News and updates for the Dental Professional. 1st Quarter 2016

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10 Useful Apps for Small Businesses

Small business owners are busy. It goes with the territory. So here’s a collection of 10 useful small business apps to help make running your business a little bit easier.

1. Expensify

You know expense receipt-keeping is important, but it can be painful. Turn to Expensify to sync with your credit cards and bank accounts. Cash purchases can be scanned by simply taking a picture of the receipt.

Cost: Free. However, there’s a cost for team and corporate plans.
Compatibility: iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Windows Phone

2. LinkedIn^®

If you are already a LinkedIn member (and you should be), download the app for your phone. It makes it so much easier to network, reach out to that occasional contact, and stay in-the-know regarding the activities of a group or company.

Cost: Free
Compatibility: iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Windows Phone

3. Any.DO

Task management by phone is a must-have for many small business owners. This one features voice input for new items. And you can just shake the phone to remove completed tasks.

Cost: Free
Compatibility: iPhone, Android

4. Sign Now

Sometimes you’re on the road and a signature is required. This is a good solution to save the day. Just upload the PDF, Word document, or other file, sign with your finger, and then email or save it.

Cost: Free
Compatibility: iPhone, Android

5. Asana

This collaborative information management software (fancy words for shared task list) helps you plan projects and organize the task lists for you and your team.

Cost: Free for smaller teams. Premium version for larger groups.
Compatibility: iPhone

6. inDinero

inDinero is billed as a one-stop accounting-needs tool. It will help you keep your books, file your taxes and manage your payroll. It pulls in records and gives you a comprehensive view of your finances.

Cost: While the mobile app itself is free, there is cost for the software with plans from $349 to $1,999 a month.
Compatibility: iPhone

7. Foursquare

Foursquare is used by millions of consumers who “check in” from wherever they are. They recently announced a mobile app which allows small business owners to push specials to customers directly from their mobile devices.

Cost: Free
Compatibility: iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Windows Phone

8. Evernote

This handy app helps you remember whatever you need to remember across multiple devices. You can type, record voice notes, and snap pictures. It’s all about making you more productive.

Cost: Free. Premium Evernote is $5/month.
Compatibility: iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Windows Phone

9. TripIt^®

Travel frequently for business? TripIt helps you stay organized. Just forward your reservation confirmation emails and the app builds an itinerary you can access while on the go.

Cost: Free. TripIt Pro adds various bells and whistles such as mobile alerts for flight changes for $49/year.
Compatibility: iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Windows Phone

10. HootSuite

You know social media is important, but it’s time-consuming to keep up with multiple apps like Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare and LinkedIn. HootSuite pulls them all together, allowing you to use a single app to communicate on a variety of social media platforms.

Cost: Free. Upgrade to Pro version for $9.99 a month.
Compatibility: iPhone, Android, Blackberry

The New CEREC SpeedFire Furnace

High strength, short manufacturing process

Bensheim/Salzburg

The greatest benefit of CEREC Zirconia is the high flexural strength of the material. It is suitable for individual crowns as well as small bridges and can be processed in thin wall thicknesses. Since these restorations are manufactured in monolithic form, there is no risk of chipping. Another benefit for dentists is that zirconium oxide can be cemented conventionally.

CEREC Zirconia is a pre-shaded translucent zirconium oxide available in 10 shades on the basis of the VITA Classic Shade Guide®. The material is milled in an enlarged form and then densely sintered to its final size in the new sintering furnace CEREC Speed-Fire. The oversized milling facilitates a new level of milling accuracy leading to superb, precisely fitting restorations. The sintering process takes just 10-15 minutes for crowns and 25 minutes for bridges. The subsequent glaze firing gives the restoration a high gloss finish.

The short process to produce CEREC Zirconia restorations is both convenient and economical. With this market launch, all CEREC milling/grinding units now provide wet and dry milling. Dry milling reduces the overall processing time for zirconia and, combined with the world’s fastest sintering cycles, enables the chairside procedure.

The workflow is easy to learn since the CEREC Software 4.4.1 guides the dentist through the entire process, and even sends the sintering and glazing information to the furnace. No programming of the furnace is required – it is all handled automatically by the software. A high-performance material and a specially tailored workflow ensure a simple process and high-quality treatment.

CEREC meets patients’ needs

Eighty three percent of patients in a recent survey said they prefer single visit dentistry to traditional treatment. The majority said they would even be willing to pay more for single visit dentistry. Two thirds indicated they’d be happy to travel further than they currently do, in order to receive treatment in one session. Another two thirds said they would even be prepared to change their dentist. The advantages of single visit dentistry are obvious: Patients avoid impression material, receive fewer anesthetics and don’t need a temporary. Reducing the number of visits, injections and making the overall prosthetic procedure more comfortable influences patients to opt for treatment with CEREC.

In addition to CEREC Zirconia, many other high-performance materials can be processed with CEREC. The range of materials with CEREC also expands clinical indications since the dentist can easily select the material suited for each indication.

Designing Through Sirona Connect

With inLab 15 and CEREC 4.4 you can now send a case through Sirona Connect, have Bella Vita Dental Designs, design it for you and return it back to you through the portal. We have a certified CEREC Doctors and inLab trainer on staff so if you need any anterior work designed give it a try.

For more information contact us at: 828-424-2672 or at bill@bellavitadentaldesigns.com

Featured Case of the Quarter

I was recently able to do a case using my favorite material and wanted to feature it here. With e.max the dominant choice for anterior and posterior restorations because of the strength and color, Vita's feldspathic blocs are sometimes a forgotten but important option for anterior restorations.

This was a gentleman in his late 40's wanting to replace some old, ugly pfm's he has had for many years. The doctor asked me to be present during the consultation with the patient to discuss the shade and material selection. We talked about the e.max, Empress CAD and Vita material blocs. We even discussed using the Bruxzir material with a facial cutback but that was overkill for this particular case. We were more concerned with appearance than strength because when properly prepped and bonded, feldspathic blocs were more than acceptable for anterior restorations.

Together as a team, doctor, tech and patient, we chose to use the Vita TriLux Forte bloc. We chose this bloc because we could keep it in the original monolithic state without having to cut back and layer the restoration while giving the restoration a gradual color transition from the gingival to the incisal. Not to mention the beauty of feldspathic porcelain! It would then be easy to enhance the shade with stain and glaze if needed.

Once completed, I was again present for the try-in just in case I was needed to enhance or alter the shade. But, the patient was so happy with the initial try-in and shade, they were bonded immediately and he was sent home happy with his new smile.

If you have any questions about our laboratory and the work we provide, please do not hesitate to contact us by phone at
828-424-2672, or email at bill@bellavitadentaldesigns.com or through our web site at http://bellavitadentaldesigns.com/

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Here We Grow!!

Things are looking up here at Bella Vita Dental Designs. Here are our 2 new team members. Click on their pictures and read their bio's and you will see the kind of talent we have.

Jesus

Tom

New Solutions & Updates

Happy spring, baseball, vacations and gardens! We welcome you all. But we all must still work so learn more about your dental "community" here!

The latest fee data for 18 popular prceure codes: http://www.dentalproductsreport.com/dental/article/latest-fee-data-18-popular-procedure-codes?utm_campaign=MDB&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=26545009&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_cmGD0Fdl5P2C8ZKxj62Y9AVta08smUZyzskJfDp-2zcYQLJht7yKJGGlUxBUOPxu75NtwS232k2cGaryDRJCZPx6cf-6z0NRCJJr8bhN_rmjKO9w&_hsmi=26545009

What is the number one cause of tooth loss in adults?: http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2016/02/21/dental-health-what-is-the-number-one-cause-of-tooth-loss-in-adults/

Welcome Dentsply/Sirona: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK1nTC_bHEY

Comparison of long term survival of implats and endodontically treated teeth: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3872851/

Four rules to make sure staff meetings don't turn into staff "beatings": http://practicemanagement.dentalproductsreport.com/article/4-rules-make-sure-staff-meetings-dont-turn-staff-beatings?utm_content=24916046&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

The new MT bloc from Ivoclar: http://www.ivoclarvivadent.us/en-us/ips-emax-cad-mt

Tips for staying calm at work: http://sba.thehartford.com/business-management/3-great-tips-for-staying-calm-at-work?cmp=EMC-SC-SBA-97389820