If you haven’t checked the dental operatory of the future out yet you need to, we are so honored to be there! Look whats on the floor, a foot operated mouse- the Dental R.A.T. — Featured in the Dental Museum.

We are excited to be involved in a bunch of great dental conferences this summer! We start out in Florida next week in Patti DiGangi and Judy Bendit’s Hygiene Mastery program and then go to the Pacific NW meeting in Seattle then ADHA in LasVegas and then UOR back in Florida in August! These dental conventions are always such a great opportunity for the office staff to get caught up on all the new products and of course their CE’s, but its especially nice for us when we can show hands on how the Dental R.A.T. actually works! It helps so much when the hygienists can actually touch and feel and see how easy it is to use! Once they see that its a foot operated mouse and has all the same capabilities the light comes on. So if you are at any of these definitely come say hi!!!! Dental R.A.T. will be sharing booth space with MirrorGear and BlueBoa- two more hygienists that have invented money saving, useful products that are made right here in the good ol USA!! Hope to see you!

We just got back from a great meeting in Daytona Beach Florida. It was at the Shores Spa and Resort with the rooms overlooking the ocean and the pool and hot tub. There are big sand pits with adarandak chairs and huge gorgeous fire pits glowing all night. What a beautiful view off your private balcony, but above all of that was the most incredible group of movers and shakers in the dental industry!

The dream team of this meeting: Beth Thompson, Patti DiGangi and Shirley Gutkowski (Career Fusion). They have put together dental professionals that would like to follow their own dreams and make things happen, maybe speaking, writing, consulting, whatever the dream. Talk about a positive meeting and an incredible learning experience! I have to admit I was a little concerned about it being a Kumbyah weekend, not my comfort zone:) Here we were showing off our periodontal foot pedal when these gals were showing me their dreams and desires! No Kumbyah stuff, all very fun and yet very professional!!! Watch out because when you get a bunch of caring, thoughtful, lovely, giving people together they will make things- good things happen!

We just got back from the Greater New York dental conference and I was reminded that I hadn’t updated my blog. It was a very busy meeting, they said there were 59,000 dentists there, plus staff, wow!! It was so nice to see so many software companies that have finally got perio charting in their practice management software suites. The major practice management software companies have had perio charting included but it had amazed me how many didn’t have any perio modules. Those that already have perio charting like Dentrix, EagleSoft, SoftDent, PracticeWorks, Panda Perio etc, the Dental R.A.T. just plugs in and runs. I was so excited that Easy Dental finally got their perio chart and the Dental R.A.T. runs it perfectly too. There are several that have or currently are upgrading their perio modules to run easier with the Dental R.A.T.; like XLDent, MacPractice and The Complete Exam. Its just so nice to have others concentrating on helping us hygienists perio chart easier! We aren’t left alone to fend for ourselves

I saw there is now even a perio probe that has a light so its easier for us to see the readings!! How nice! With all the advances in perio charting there is no excuse not doing it and it comes back to us in the long run because it all helps the patient understand their conditions and then they accept our proposed perio treatment.

One of the biggest complaints we hear from hygienists is that they can’t get anyone in to help perio chart. I’m amazed at every meeting we go to how many hygienists aren’t able to update their periodontal chart because noone can come in and help, so it slips by. The hygienists know it is the biggest lawsuit and that is what is so frustrating, it needs to get done!

We hear some of the funniest stories that take even more time for the hygienist. They will record the periodontal readings into a tape recorder and then at the end of the day stay for an extra hour to enter the data into the perio chart! Some have even gone so far as having the patients friend or anyone that is available in the waiting room come in and enter the periodontal readings, HIPAA doesn’t like that route That is why we created the Dental R.A.T., to help the hygienists!

We are so excited that the hygienists are really liking it and finding it so handy to help them periodontal charting! Some are even nicknaming their Dental R.A.T.’s (Violet or Blackie).

And now it is finally available thru Patterson Dental and Henry Schein! And definitely check out our calendar and come see us at a dental conference!!