tenthmed wrote:
> Qu'on voit.
>
> If there were a cure for cancer, would certain members of the MEDICAL
> community make it a patented or franchised treatment, unavailable to the
> greater medical community without paying a franchisee fee?
>
> I think not!
Oh, really? Don't know how the patent regulations work where you are,
but I would expect any major breakthroughs to be patented.
There are of course precedents in dental technology in which the
developers tried to restrict access of the new technology--Branemark and
Invisalign being just two that spring immediately to mind.
Steve
>
> I am ashamed that there are unscrupulous dental practitioners who would
> hold out to the public that "they" have a miracle cure for periodontitis
> that is unavailable to other practitioners who do not pay a "franchisee"
> fee. This is ludicrous!
>
> If there were a cure for PD, then we would be all over it. Lasers, local
> antibiotic treatments - (fibers, Atridox, Arestin}, prayers to St. Jude,
> DO NOT WORK.
>
> Treatment as a matter of Public Health, would be standard.
>
> Let's be as scrupulous and even-handed as our MEDICAL colleagues. Don't
> we want to be as respected as physicians and, ahem, veterinarians? Let's
> get real.
>
> What WORKS, should get LOTS of Press/publicity. What is ONLY a PROFIT
> CENTER should be exposed for what it IS!
Mark & Steven Bornfeld DDS
http://www.dentaltwins.com
Brooklyn, NY
718-258-5001
oralhealth@com…
Amatus Cremona
