Compudent Systems | compudent | Activity https://compudent.com/members/compudent/activity/ Activity feed for compudent. Wed, 06 May 2026 14:48:57 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 1e0b58f17a100da2293aae5597628a83 compudent wrote a new post https://compudent.com/?p=16844 Sun, 28 Apr 2024 02:19:56 -0400 X-ray Signage Requirements All X-ray devices installed in dental offices in Canada are subject to the Canadian regulations. Canadian Regulations for dental X-ray devices are […]

]]> 8cb85a7843592be07858492f4cd06cbc compudent wrote a new post https://compudentinc.com/?p=16822 Wed, 06 May 2020 15:08:32 -0400 From dental appointments to PPE disposal, here’s what you’re asking us todayPosted By CBC News · See the original post here.
Dental offices have reopened in some parts of Canada. But is it safe to go?
We’re an […]

]]> bf86413ea15e95676eb7148293328e62 compudent wrote a new post https://compudentinc.com/?p=16820 Wed, 06 May 2020 13:16:22 -0400 The ADA&C is providing the following information for members to use as a resource in addition to appropriate clinical judgment on making decisions to provide care for emergency and urgent treatment, effective May […]

]]> 98ba1daff37bf8ba666e4f99f75bf2ff compudent wrote a new post https://compudentinc.com/?p=16811 Wed, 06 May 2020 02:57:00 -0400 From Chloe Chamberland at Wordfence.com

This is a public service announcement (PSA) from the Wordfence team regarding a security issue which may impact some of our customers. On May 4, 2020, GoDaddy, one of the […]

]]> 3b1277fc9f67a5ef6a9b3f97713a120b compudent wrote a new post https://compudent.com/?p=16810 Wed, 06 May 2020 02:53:16 -0400 Nearly a Million WP Sites Targeted in Large-Scale Attacks From Ram Gall at wordfence.com/blog Our Threat Intelligence Team has been tracking a sudden uptick in attacks targeting Cross-Site Scripting(XSS) […]

]]> 098b3c6614cdc4e000aafebc03f66fe4 compudent wrote a new post https://compudent.com/?p=16819 Tue, 05 May 2020 12:45:00 -0400 Researchers at U of T Faculty of Dentistry explore rapid, low-cost COVID-19 test Researchers at U of T and local hospitals are looking to develop a mouth-based test for COVID-19 that would be quick and easy to administer to patients […]

]]> b6f67bf1aa18b7eda496a5c87ad793c8 compudent created the group Subscribers https://compudent.com/activity/p/2/ Tue, 28 Apr 2020 13:06:11 -0400 0 ae10e02952277edfdfbc03730736ce94 compudent wrote a new post https://compudent.com/?p=16813 Fri, 03 Apr 2020 03:08:00 -0400 Safety and Security While Video Conferencing with Zoom From Kathy Zant at Wordfence.com With much of the world shifting to working from home due to public health concerns with COVID-19, video conferencing […]

]]> 80eb8e7a2e2a1a79459aed05db4de0fa compudent wrote a new post https://compudent.com/?p=16816 Tue, 03 Mar 2020 13:18:00 -0500 Happening Now: Over 2 Percent of Sites Using a Let’s Encrypt TLS Certificate May Throw Security WarningsOn Wednesday, March 4, 2020, 3 million Transport Layer Security (TLS) certificates issued by Let’s Encrypt will be revoked because of a Certificate A […]

]]> eba481ae243850c6691bcf36497bad54 compudent wrote a new post https://compudent.com/?p=16768 Tue, 17 Oct 2017 12:29:35 -0400 Severe Vulnerability Alerts: All Wi-Fi Devices ("KRACK") and Software Deployment Processes ("ROCA") Yesterday (Monday, October 16th, 2017) a major Wi-Fi vulnerability was announced that affects absolutely every device that supports Wi-Fi. The […]

]]> e811419460f2503cb91aeabbeb32d513 compudent wrote a new post https://compudent.com/?p=16765 Tue, 16 May 2017 04:07:34 -0400 Guidance for the WannaCrypt or WannaCry attacks Media coverage has likely made you aware of the most recent “ransomware” cyber attacks. Identified as one of the “largest cyberattacks ever”, the […]

]]> ad073e3ef7c9139ec5ce3847be4afcf7 compudent wrote a new post https://compudent.com/?p=16761 Mon, 24 Apr 2017 14:09:12 -0400 Moody's places Carestream's ratings on review for downgrade Rating Action: Moody’s places Carestream’s ratings on review for downgrade Global Credit Research – 19 Apr 2017 New York, April 19, 2017 — […]

]]> 6612db4625a01a6d969ec4898b331105 compudent wrote a new post https://compudent.com/?p=16755 Fri, 14 Apr 2017 19:32:10 -0400 Carestream Sells Dental Digital Business to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and Hillhouse/CareCapital Carestream, working with its parent company, Onex Corporation (TSX: ONEX), has entered into an agreement to sell its dental digital business to funds […]

]]> fec2f9a9c515b48204149d83554e68c7 compudent wrote a new post https://compudentinc.com/?p=16753 Thu, 06 Apr 2017 18:50:14 -0400 From Bloomberg Markets
by Kiel Porter , Ed Hammond , and Scott Deveau
April 5, 2017, 12:55 PM EDT

Buyout firm set to pay about $1 billion for Onex-owned unit
U.S. company provides imaging software to dental […]

]]> 6258178a3f5139c4e5ab74eef0b5134e compudent wrote a new post https://compudent.com/?p=16752 Tue, 28 Feb 2017 00:47:38 -0500 NASA technology used in Digital Dental X-ray Imager – Clarksville, TN Online Written by Andrew Good NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA – When sitting in the dentist’s chair, few patients think of NASA. But the space […]

]]> 983bd03a8f578835f8d78db6c72e67ec compudent wrote a new post https://compudent.com/?p=16749 Mon, 06 Feb 2017 19:31:41 -0500 Vizio to pay $2.2M to FTC, New Jersey for privacy violations The Federal Trade Commission and the state of New Jersey announced Monday they have reached a settlement with smart TV manufacturer Vizio for collecting […]

]]> 132633ed9bb061c16bce800af12ef134 compudent wrote a new post https://compudent.com/?p=16745 Wed, 25 Jan 2017 03:08:22 -0500 Five Surprising Facts about Toothpaste From the dedicated people at Fendrihan, here is some interesting information about a product we take for granted: toothpaste. Please visit their […]

]]> 609f61dd1d02c9ccffb56bfa280edf69 compudent wrote a new post https://compudent.com/?p=16737 Wed, 30 Nov 2016 14:22:34 -0500 Firefox zero-day attack. Discontinue use of Firefox until resolved. Today, Wordfence is publishing an emergency bulletin to their customers and to the larger web community. A few hours ago a zero day vulnerability […]

]]> 6f85891a30f965328a3c07fa62e94633 compudent wrote a new post https://compudent.com/?p=16734 Sat, 29 Oct 2016 11:44:57 -0400 Trueness and Precision of Four Intraoral Scanners in Oral Implantology: A Comparative in Vitro Study September 29, 2016: Mangano FG, Veronesi G, Hauschild U, Mijiritsky E, Mangano published an article in PLOS ONE (The world’s first multidisciplinary Op […]

]]> 70a0d9c82af678341ded7175cc1764f1 compudent wrote a new post https://compudent.com/?p=16731 Thu, 27 Oct 2016 14:22:03 -0400 15 Ways To Harden The Security Of Your WordPress Site DARCY WHEELER wpengine  “Security is not about perfectly secure systems. Such a thing might well be impractical, or impossible to find and/or mai […]

]]> 9698ec0158a7123cde0112e598c060fc compudent wrote a new post https://compudent.com/?p=16727 Wed, 26 Oct 2016 17:36:09 -0400 DDoS attacks explained By Robin Dishon, Senior Writer, ESET What is a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack? Here’s how it works, and what you can do to keep your […]

]]> 86a205b6819cf95a3d20e5dc88cfadb2 compudent wrote a new post https://compudent.com/?p=16725 Wed, 26 Oct 2016 14:46:39 -0400 Oral bacteria may be to blame for migraines By Darryl Hol, CBC News Posted: Oct 19, 2016 4:33 PM ET Researchers have found that people who suffer from migraines have more of the bacteria that […]

]]> 078c90dff68f15f68ca2cf078f4b6a6b compudent wrote a new post https://compudent.com/?p=16722 Wed, 26 Oct 2016 11:47:16 -0400 ICW Dental – How It's Made – Watch the Elite 5220 Assembly Video ICW Elite 5220 Easy-to-Cable-Manage Monitor Mount This video is a detailed demonstration of how ICW’s re-designed Elite 5220 monitor mounting arm […]

]]> 0d3fbb200c28b332f02f9d7c40b1d546 compudent wrote a new post https://compudent.com/?p=16720 Tue, 25 Oct 2016 07:58:12 -0400 Anesthesia in Alberta and Ontario dental offices questioned after girl suffers brain damage ‘A professional anesthesiologist has only one responsibility … you look after that patient’ Alexandra Zabjek, with CBC News Edmonton posted an […]

]]> f9854ec3296340bfb593bb88af201a65 compudent wrote a new post https://compudent.com/?p=16716 Tue, 25 Oct 2016 07:11:40 -0400 Town names street after war hero, but misspells his name | Toronto Star In Shelburne, the Wansbrough family is trying to set things right, but finding there’s no easy way. All wish to honour Brigadier General, and local d […]

]]> 2592ce77e60536375690467a940de60f compudent wrote a new post https://compudent.com/?p=16704 Tue, 25 Oct 2016 02:21:48 -0400 Panama Papers. How one of the largest security breaches in history was due to a missing Wordpress plugin update The Mossack Fonseca data breach, more commonly known as the Panama Papers breach, is one the largest and most damaging data breaches in history. It is […]

]]> ae3871db62e420ad3ceec43ae847618f compudent wrote a new post https://compudent.com/?p=16697 Sat, 22 Oct 2016 21:23:09 -0400 Your medical record is worth more to hackers than your credit card | Reuters By Caroline Humer and Jim Finkle | NEW YORK/BOSTON Your medical information is worth 10 times more than your credit card number on the black […]

]]> bb8d5108fcd3daec1f54ff95c817e985 compudent wrote a new post https://compudent.com/?p=16691 Sat, 22 Oct 2016 19:36:21 -0400 This Is Why Half the Internet Shut Down on October 21, 2016 Twitter, Spotify and Reddit, and a huge swath of other websites were down or screwed up this morning. This was happening as hackers unleashed a large […]

]]> 932b2087a0e4b1d139444848130c1c40 compudent wrote a new post https://compudent.com/?p=16680 Sat, 22 Oct 2016 18:34:47 -0400 The attack on Dyn that hit Twitter, Paypal, HBO – The San Diego Union-Tribune Dozens of the nation’s most popular websites — including Twitter, PayPal, Airbnb , Netflix, Reddit and Spotify — were disrupted Friday by a major cyb […]

]]> b1e7e0d99ccdfb38304befdf0590244c compudent wrote a new post https://compudent.com/?p=16676 Fri, 21 Oct 2016 16:38:19 -0400 Cavoukian launches global council on privacy by design Ryerson University Executive Director Ann Cavoukian, previously Ontario’s Privacy Commissioner, has launched the International Council on Global Privacy […]

]]> beeb096fa616a3e7ef8e4c1256a531a8 compudent wrote a new post https://compudent.com/?p=16671 Sat, 08 Oct 2016 19:25:48 -0400 3M Launches World’s First Tablet-Based Mobile Intraoral Scanner Mobile tablets, commonplace in many aspects of clinical practice in health care settings, have arrived in the dental industry with the introduction of […]

]]> 70dbf8188ea52f9775254831cba2e353 compudent wrote a new post https://compudent.com/?p=16668 Tue, 04 Oct 2016 22:52:52 -0400 Tyler and Temple dentistry school create partnership – metals/jewelry/CAD-CAM program & dental program combined Josh Hallquist uses skills learned during his time at Tyler School of Art for dentistry. Source: Tyler and Temple dentistry school create partnership – The Temple News

]]> 24eccff814ca3b2e3083e810d15f8cf5 compudent wrote a new post https://compudent.com/?p=16665 Sat, 01 Oct 2016 20:19:41 -0400 Thornhill dentist, Dr. Alex Toivis 'fine now' after being attacked with a knife Thornhill dentist, Dr. Alex Toivis, was attacked, but little more is known, so far. Source: Thornhill dentist ‘fine now’ after being attacked with knife

]]> b8be07da3ff79080cf04c56b019c9f47 compudent wrote a new post https://compudent.com/?p=16662 Sat, 01 Oct 2016 20:10:22 -0400 Garden-Variety Cybercrooks Breached Yahoo, Says Security Firm – Not Government Agents The hackers who stole the data of hundreds of millions of Yahoo users two years ago were two cybercriminal gangs, InfoArmor reported. That finding […]

]]> eccaabbb80066cfbd3eb6959aebbda54 compudent wrote a new post https://compudent.com/?p=16658 Fri, 30 Sep 2016 03:58:45 -0400 Judge rules lawsuit against dental giants can proceedA class-action lawsuit against three of the dental industry’s biggest companies will be allowed to proceed after a U.S. District Court judge refused to […]

]]> 372331c0f2deda44011dec29226ade4a compudent wrote a new post https://compudent.com/?p=16654 Thu, 29 Sep 2016 13:26:14 -0400 How To Protect Yourself Online Advice – Online Security Every day, thousands of individuals fall victim to online scams and malicious activities. The dangers online are varied and […]

]]> 0ec11849f15113405c0a476fc5ad783f compudent wrote a new post https://compudent.com/?p=16634 Wed, 28 Sep 2016 11:36:03 -0400 Caries of the future could be prevented with plant-made antimicrobial peptides that target dental plaque Protein drugs of the future, plant-made antimicrobial peptides, may target dental plaque and gum tissues. Protein drugs, which derive from biological […]

]]> 17933a7c54f3a86f046f3e48d1789d71 compudent wrote a new post https://compudent.com/?p=16622 Sun, 25 Sep 2016 16:42:11 -0400 How Root Canals Could Increase Your Risk For Heart Disease | Men’s Health BY ALISA HRUSTIC Put off the dentist and your smile isn’t the only thing that can suffer: Poor oral hygiene could hurt your heart health, suggests a n […]

]]> 7c6d1e852fc87bb2a07999ea8901fa9d compudent wrote a new post https://compudent.com/?p=16530 Thu, 22 Sep 2016 21:15:30 -0400 Carestream Health Inc. awarded $150 Million PACS deployment contract with US defense agencies Carestream Health Inc., Rochester, New York, has been awarded a maximum $150,000,000 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, […]

]]> 14d8029c2a51721f61d6f4e68ad2127a compudent wrote a new post https://compudent.com/?p=16534 Tue, 20 Sep 2016 00:40:55 -0400 Effectively Combatting Ransomware In Healthcare Effectively Combatting Ransomware In Healthcare By Susan Biddle, Sr. Director of Healthcare at Fortinet Source: Effectively Combatting Ransomware In Healthcare

]]> 9fc2167ecd74ab0513e7c69861cf8b6d compudent wrote a new post https://compudent.com/?p=16545 Sun, 18 Sep 2016 01:29:39 -0400 Join a Free Live Webinar on Encryption Essentials for Dental Practices – Oasis Discussions Join a Free Live Webinar on Encryption Essentials for Dental Practices Encryption is a hot topic these days. We have heard about it in the news…how A […]

]]> 186f237d71f79b9192aa35e5f31f9495 compudent wrote a new post https://compudent.com/?p=16558 Thu, 15 Sep 2016 01:55:47 -0400 The Lowballing of Kodak's Patent Portfolio – IEEE Spectrum The bankrupt giant found that its huge trove of IP could fetch only pennies on the dollar Source: The Lowballing of Kodak’s Patent Portfolio – IEEE Spectrum

]]> 4cdccc31af4d7bf9bb8976434ffabfcc compudent wrote a new post https://compudent.com/?p=16552 Thu, 15 Sep 2016 01:47:02 -0400 When art and dentistry collide | Temple Now A collaboration between Tyler School of Arts and Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry demonstrates how skills can successfully be transferred between both disciplines. Source: When art and dentistry collide | Temple Now

]]> b208ab3cc8d712fdb30f9dcca614a381 compudent wrote a new post https://compudent.com/?p=16561 Wed, 14 Sep 2016 11:29:05 -0400 Response to: Kodak’s Downfall Wasn’t About Technology? Are you kidding me?! – Business Technology Consulting, Solutions, & Innovation From Jon Liebertz Kodak’s Downfall Wasn’t About Technology?  Are you kidding me! I’ve seen this article posted a few times around the social media […]

]]> a2575755740571a34d58ba36899a73d6 compudent wrote a new post https://compudent.com/?p=16565 Wed, 14 Sep 2016 07:39:50 -0400 Kodak’s Downfall Wasn’t About Technology From Harvard Business Review by Scott Anthony What it missed was the business model. A generation ago, a “Kodak moment” meant something that […]

]]> b2f1109f46b8c360fb7a4157a58f5dc2 compudent wrote a new post https://compudent.com/?p=16569 Wed, 14 Sep 2016 06:49:16 -0400 Report Warns: Shutdown of a reactor at Chalk River (Canada) will likely result in worldwide shortage of Mo-99New Report from The National Academies of Sciences Engineering Medicine (USA) Warns of Potential Supply Shortage of the Medical Isotopes Molybdenum-99 […]

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