DentistryOnline.com Eases Patient Anxiety.VANCOUVER, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 4, 1999-- According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. The Harris Poll conducted in August, 74 percent of adults with Internet access See how to access the Internet. went online in the past year in search of health care information. Until recently, there has been a lack of useful dental health information on the Web. Dentistryonline.com fills that health niche, offering consumers a wealth of dental information. Created by a dentist, this new, easy-to-navigate Web site allows patients to gain control of their dental experience, and in the process, ease their anxiety. DentistryOnline.com covers topics from "Kissing fights cavities!" to "See your teeth on television," and also includes features such as "Find a Dentist" and "Ask a Dentist." The content-rich, advertising-free Web site helps patient's research dental topics, discover treatment options, and find tips on everything from getting kids to brush to improving your smile. "DentistryOnline.com's goal is to give people the information they need to ease their dental fears," says Bob Rondeau rondeau One of several formes fixes (fixed forms) in French lyric poetry and song of the 14th–15th century, later popular with many English poets. The rondeau has only two rhymes (allowing no repetition of rhyme words) and consists of 13 or 15 lines of 8 or 10 , DMD (1) (Digital Micromirror Device) See DLP. (2) (Digital Multi-layer Disk) See high-def DVD formats. , president of Dentistry dentistry, treatment and care of the teeth and associated oral structures. Dentistry is mainly concerned with tooth decay, disease of the supporting structures, such as the gums, and faulty positioning of the teeth. Online, Inc. and developer of the world's No. 1 dental health education materials. "That's why we decided to transfer our years of patient education experience and content from the dental office to the Internet. Now patients can gain control of their dental experience with unlimited access to dental health information." Topping the list of Web site features is "Find a Dentist," the most comprehensive dental directory available online. Unlike other dental search engines that have a few thousand dentists who pay to be a part of their service, DentistryOnline.com's "Find a Dentist" search engine encompasses the more than 150,000 practicing dentists in the U.S. Consumers type in a ZIP code zip code System of postal-zone codes (zip stands for “zone improvement plan”) introduced in the U.S. in 1963 to improve mail delivery and exploit electronic reading and sorting capabilities. and receive a complete list of dentists in that community, along with links to their Web sites. "Find a Dentist" also lets users tailor their search by dental specialty, procedures and appointment hours. Patients feel more in control when they're familiar with the treatment their dentist suggests. "Ask a Dentist" allows consumers to confidentially ask questions they'd rather not pose to their dentist, or questions they forgot to ask during their last visit. Dentistry Online, Inc. produces DentistryOnline.com and CAESY Education Systems, interactive patient education programs on DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. (Digital Video Disc See DVD. Digital Video Disc - Digital Versatile Disc ). Since its merger with Advanced Learning Technologies, Inc. in August 1999, Dentistry Online, Inc. has become the most trusted source for dental health information. |
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