Contest Winners
 Winter 2012 V7-1 IssueThis must have been the most
challenging Chairside Photo
Hunt yet because not one set
of your trained eyes found all
27 differences. Based on your
submissions, the toughest to
find were the three differences
circled in green. I guess we
outdid ourselves this time!
First-place winners:
Second-place winners:
Third-place winners: |
 Fall 2011 IssueFor each installment of the Chairside Photo Hunt, we have to dig pretty deep to keep everyone from finding every difference. This time, the most challenging to find were the ones on the lab cart against the textured concrete wall. The ones circled in green below tripped up the most people, separating the truly great from the merely excellent. I am tempted to check and see if the dentists who show the most attention to detail in this contest also send us the most accurate and detailed impressions!
23 dentists
30 dentists
58 dentists |
 Summer 2011 IssueWell, we tried to make the game a little harder than last month, and guess what happened? Yep, the most first-place winners ever! I felt a little better when I noticed we got record low scores as well (two offices found just two differences). Of the 23 changes (just a coincidence that there were also 23 last month), the most frequently missed were the upper right corner of the blue tray cover on the bracket table, the change in size of the orange band on the mouth mirror, and the switch of the crossing of the two mandrels next to the cotton pliers. Here are the results: 51 dentists 107 dentists 100 dentists |
 Spring 2011 IssueSome of you probably thought I was joking around last issue when I said you would need your loupes for this contest. I guess I should have said you would need them only if you wanted to win. Of the 23 GLs hidden in the picture, the two GLs that were the toughest to find were the one at the base of the palm tree in the center of the picture and the one on the door to the third story of Glidewell Laboratories, under the canopy. One dentist even bragged that he was able to complete the game without using loupes, imploring us to please believe him! He found 14. 10 dentists 54 dentists 91 dentists |
 Winter 2011 IssueYou guys really outdid
yourself last issue! We did
not anticipate that so many
of you would search for differences
between the two
images. We could tell from
the envelopes that some of
you might even have taken
the photo hunt home, perhaps
to enlist the help of
your kids. 50 dentists 70 dentists 46 dentists |
 Fall 2010 Issue"With the current price of gold,
dentists have begun mining." "No, he doesn't need crown
lengthening. It's only 12 mm
subgingival." "That's not the nerve …
It's a Chilean miner!" Honorable Mention "These OSHA requirements are getting more strict every day!" "No, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night." |
 Summer 2010 Issue"He who removes ExcaliBUR from
the impression shall be king of
Glidewell Laboratories." " 'Judge not, lest ye be judged.'
Yeah, right … give me a break." "We're gonna need a bigger post …" Honorable Mention "Don't you just hate it when your posts are pulled out in your impression?" "Please fabricate zirconia custom abutment and B1 all-ceramic crown for implant placed in site of
tooth #5. Cosmetics are very important to this patient! Implant system is Midwest, latch-type series.
Size is #6 round." |
 Spring 2010 Issue"That damn lab – I wrote freestanding pontic, not potty." "This was the cheapest porcelain I could find!" "Well, I think I found the source of your bad breath." Honorable Mention "I guess I'll be sending your impression to Glidewell Lavatory." "Your new porcelain crown is the whitest shade available." |
 Winter 2009/2010 Issue"Uh oh. Looks like I'm gonna need a rubber…dam!" "eHarmony gets one wrong." "The tears of a crown." Honorable Mentions "It is guys like you who get on my last nerve!" |
 Fall 2009 Issue"Hold still while I inject some comic relief." "Yes, I am the only dentist in your insurance company's network." "Want to hear something funny? Before I entered the witness protection program I was known as 'The Bruiser'." Honorable Mentions "Too bad I am reduced to shopping at the dollar store for a cheap pair of loupes!" "An come on senator, you need the same health care as the rest of us." |
 Summer 2009 IssueNo winners. |
 Spring 2009 Issue"Only a sophomore and already the family wants free dentistry." "No, I'm not a dentist, but I stayed in a Holiday Inn Express last night!" "Hey, do you remember the time when you shot me with a BB gun?" |
Winter 2008/2009 Issue"You've got to be better than the jackass who was my last dentist." "I still find hard to believe that UCLA means 'University of California License for Apes'." "You have a very busy practice Dr. Simian. I bet you swing from room to room all day." Honorable Mentions "So, is this that new four-handed dentistry I have heard about?" "From 'Monkey see... Monkey do U', and I'm your first patient?" |
Fall 2008 Issue"Our new midline determining device is quite accurate … this will just take a minute!" "Don't worry, we do this to all new employees. It makes the patients so much more pleasant." "Don't worry ma'am, this is how we look at your 'eye' tooth." Honorable Mentions "Doctor, are you sure this is state-of-the-art cone beam technology?" "I could have sworn this was a dental office, not a LASIK eye center." "So, this is how you get X-ray vision." |