today Chicago Midwinter Meeting Feb. 22, 2014

scrapbook 5Chicago Midwinter Meeting — Feb. 22, 2014 By Fred Michmershuizen, today Staff n The folks from web-based dental software pro- vider Curve Dental held a breakfast Friday morn- ing for its VIP customers, admirers and members of the press. Fittingly, the event was held up on the 29th floor — so attendees could literally look down on the Chicago skyline from up in the cloud. ThoseinattendancesaidtheylikeCurve’scloud- based practice management software because of the freedom and versatility it offers, a point under- scored by the always affable Andy Jensen, chief marketing officer of Curve, who mentioned the recent weather emergency that crippled Atlanta. “That’s an unexpected reduction in production, and the only way you can get that production back is get on the phone as quickly as possible and reschedule all those patients who couldn’t come to the practice,” Jensen said. “If your practice is on the cloud, you can start making those phone calls from home, or even your office manager can pick it up and start making calls from home, and have all those appointments rescheduled before the day is even over with.” It’s just one of the many advantages to being on the cloud, Jensen said. To learn more, visit www.curvedental.com — or simply look for the folks in the orange shirts at booth No. 4801 here at the Midwinter Meeting. 5 Howard Wolf and Martin Wolf of Flow Dental speak to Thomas Weidingh at the company’s booth (No. 905) Friday morning. 5 From left, Fern Ingber, president and CEO of the National Children’s Oral Health Foundation: America’s ToothFairy; Thomas M. Prescott, chairman of the board; and Dr. Gordon Christensen, board member, participate in the annual ‘Celebration of Smiles’ event Thursday evening. (Photo/Eric Seid, today staff) 5 It’s the Chicago Dental Society’s 149th Midwinter Meeting. How many have you been to? 5 Bryan Nichols, vice president of operations at Zirc (booth No. 2908), helps attendees find the best products for their needs Friday morning. 5 Mark Cosover shows an attendee all the benefits of the CoolJaw’s hands-free cold therapy at booth No. 4144. 5 Peter Pubben, left, and Corinne Toporowski of Tapmaster (booth No. 1402). Making things happen from up in the cloud From left: Genevieve Poppe, Debra Engelhardt-Nash, Terri Benish, RDH, and Andy Jensen at Curve Dental’s breakfast Friday morning. Poppe and Benish run a five-office practice in Wisconsin using Curve Dental’s cloud-based dental software. (Photo/ Fred Michmershuizen, today Staff)

today Chicago Midwinter Meeting Feb. 22, 2014

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