So today, I had to have a medical assessment for an insurance policy.
It was at Meridian Healthcare in Blanchardstown - I was very impressed at the care and attention from Dr Claire Cunningham and her nursing and admin colleagues. There was a multi-lead ECG connected to me while I walked on a treadmill that got faster and faster and steeper ...
A few weeks ago, I posted a blog about suicide in the dental profession and at lunchtime today, I heard that Keith Flint of The Prodigy had taken his own life.
I think it's safe to say that I wasn't a fan of The Prodigy, ...
Recently I posted about Geoff Tate touring last year on the 30th anniversary of Operation:Mindcrime, the landmark album he made with Queensrÿche. He’s still touring and was back in Dublin, just over 12 months since starting his tour here last January. It was just after the announcement that the Orthodontic Society of Ireland (OSI) was successful in its bid ...
I am an android sort of guy.
I do own an iPod. It's apparently an iPod Classic, but when I got it, it was just called an iPod.
I love my iPod. But it isn't as good as the Creative Zen MP3 player it replaced.
But that's it for me and Apple for the time being.
I am an android sort of guy. I ...
Dublin is in the grip of the 2019 David Bowie Festival. Probably Ireland’s biggest annual event coordinated around the cultural effect of one person. Lectures, books, movies, science, photography, cabaret, improvisational comedy, even a children’s art competition, and obviously music, music, music.
I can't adequately explain how talented this man is. His music has sustained me through O Levels, A Levels, Dentistry and ...
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DO wear your retainers as your orthodontist directs.
The rest of what follows is what we tell our own patients. At Swords Orthodontics, for most removable retainers, I advise full time wear for the first 3 days and then ...
At Swords Orthodontics, lots of patients come in and tell us they aren’t happy with their overbite. This still surprises me – I had never heard the word “overbite” until I had been in Dental School for nearly two years.
I can still remember the first time I heard the word used by someone that wasn’t a dentist – it was ...