http://www.dentalrat.com/Blog Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:03:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Wow!  I can't believe Christmas is here!  It finally snowed and now I'm in the mood for Christmas!  Especially after seeing NY all decorated up, it is so pretty this time of year!  We didn't have a booth at the Greater NY Dental meeting but I was able to go ... http://www.dentalrat.com/Blog/merry-christmas/32/ So we just got back from San Antonio, TX!  The ADA was huge and people were still shopping and buying!  It was so nice to see that things aren't as bad as the TV says!  I won't even get on that soapbox:).  But, I did learn about "The Economic Stimulus ... http://www.dentalrat.com/Blog/economic-stimulus/31/ We are still recovering from the RDH UOR in Chicago! What a great meeting! The hygienists definitely soak up every bit of info they can get and then let loose and have fun! We even got a chance to go to a Cubby game- WOW!! It was amazing how many offices ... http://www.dentalrat.com/Blog/paperless-green/30/ Wow! We just got back from the CDA meeting. It was a great meeting! And of course, fun to take the kids to Disneyland! We have been traveling to a lot of great meetings from Oregon to Minnesota. We sure heard a lot of buzz from ... http://www.dentalrat.com/Blog/the-paperless-dental-office/29/          Wow!  What a weekend in Atlanta for the Hinman Dental Meeting!  We didn't even have any warning and of course we were staying in the tallest hotel in town"The Westin".   It sounded like hail hitting the windows and the building started swaying, then the windows started breaking!!  Natalie and ... http://www.dentalrat.com/Blog/tornados-in-atlanta/25/ So it is the Chinese Year of the Rat, as of Feb 23rd.  I guess each Chinese year is assigned an animal representative.  Legend has it that an emperor once invited birds, reptiles and rodents to appear before him.  The order in which they approached determined their placement in the ... http://www.dentalrat.com/Blog/the-year-of-the-rat/24/ When we were at the Greater NY Dental meeting we ran into so many offices that didn't have any perio charting software and wanted to use the Dental R.A.T., so we decided we wanted to offer stand alone perio charting software for those offices!!  So we now have stand alone ... http://www.dentalrat.com/Blog/we-now-have-stand-alone-perio-charting-software/23/ We just  got back from two incredible dental meetings!!  The first one in Vegas was "The Best Show Ever" and it was!  It was put on by the Madow brothers and it was incredible.  It was like a rock concert with a trade show attached!  The whole staff was there ... http://www.dentalrat.com/Blog/ny-vegas-wow/19/ We were in the New Product Showcase:), and those running it said our case was one of the most popular, so we're anxious to see who won!  And, Tasha (our marketing manager) wasn't even in it after the show started:)  Wow!  What a great meeting we had at the ADA!  We were worried ... http://www.dentalrat.com/Blog/san-francisco-ada/12/ College is back in session in most areas.  We are excited they are up and running as we are helping several hygiene schools get the new technology of the Dental R.A.T.'s.  The common problem with most colleges was the funding for computers and software in the clinics, so we have ... http://www.dentalrat.com/Blog/fall-is-here/11/