes our best efforts don’t work out.  We dentists reflexively tend to blame ourselves.  Somehow, we’ve managed to bring ourselves to believe that our work is immune to the hostile oral environment and vagaries of human behavior (and lack of … Continue reading →

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Lethal Force In Self-Defense – A Rarely Heard Perspective

Posted on June 17, 2012 by The Dental Warrior

A Michigan newspaper article series (M Live) was just mentioned on one the forums I frequent.  This is a very well-written five-part piece by a man who has been there and done that:  Used lethal force to save his own … Continue reading →

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Image Copyright Protection

Posted on June 16, 2012 by The Dental Warrior

My friend, photographer extraordinaire, and Photoshop savant, Chip Payet just posted a great article on his Digital Dental Photography blog about image copyright protection.  He saw my article, Major Online Referral Service Swipes My Photo! and wrote this article in … Continue reading →

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Today’s Special Delivery

Posted on June 15, 2012 by The Dental Warrior

OK… now it’s yesterday’s delivery.  🙂 ‘Cause I try and I try and I try and I try… I can’t get no… Sometimes the best part of my job is the satisfaction gained by significantly improving a patient’s quality of … Continue reading →

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Major Online Referral Service Swipes My Photo!

Posted on June 8, 2012 by The Dental Warrior

I suppose I should be flattered when I find my intellectual property “borrowed.”  And, it seems many think it’s harmless to “borrow” copyrighted materials.  I suspect they don’t realize the amount of effort invested in creating website content, both copy … Continue reading →

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Is Traditional Marketing Dead?

Posted on June 3, 2012 by The Dental Warrior

My wife and I cancelled our local newspaper subscription a couple of years ago.  The quality was steadily decreasing, and we found most of the stories were already “old.”  We had already heard or read most of the reports.  With … Continue reading →

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Molon Labe, Bloomberg!

Posted on June 1, 2012 by The Dental Warrior

I whipped up this photo in response to New York City Mayor Bloomberg’s ban on big sodas.  He also heads up the Mayors Against Guns (anti-2nd Amendment) group.

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Google Reviews – Disabled! (for now)

Posted on May 31, 2012 by The Dental Warrior

Doze meezerable cork-suckin’ bastiges! Just when I got onboard with Google Reviews, those mega-geeks at Google are changing the game… apparently a lot. The names on my reviews are gone.  Instead of a “star” rating system, it’s now a 0 … Continue reading →

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A Photographic Tribute for Memorial Day

Posted on May 25, 2012 by The Dental Warrior

A friend, Dr. Matthew Brink, posted a photo on Facebook today that reminded me of a photo I took 20 years ago.  His composition includes the Washington Monument reflected at the far end of the wall.  Very cool. So, I … Continue reading →

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