Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Dental Did You Know: General Dental Website Info

The average time spent on dental websites was 142.7 seconds. The top 10 pages accounted for almost 79% of total page views.

Source: Sesame Communications Research Brief on Dental Websites, Read on April 20/2011 http://www.sesamecommunications.com. Research study completed Feb 2010 on 24 523 page views with Google Analytics.

Hans Skariah, B.Sc., DMD
Promenade Court Dental Health Group in Mississauga
2233 Hurontario St., Mississauga, ON, Canada
(1/2 km north of the QEW in the Dome Building)
(905) 273-7100

Monday, April 18, 2011

Dental Did You Know: Number of Dentists in Ontario and Professional Corporations

As of the end of 2010, there were approximately 8 500 dentists in Ontario with about 4 500 registered as professional corporations.

Source: Chong D, Incorporation: More Questions You Should Ask, The Professional Advisory, April 2011, Vol 49, pg 12-13.

Hans Skariah, B.Sc., DMD
Promenade Court Dental Health Group in Mississauga
2233 Hurontario St., Mississauga, ON, Canada
(1/2 km north of the QEW in the Dome Building)
(905) 273-7100

Friday, April 15, 2011

Dental Did You Know: The Ontario Dental Association is on Facebook and other Dental Social Media Information

Yes, it has finally happened :) The Ontario Dental Association is on Facebook. (Search for Canadian Dental Health). In addition, a survey of 620 ODA members found that 82% of dentists were on Facebook personally and 28% for business reasons.

Source: Sorger C, ODA Launches on Facebook, Ontario Dentist, April 2011, Vol 88, No 3, pg 25-26.

Hans Skariah, B.Sc., DMD
Promenade Court Dental Health Group in Mississauga
2233 Hurontario St., Mississauga, ON, Canada
(1/2 km north of the QEW in the Dome Building)
(905) 273-7100

Monday, April 11, 2011

Our New Hygienist!

We've just hired Megan Pearson as our 2nd hygienist. Megan has worked with me at the Tavistock Dental Health Group's practice in Tavistock Ontario and will be expanding our Saturday hygiene coverage at Promenade Court Dental in Mississauga. She has a style very similar to Gloria, our senior hygienist.





Hans Skariah, B.Sc., DMD
Promenade Court Dental Health Group in Mississauga
2233 Hurontario St., Mississauga, ON, Canada
(1/2 km north of the QEW in the Dome Building)
(905) 273-7100