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Lorne Lavine, DMD, founder and president of The Digital Dentist, has more than 30 years invested in the dental and dental technology fields. A graduate of USC, he earned his DMD from Boston University and completed his residency at the Eastman Dental Center in Rochester, N.Y. He received his specialty training at the University of Washington and went into private practice in Vermont until moving to California in 2002 to establish TDD, a company that focuses on the specialized technological and HIPAA needs of the dental community. He can be reached at drlavine@thedigitaldentists.com or 866-204-3398.

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Part 4 of our Cybersecurity Series looks at how backup data can save money and your practice’s reputation. 


Ransom Recovery

Ian McNickle leads WEO Media’s sales, marketing, consulting, and business development teams (

). He brings more than 20 years’ combined experience in technology, business development, sales, marketing, and operations. He lectures extensively throughout North America on all aspects of dental marketing and practice growth at dental conferences, study clubs, and continuing education events. In 2019, Ian published his first book, 

Mastering Practice Growth: The Definitive Guide for Growing Your Dental Practice or Dental Group

. In addition, he writes articles on a wide range of marketing and growth-related topics for publications such as 

Dental Economics, The Progressive Dentist

Cory Roletto leads the operations team at WEO Media, an award-winning dental marketing and web development agency (

). He brings more than 20 years’ combined experience in technology, business consulting, marketing, and operations. Cory began his career at Intel, where he served as a key member of the competitive marketing team. He received 12 awards at the divisional level or higher while at Intel and many of his engineering and marketing innovations are still used at Intel today. Cory has a BS in chemical engineering and an MBA from the University of Washington.

Starting in March, Google search rankings will index websites based on their appearance and performance on mobile devices.

Is Your Website Ready for Google’s Mobile First Initiative?

5 Winners of the 2020 “Teledentistry Innovation Awards” Honored During Virtual Event 

Teledentistry Innovators Honored by MouthWatch 

A new platform aims to help make connections between dental practices and dental patients.

Powered By Artificial Intelligence, iSmartOffice is a New Dental Practice Management and Marketing Solution

In Part 4 of this series, Lorne Lavine, DMD, discusses the importance of encrypting your data and how consequential not doing so can be to your dental practice. 

‘Authentic Frontier Gibberish’

Part 3 of our 6-part Cybersecurity Series looks at how ransomware can circumvent a firewall. 

The Second Line of Defense

Here are the 5 biggest threats to dental offices and the steps you should take to minimize those risks.


Top 5 Tech Hazards That Put Your Practice's and Your Patient's Information At Risk

Mike Uretz is a nationally-recognized Dental software and Electronic Health Records (EHR) expert. Mike has helped hundreds of individual practices and multi-clinic groups properly evaluate and select software vendors and solutions, structure and negotiate pricing and contracts, provide implementation oversight and vendor management. Mike was a member of the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology EHR vendor certification workgroup, and has been a member of various federal and state working committees for EHR business practices and policy. Having been involved with the EHR Incentive program from day one, Mike has helped a number of states, to evaluate and select EHR vendors, structure contracts and agreements, and manage vendor issues. As co-chairman of the Best practices advisory committee for EHR Contracts, Mike has been instrumental in developing standards for structuring vendor contracts and pricing for use by state programs nationwide He is the founder and editorial director of DentalSoftwareAdvisor.com, a trusted and objective online resource on all matters related to dental software. He is also the point person for Advanstar’s coverage of dental EHRs and their evolving role in the dental industry and can be reached by e-mail at mikeu@dentalsoftwareadvisor.com.

Mike Uretz and Mike Fillmore, Dentrix marketing manager, discuss some of the innovative functionality that Dentrix is incorporating to meet the needs of growing practices.

Dentrix focuses on next-generation technology

Patients are recording data with smart devices at home. We explore how dentists can make use of this information to improve home care practices, help shape patient care, and improve the science of dentistry for everyone. 

Managing What Patients Measure

In this latest cybersecurity series of articles, the author explains how and why it’s important to select the correct firewall for your network.

Data Security