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Editor’s Letter
First and foremost, I’d like to give a big thanks to everyone
who voted for me in the 2011 DrBicuspid Dental Excellence
Awards. Being voted “Most Effective Dentist Educator” is a
true testament to the talent and dedication of many people
who work behind-the-scenes here at the lab.
Every person named on the Chairside magazine masthead
to the left contributes to the success of this publication. As
editor-in-chief, I focus on content that will be of interest to
a large number of dentists. And while I am responsible for
the content, it is our creative director, Rachel Pacillas, and
the members of her editorial and design team who make
the magazine come together so beautifully.
My goal with Chairside is to share with you what I see at the
laboratory — whether I am looking at preps and impressions
or noticing what doctors prescribe. Even if you don’t
read every article, my hope is that you will at least look at
the pictures and read the captions, so I try to keep those as
informative as possible.
This honor also acknowledged the clinical DVDs we’ve
been producing at the lab for the past decade. We have
come a long way in improving the visual quality of our
clinical footage. It took a $30,000 camera lens investment
to be able to fill the screen with tooth #8 and #9 when
it is desirable to do so. We recently upgraded the rest of
our equipment, and now everything we shoot is in full
1920x1080 HD. Soon you will be able to request Blu-ray
DVDs as well. Videographer James Kwasniewski acts as my
cameraman, and he has to be the best dental editor in the
U.S. I strongly believe in our video education because you
can’t Photoshop live video — what you see is what you get,
versus still images, which can always be edited.
Last but not least, I’d like to thank Jim Glidewell for paying
to produce this educational material, and then providing it
to the dental community free of charge. It’s one thing to say
you want to give back to the profession that has given you
so much, and quite another to send 4 million free DVDs and
2 million free magazines to U.S. dentists each year.
Yours in quality dentistry,
Dr. Michael C. DiTolla
Editor-in-Chief, Clinical Editor
mditolla@glidewelldental.com
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