Dental Prescriber, iPhone app

Just a short post for an interesting application I found at the app store for iPhone. It is a prescriber application tailored to the needs of the general dentist.


A screenshot:

iTunes Link

D.G.

Gnathology

For those of you interested in Gnathology here is an opportunity to assist a fantastic scientific program organized by the International Academy of Gnathology – American Section in an outstanding location (San Antonio, Texas).

Some of the most relevant presentations for orthodontists are presented bellow:

Dr. Barry Glassman – Allentown, Pennsylvania

Functional diagnosis of the TMJs using joint vibration analysis

Dr. Mariano Rocabado – Santiago, Chile

The craniovertebral centric relation concept, synovial TMJs, and occlusal prevention

Dr. Larry Wolford – Dallas, Texas

Examination, diagnosis and treatment of retrognathic mandibles with TMJ derangements

Dr. Ron Verrett – San Antonio, Texas

An update on oral appliances in the treatment of sleep apnea

Dr. Markus V. Troeltzsch – Ansbach, Germany

Stomatognathic Etiologies of Headache and their Treatment

For more information please visit the website

http://www.gnathologyusa.org/

N.S.D.

OrthoVoice 2011

The OrthoVoice meeting, as shown above, happens this year October 20-22 at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. The meeting has some interesting keynotes starting Dr William Profit, Dr. M.Apern, Dr. R.Scholz and many more. Here's a link of the schedule.


For those interested for a clinical and practice management meeting, mark your calendar.

D.G.

Dental-Orthodontic and Related Fields Book Releases

Following a late March post a few more books worth noticing:
(No affiliation is found between the blog and the book authors and no advertising intended. The announcement is purely of scientific interest.)

Fundamentals of color: shade matching and communication in esthetic dentistry. / Stephen J. Chu (et al)2nd ed. Hanover Park, Ill. : Quintessence Pub., c2011.

Clinical success in Invisalign orthodontic treatment / Richard Bouchez. Paris ; Chicago : Quintessence Publishing, 2011.

The author introduces the reader to essentials of Invisalign treatment, from the basic biomechanics of thermoformed plastic aligners to the the ClinCheck 3D simulation treatment planning software.

Re-evaluation of cervical vertebral maturation and its relation to mandibular growth, AJO-DO

The cervical vertebral maturation stages were introduced by Dr. Baccetti as 5 stages initially, and 6 stages in 2005.


This relates the mandibular growth velocity with  6 distinguished stages of cervical vertebral maturation.


These are the stages from the article of Baccetti Sept 2005, Sem Orth:

 CS1:Mandibular peak will start in 2 years

CS2:Mandibular peak will start in 1 year

CS3:Mandibular peak will happen during that year

CS4:Mandibular peak has started 1-2 years ago

CS5:Mandibular peak has finished 1 year ago

CS6:Mandibular peak has finished 2 years ago

iPhone, iPad Anterior Maxillary Length/Width Calculator

A short post of an app I found at the Apple store, that calculates the width/length ratio of a patient's central and lateral maxillary incisors. Nothing fancy and nothing innovating here. However for someone interested in a tool like that you might as well have it.

An iPhone screen-shot of the app:

the app is 4$ and here's the iTunes link

D.G.