Archive for » January, 2009 «

How to Scare a Patient

whistleI accidentally discovered a [no so] great method on how to scare the crap out of a kid in the dental chair, and very possibly scar them for life to the point that they refuse to return until they have pus pouring out of the multiple abscesses they have!

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Mouthwash Causes Cancer?

I’ve had quite a number of patients mentioning story the media has been running recently, it’s about a study published in the Dental Journal of Australia which found ’significant evidence’ that: alcohol-containing mouthwashes contribute to the increased risk of development of oral cancer.

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Taking Time-Off

The thing with working, not only in dental but other fields too, is getting the time-off! Lucky for me I can pretty much pick and choose when I want to take time-off so long as I let the clinic know before hand. Unlucky for me, whenever the clinic closes I’m out of work.

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Dental Device Measures Teeth

Here’s one of many interesting articles I found from Modern Mechanix, this dental device almost looks like a torture device~ Not surprised so many people still fear going to the dentist

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Chinese Characters in WordPress 2.7

Every single time I have to upgrade WordPress, it messes with my Chinese characters! The characters (be it Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Thai etc) show up as question marks ??? or funny symbols 所‘. It’s not too much of a difference to me since 99% of my posts are in English, but it still bugs me if I don’t have the choice to write with Chinese characters.

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Laser Toothbrush

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