Bridgework of a Jewdentist

"Dentist Accused Of Using Paper Clips In Root Canals"

2012-01-24T09:55:00.000-08:00

It seems that this first sentence should read "Medicaid fraud and using paper clips." From the AP:

A former dentist in Massachusetts has pleaded guilty to Medicaid fraud for using paper clips instead of stainless steel posts in root canals. [...]

Authorities say instead of stainless steel posts for root canals, he used sections of paper clips — which can cause pain and even infection — in an effort to save money.

(North) Korean News: "New Invention for Dental Correction Made in Korea"

2011-08-22T21:13:00.000-07:00

"A very small screw which is implanted on tooth root"? I think I'll stick to my imperialist dentist, thank you.

Pyongyang Medical College of Kim Il Sung University invented a new dental correction device.

The existing devices are complicated in operation and take a long time in treatment.

Pae Jae Son, a 47-year old researcher of the university, told KCNA that the new invention is a very small screw which is implanted on tooth root.

It is considered a better device for dental correction.

The titanium-made screw is low in production cost and simple in operation.

It also takes a short time in treatment.

The new invention has already been introduced in Pyongyang City Dental Preventive Hospital and other dental hospitals in the country.

Fars News (Iran): "Iran Ready to Send Dentists to Regional Countries"

2011-08-12T08:53:00.000-07:00

If I worked hard enough at it, I would probably have a post for this blog every day. This story, for instance:

A senior Iranian health ministry official announced on Monday that Tehran is prepared to dispatch dentists and dental care specialists to the regional states.

"Iran is ready to train oral and dental care specialists and send them to the countries of the region," Head of the Health Ministry's Oral and Dental Care Department Mohammad Hossein Khoshnevisan told FNA on Monday.

He further stressed Iran's tight cooperation with the World Health Organization (WHO) in area of oral and dental care, and announced that Iran is due to host the next meeting of the WHO East Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO)

The meeting, which will be the first of its kind in Iran, will be attended by representatives and oral and dental care specialists from 22 world countries, he added.

Iran has taken wide strides in science and technology, particularly in medical and medicinal fields, in recent years.

Earlier this month, Iranian Health Minister Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi boasted the country's astonishing progress in producing medical tools, equipment and drugs, saying that Iran ranks first in synthesizing different drugs and medications in the region.

"Iran certainly ranks first in the region in producing medical equipment and medicine and those who stand behind us cannot be compared with Iran at all," Vahid Dastjerdi said addressing the inaugural ceremony of an international exhibition on medical, dentistry and laboratory equipments in Tehran at the time. [...]

North Korea makes great leap forward in toothbrush production

2011-06-02T21:42:00.000-07:00

This article makes me so happy:

The Pyongyang Daily Necessities Factory turns out varieties of consumer goods.

Recently, it began mass-producing a new kind of portable toothbrush.

Dr. Ri Kyong Il, a workshop head of the factory, told KCNA that the toothbrush consists of case, brush and paste. The case is also used as the handle.

The new model is lower in production cost than other kinds of portable toothbrush.

The factory also produces antibiotic toothbrushes with nano-materials and functional materials.

"Ex-dentist" told "Freemason conspiracy no excuse for dodging taxes"

2010-10-26T20:10:00.000-07:00

"Ex-dentist" is an interesting description of a person. It doesn't seem to mean that she retired, but that she abandoned that wonderful profession:

A former dentist who says her trial on income tax evasion was fixed by a shadowy conspiracy of Freemasons and Jews has lost her latest bid to get out of paying a quarter-million dollar fine.

Vancouver Dr. Eva Notburga Marita Sydel was convicted of tax evasion four years ago for failing to report a whopping $750,000 in income. She was fined $244,447 and sentenced to jail for 18 months.

Although she served out her jail sentence, Sydel has yet to pay any of the fines.

She filed an appeal of her conviction in 2007, but abandoned it the next year.

In her latest in a long series of appearances in B.C. courtrooms, Sydel petitioned to renew her appeal, claiming that she has found new evidence that provincial court Judge Paul Meyers, a Jew, had discriminated against because she is German by descent.

Acting as her own lawyer, she also argued that Meyers was part of a conspiracy of Freemasons -- an international fraternal organization dating back to the 1600s. Conspiracy theorists often claim that the "invisible empire" of Freemasons has quietly controlled governments and economies worldwide for centuries -- if not millennia. [...]

And will continue to do so until its teeth are pulled . . .

Ahmadinejad goes dental

2010-04-07T22:58:00.000-07:00

Here.

Not Knowing What "Glatt" Means Watch

2009-10-26T20:42:00.001-07:00

From j.

Sax also bemoans the rise of glatt kosher, a stricter standard for kosher meat that demands round-the-clock oversight by a mashgiach, or kosher supervisor.

Dental Domination in Gaza

2009-10-19T17:04:00.001-07:00

EOZ has the story.

Sharia dentist drills right through niqab

2009-07-03T13:45:00.000-07:00

Just kidding, he doesn't make his patients wear anything that blocks the mouth evidently:

A dentist who told Muslim patients he would treat them only if they wore Islamic dress will be able to continue to practise, a disciplinary panel ruled today.

Dr Omer Butt, of Prestwich, Greater Manchester, ordered two women to wear head scarfs before he would see them and their families, the professional conduct committee of the General Dental Council (GDC) found.

The panel concluded that he sought to impose a dress code on Muslim patients while working at the Unsworth Smile Clinic in Bury, Greater Manchester, between April 2005 and June 2007.

Dr Butt "discriminated" against people on the basis he "disapproved of their attitude to the requirements of Islam" and "did not act in the best interests of his patients", the panel found.

The GDC committee said it was "in no doubt that it amounted to misconduct" but found his fitness to practise was not impaired. [...]

(h/t: Jihad Watch)

So let's call it mental floss

2009-06-24T22:35:00.000-07:00

Hewing close to this blog's primary focus:

Brushing teeth and flossing may not only reduce gum disease and stroke but memory loss, U.S. researchers suggest.

(h/t: Vos iz Neias)

Oddly Familiar Toothpaste from Iran

2009-05-27T21:46:00.001-07:00

It is hard to see, but the phrase "For long lasting tooth" appears on the tube. (h/t: Engrish.com)

This proves the ubiquitous ape-comparison . . .

2009-02-20T11:04:00.000-08:00

. . . is one of the more post-racial aspects of contemporary political culture.

Ynetnws.com: "Pulling (halachic) teeth"

2008-11-03T19:11:00.000-08:00

Halacha and dentistry!

Thinking about having a root canal before the weekend? Think again. Rabbi Eliezer Melamed, head of the Har Bracha Yeshiva, has recently published a halachic opinion stating that any elective dental procedures which may leave the patient in pain for several days should not be preformed before Shabbat, in order not to infringe on the joy of Shabbat.

The Halacha, said the rabbi, gives a parallel example, in which it forbids sailing just before the Shabbat, for feat one may get sea sick and suffer distress on the holy day.

"One should refrain from having wisdom teeth pulled before the weekend as well, for that would surely cause him pain and prevent him from eating for at least two days," wrote the rabbi, adding the same was true for any dental work which may result in prolonged pain. [...]

Asharq Alawsat: "Intifadah" against "mediocre dialog"

2008-10-02T12:57:00.000-07:00

An uprising against the indecent and the humdrum?

This loud cry of "enough" emanated last Saturday from a group of Saudi female academicians and educated women during the inauguration of the "Association for the Call for Virtue in the Information Media."

According to the Internet web site of the group in question, the inauguration of their association is an intifadah against any Arab satellite TV channel that broadcasts Arab or foreign subtitled serials showing marital adultery, nude scenes, Kissing, intimate encounters, and mediocre dialogue.

They're nothing if not comprehensive.

Chabad in the News

2008-09-01T16:07:00.000-07:00

In the Egyptian news, that is:

In addition to opening tunnels beneath the Haram Al-Sharif, the Israeli government has also allowed a fanatical Jewish sect, the Chabad movement, to build a synagogue next to the Western section of the Islamic compound. Chabad openly calls for the expulsion or extermination of Palestinians as well as the destruction of Islamic and Christian holy places in Palestine.

That's news to me.

MPAC's title for a story about a British Jew making aliyah

2008-08-18T21:03:00.000-07:00

"Loyalty To Britain Or Israel? Can We Question It?"

AP derides towering literary masterpiece as "nonsense poem"

2008-06-30T18:03:00.000-07:00

Here.

"Title of Generalissimo Associated with Boundless Reverence"

2008-04-14T18:56:00.000-07:00

Why should these posts always be about Kim Jong Il? Sometimes you just have to post about Kim Il Sung. From (North) Korean News:

President Kim Il Sung was awarded the title of Generalissimo of the DPRK on April 13, Juche 81 (1992).

The title is permeated with heartfelt reverence of the servicepersons and people for the brilliant commander of Mt. Paektu who founded the heroic Korean People's Army, revolutionary armed forces, and defeated two imperialisms with his outstanding military ability in one generation to defend the dignity and sovereignty of the nation.

The President was handed over two pistols carrying the lofty patriotic will from his father Kim Hyong Jik in his early years. He, giving priority to arms, dedicated his whole life to the struggle for the freedom and liberation of the country and to the happiness of the people.

He applied strategy, tactics and guerrilla war methods unprecedented in the history to the war against Japanese imperialism. They are still shining as miracle in the world military history. [...]

Kamangir: "Donate Your Kidney, to fight Israel"

2008-03-08T23:42:00.000-08:00

Here.

CNN: "Mao offered U.S. 10 million women"

2008-02-15T11:49:00.000-08:00

Kissinger declined, in effect:

Amid a discussion of trade in 1973, Chinese leader Mao Zedong made what U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger called a novel proposition: sending tens of thousands, even 10 million, Chinese women to the United States.
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Chinese leader Mao Zedong, here depicted in an Andy Warhol painting, offered women to the U.S.

"You know, China is a very poor country," Mao said, according to a document released by the State Department's historian office.

"We don't have much. What we have in excess is women. So if you want them we can give a few of those to you, some tens of thousands."

A few minutes later, Mao circled back to the offer. "Do you want our Chinese women?" he asked. "We can give you 10 million."

After Kissinger noted Mao was "improving his offer," the chairman said, "We have too many women. ... They give birth to children and our children are too many."

"It is such a novel proposition," Kissinger replied in his discussion with Mao in Beijing. "We will have to study it."

(Hat Tip: Protein Wisdom)

Old saying makes great leap forward

2008-02-06T18:32:00.000-08:00

From (North) Korean News:

Kim Jong Il has always emerged victorious in the struggle with his indomitable will, reacting to the enemy's hard-line policy with the toughest stand with the fixed faith and grit that he who laughs last laughs longer by holding higher the red flag of the revolution whenever the situation got more difficult.

Ain't it funny how brain cells slip away

2008-02-05T20:33:00.000-08:00

I wonder what Waylon's politics are like.

Texas icon Willie Nelson said on a nationally syndicated radio show this week that he questions the official story of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York City.

"I certainly do," Nelson said Monday when asked by talk show host Alex Jones if he questions the official story.

"I saw those towers fall and I've seen an implosion in Las Vegas, there's too much similarities between the two. And I saw the building fall that didn't get hit by nothing," the singer-songwriter said. "So, how naive are we, you know, what do they think we'll go for?" [...]

Stupid leftist redneck. (h/t: Lucianne)

Tehran Times: "Iran launches 5 electronic warfare equipment production lines"

2008-02-05T18:28:00.000-08:00

Half the news stories from Iran seem to be about new military capabilities, but the nukes are peaceful:

Iranian Defense Minister Mostafa-Mohammad Najjar attended the inauguration ceremony for five production lines for electronic warfare equipment, including radar systems, in Shiraz on Tuesday.

The production lines will be operated by Shiraz Electronic Industries (Sashiraz), which is affiliated to the Defense Ministry, and will manufacture three types of radar system, time fuses, and other electronic warfare equipment.

"Iran’s security on the ground, in the air, and in space will be remarkably improved when the armed forces utilize the advanced domestically produced equipment," Najjar said at the ceremony.

The sanctions have actually motivated Iranian scientists to reach new heights, he added.

I wonder what Iranian scientists would achieve after an invasion.

MPAC-UK: Poverty in Britain fault of Zionists

2008-02-05T18:21:00.000-08:00

Sounds dire:

The cost of bowing to the Zionist Lobby is having such great effect on the Social Services that 2.2 million pensioners, before housing costs, and 1.8 million after housing costs, are in poverty

Maan News: "Two children were injured in an ambiguous explosion"

2008-02-04T22:57:00.000-08:00

Interesting expression. Does it mean "work accident"?

Two children were injured in an ambiguous explosion in the As-Salaam neighbourhood of Rafah on Friday evening, medical sources said.

Mu'awiyah Hassanein, the head of ambulance and emergency services in the Palestinian ministry of health, said that the injured children had been taken to Abu Yousif An-Najar Hospital in Rafah.

IRNA: Erev Shabbos flowers for the Ayatollah?

2008-02-01T12:03:00.000-08:00

Are you going to let them give the Ayatollah flowers on Erev Shabbos while you neglect to do the same thing for your wife?

The city of Khomein, the birthplace of the father of the Islamic Revolution and founder of the Islamic Republic, the late Imam Khomeini, was showered with flowers on Friday.

The flower showering operation was on the home coming anniversary of the late Imam after 15 years of exile.

Imam Khomeini's repatriation marks start of a ten-day celebration, whose climax is February 11, marking the triumph anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The interval is called in Iran the `Ten-Day Dawn' (February 1-11).

Joozilla vs. MegaPal?

2008-01-29T02:52:00.000-08:00

Here.

Reuters coddles Highjacktrix Khaled

2008-01-28T19:12:00.001-08:00

The love-fest for dearly departed arch-murderer George Habash continues with, of course, statements from other terrorist luminaries:

Laila Khaled, who was the PFLP's only female hijacker, said the group wanted to focus attention on its cause.

"Our suffering was long ignored by the world," she told Reuters.

"The main goal behind these operations was to pose a big question to the world: who are the Palestinians? At the time Palestinians were being treated merely as refugees who may need humanitarian aid," she added.

Do you think we will be seeing interviews with Carlos the Jackal soon?

. . . when progressive humankind found itself in ideological confusion, vacillation and pessimism . . .

2008-01-27T21:34:00.000-08:00

. . . due to the collapse of socialism in East European countries at the end of the 20th century, it was Kim Jong Il who tided over the crisis of the world socialist cause . . .

Read more (although I can't imagine why anyone would want to)

Cole speaks truth to power-shortage

2008-01-21T10:51:00.000-08:00

Here.

Alan Johnson on "Neoconitis"

2008-01-15T22:57:00.000-08:00

At Comment is Free:

[...] We suffer from neoconitis and we badly need a cure. The disease was diagnosed by Roger Cohen, writing in the New York Times. "Neocon", he pointed out, "has morphed into an all-purpose insult for anyone who still believes that American power is inextricable from global stability and still thinks the muscular anti-totalitarian US interventionism that brought down Slobodan Milosevic has a place." [...]

Neoconservatism is no conspiracy. As a school of foreign policy it has roots in the wing of the Democratic party led by Henry "Scoop" Jackson and the Campaign for a Democratic Majority in the 1970s. "Neocon" was an insult coined by the socialist Michael Harrington about those of his comrades who refused to follow George McGovern, Jimmy Carter and the "new politics" crowd in their embrace of détente and abandonment of antitotalitarianism. Undermining cynical and self-defeating "realism" and embracing democracy-promotion are two of the preconditions for a "progressive foreign policy". To the limited degree we have achieved either, Jackson and the neocons can be denied their share of the credit only by doing violence to the historical record. [...]

Once upon a time I voted Democratic. According to this, I could have been a Neo-con in those days.

I guess that's the bright side of not getting tenure

2008-01-14T19:29:00.000-08:00

It frees you to be yourself.

Mehr News: "Iran says U.S. navy video and audio are fake"

2008-01-09T18:22:00.000-08:00

When it is illegal to question the nonsense put out by the government, the government becomes addicted to nonsense:

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said on Wednesday that the U.S. video of Sunday's incident in the Strait of Hormoz in the Persian Gulf waters involving Iranian patrol boats and the U.S. warships was archive footage and the audio was fake.

"The footage released by the U.S. navy are file pictures and the audio has been fabricated," an IRGC navy commander told Press TV.

Washington earlier claimed that IRGC speedboats harassed three U.S. navy warships in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday.

The U.S. navy later released footage purportedly showing Iranian boats menacing U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf.

Sacred Drool?

2008-01-08T21:46:00.001-08:00

Kamangir once again zeros in Iranian nuttiness. He writes:

Today, Ahmadinejad went to the parliament to present the budget for the next year (the Persian new year is approaching). This was the first time many MPs saw him since his return from the Hajj pilgrimage.

He then continues, translating from Persian blogger Aftab:

A large group of MPs were lined up in order to greet him. Some of the MPs who had not seen him since his return would touch his cloths [because they considered them blessed]. One MP went as far as drinking the remaining water in a glass Ahmadinejad had used. He then splashed the water on his clothes.

What's Persian for "Heh"?

2008-01-01T10:56:00.000-08:00

Here.

Ayatollah: Ali "strongly adored" by Xians

2007-12-29T21:13:00.000-08:00

That's what it says. From Fars:

Ali (PBUH) is the first of the Shiites' twelve Imams and he is strongly adored not only by the Shiite, but also by the Sunnite Muslims as well as Christians and others who may - or even may not - faith in God as he was the symbol (and probably the only symbol) of a perfect man, of perfect humanity.

BTB: "Boulder Eruv Freakout"

2007-12-20T18:11:00.000-08:00

Here.

"2007: The Year in Thugs"

2007-12-20T18:10:00.000-08:00

Here.

To be fab and not to roll

2007-12-19T19:50:00.000-08:00

Here.

(Hat Tip: Discarded Lies)

Splodies time rolls around again for the first time

2007-12-18T20:47:00.000-08:00

Here.

"Kaddish, extreme edition"--does anybody know what this means?

2007-11-26T23:49:00.000-08:00

From Jewish News of Northern California:

All his life, Leon Charney had uttered the Kaddish. By rote.

He davened from the amud alot?

Then, when his mother died, Charney opted for the Mourner’s Kaddish, extreme edition, reciting it several times a day with a minyan for a year. The experience got him wondering why the prayer has proven so central to Jewish life.

Charney’s inquiry resulted in "The Mystery of the Kaddish," a bestselling book he co-wrote with Israeli journalist Saul Mayzlish. On Nov. 29, Charney will speak about the book and the prayer at Berkeley’s Jewish Community Center of the East Bay.

For a man known for his work as a Middle East peace negotiator, talk show host and philanthropist, this intimate quest to understand the Kaddish might seem out of character. It wasn’t.

I mean, a quest to understand Kaddish would be understandable, but an intimate quest?

"What I learned," he said from his New York office, "is that this integral prayer, brought about by rabbinical Judaism, has kept the Jewish people together for 2,000 years. The whole idea is minyan, and minyan is community." [...]

So it's the same concept as shmaltz herring?

This kinda says it all

2007-11-20T20:25:00.000-08:00

Here.

So does this.

IRIB Radio: "Ahmadinejad: Fossil Fuels have not found their place in the world yet"

2007-11-17T19:47:00.000-08:00

IRIB Radio always gives him the title "Doctor" for some reason. Anyway, it's sad about the fossil fuels. Hope you find your place in the world soon!

Iranian President Dr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said: OPEC is under heavy political and economic pressures and for this reason fossil fuels have not found their place in the world yet. According to IRNA, speaking on Saturday on his way to Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, he pointed to the 3rd OPEC summit to open in Riyadh today evening, saying: The pressure on the fossil energy market is not uncalled for or artificial, and the price for this energy is lower than what it really should be.

A strangely familiar joke

2007-11-13T09:50:00.000-08:00

Here.

Howard Dean: "Kol Yisrael yeish lahem cheilek le'olam haba"

2007-11-12T19:21:00.000-08:00

Here.

Hat Tip: Lucianne.com

I wanna be a Chordate

2007-11-08T21:52:00.000-08:00

20, 20, 20 more blogrolls to go, I wanna be a chordate
Don't wanna skeleton that's exo, I wanna be a chordate
Put me in your round-up, put me in your post
Hurry, hurry, hurry, before this blog is toast
If I get recognition, I won't give up the ghost
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

20, 20, 20 more blogrolls to go, I wanna be a chordate
Don't wanna skeleton that's exo, I wanna be a chordate
Don't wanna be a mollusc, don't wanna be a worm
Hurry, hurry , hurry, before I'm back to germ
I wanna walk on leggies, don't wanna creep or squirm
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

20, 20, 20 more blogrolls to go, I wanna be a chordate
Don't wanna skeleton that's exo, I wanna be a chordate
Some people's blogs get comments, I want one of those
Hurry, hurry , hurry, before we come to blows
I can't control my fingers, I can't control my prose
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Ba-ba-bamp-ba ba-ba-ba-bamp-ba I wanna be a chordate
Ba-ba-bamp-ba ba-ba-ba-bamp-ba I wanna be a chordate
Ba-ba-bamp-ba ba-ba-ba-bamp-ba I wanna be a chordate
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Gratuitous link to my other blog.

Massad denied tenure?

2007-11-08T19:08:00.000-08:00

Hat tip: Martin Kramer

MPAC's headline about the YAF/Nick Griffin story

2007-10-27T23:28:00.000-07:00

"Zionists & Nazis Unite Against Muslims"

Chicago Sun-Times: "Dentists going extra mile"

2007-08-19T21:18:00.000-07:00

This blog is taking a long time taking off, but this seems to belong:

Richard Mueller went to his dentist to get his gum disease treated.

He wound up learning he had diabetes.

Westmont dentist Ronald Schefdore routinely gives patients with gum disease blood tests that measure cholesterol, blood sugar and inflammation.

Mueller's high blood sugar was a sign he might have diabetes. A physician made the diagnosis, and now Mueller has his blood sugar under control.

These days, dentists aren't just drilling teeth and cleaning gums. They're also screening for diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer and treating conditions ranging from headaches to snoring.

"We're discovering that the mouth has implications for the whole body," said Elmhurst dentist Ivan Valcarenghi. [...]

I dreamed I was a back-molar . . .

A Parable of Reb Nachman of Breslov

2007-01-06T23:02:00.000-08:00

"As told by Yonassan Gershom":

Once there was a prince who went mad and insisted he was a rooster. He sat on under the table naked, clucking and eating his food off the floor. The king had tried everything to cure him, but nothing worked, and he was in dispair. How could this mad son of his ever grow up to inherit the kingdom?

Then a Hasidic Rebbe (Jewish sage) arrived and said he could cure the prince. The king was desperate, so he said, "OK, fine, go ahead, I'll try anything..."

So the Rebbe took off his clothes and sat under the table, pretending to be a chicken, too. The king was totally shocked. No doubt he had expected the Rebbe to argue with the prince or try to verbally beat it out of him. But the Rebbe knew what he was doing. And so, sitting there under the table, he got to know the Rooster Prince.

Then one day, the Rebbe called for a pair of pants and began putting them on. The Rooster Prince objected, saying, "What do you mean, wearing those pants? You're a rooster -- a rooster can't wear pants!"

"Who says a rooster can't wear pants?" the Rebbe replied. "Why shouldn't I be warm and comfortable, too? Why should the humans have all the good things?"

The Rooster Prince thought about this for a while. The floor under the table was very cold and uncomfortable.. So he asked for pants, too, and put them on.

The next day, the Rebbe asked for a warm shirt, and began to put it on. Again the Rooster Prince objected: "How can you do that? You are a rooster -- a rooster doesn't wear a shirt!"

"Who says so?" said the Rebbe. "Why shouldn't I have a fine shirt, too? Why should I have to shiver in the cold, just because I'm a rooster?"

Again the Rooster Prince thought about it for a while, and realized that he was cold, too -- so he put on a shirt. And so it went with socks, shoes, a belt, a hat.... Soon the Rooster Prince was talking normally, eating with a knife and fork from a plate, sitting properly at the table -- in short, he was acting human once more. Not long after that, he was pronounced completely cured.

The prince was really a skyclad ancient Celtic Roosterwitchdentist . . .

Ancient Druids used Stonehenge to remember their dental appointments

2007-01-06T22:14:00.000-08:00

Photo source.

Photo source.

Introductory Post

2007-01-05T09:26:00.000-08:00

My name is Yitzchak Goodman. I have another blog called Judeopundit. That blog sticks rather closely to a certain formula. The idea of this blog is to depart from that formula. Judeopundit is meant to be intelligible to those without much Jewish background. Bridgework will be more of an inside J-blog. Judeopundit cares about its Technorati and TTLB rank. This one won't care. Judeopundit tries to have new content every day. This one will often go for days without new posts. The idea of this one is not really to satirize a certain other blog in any extended or detailed way, but the mystico-toothico-ancient-Celtico theme will be used as a cheap way to generate posts for a while until things get set up. By the way, I'm not a dentist.

Incredible Wisdom from DentalBlogs

2007-01-05T08:01:00.000-08:00

Surely the author of this was an Ancient Celt:

Often the dentist’s future vision is limited because he or she just doesn’t know what is possible. Understanding the first three core concepts, being open to new ways of doing things and then just letting your imagination go with childlike freedom will help create a powerful future vision.

An effective leader will then communicate that vision to others and inspire them to follow along.

However many, if not most, doctors have no real goals or plans for implementing new technology. Without a plan they are prey waiting to be consumed by the most aggressive salesman. They go to a tradeshow and see some new technology that they get excited about. Then they buy it randomly, without any idea of how they’ll incorporate it into their overall practice’s philosophy and systems.

One of my missions is to help dentists see what is possible and then to create a future vision.

I dreamt I was a back-molar . . .