TDO FOR POSTGRADS
A lot of students think they have to hire a commercial design company to design
their first office. They spend a lot of money and are dismayed when six months later
they have to redo it because their office wasn’t designed the way an endodontist
works. (Worse, they decide to live with their office the way it is and develop a
repetitive stress injury). We want to save you from making this and other costly
mistakes. With TDO for Postgrads, you can start developing an ergonomic understanding
of how to work while you’re still in school, enabling you to intelligently plan
your office and your practice.
We believe in mentoring.
At TDO, both we and our users are committed to helping young clinicians establish
a philosophy of practice that will guide them their entire career. We believe this
philosophy of practice is the most important gift we can give young clinicians.
Board Cases
TDO automatically keeps track of all potential board cases and archives them for
future review.
TDO Reference Library
TDO comes with a digital library that allows you to organize reference literature
by topics and author making studying for the boards much easier.
TDO is fully integrated in the endodontic residency of the following universities:
- Albert Einstein Medical Center - Pennsylvania
- St. Louis University - Missouri
The following Universities have had students using the TDO Postgrad edition:
- Baylor College of Dentistry - Texas
- Boston University - Massachusetts
- Columbia University - New York
- Eastman Dental Institute, London - United Kingdom
- Harvard School of Dental Medicine - Massachusetts
- Indiana University - Indiana
- Institute for Dental Research & Education - Dubai
- Loma Linda University - California
- Louisiana State University - Louisiana
- Lutheran Medical Center - New York
- Medical College of Georgia - Georgia
- Nova Southeastern University - Florida
- Saudi Commission for Health Specialties
- State University of New York at Buffalo - New York
- Tufts University - Massachusetts
- University of Alabama at Birmingham - Alabama
- University of California, Los Angeles - California
- University of California, San Francisco - California
- University of Connecticut - Connecticut
- University of Detroit Mercy - Michigan
- University of Florida - Florida
- University of Illinois - Illinois
- University of Maryland - Maryland
- University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - New Jersey
- University of Melbourne - Australia
- University of Michigan - Michigan
- University of Minnesota - Minnesota
- University of Missouri at Kansas City - Missouri
- University of Nebraska - Nebraska
- University of North Carolina - North Carolina
- University of Pittsburgh - Pennsylvania
- University of Southern California - California
- University of Texas at Houston - Texas
- University of Toronto - Ontario
- University of Louisville - Kentucky
- VA Medical Center, Long Beach - California
- Virginia Commonwealth University - Virginia
Features & Benefits
Ergonomics, office design, photography—the following are just a few of the many
ways TDO mentors new clinicians through classes and workshops, online chat forums,
our annual conference and private instruction and mentoring. View Dr. Carr's
sterilization room and
dental operatory.
At our special student rate, you’ll quickly find that TDO for Postgrads more than
pays for itself. TDO for Postgrads has all the functionality of our professional
version; the only difference is that your patient database is limited to 500 entries.
Ergonomics
We can’t emphasize enough the importance of having an ergonomically designed office—an
office designed around a sound understanding of how an endodontist works with the
microscope. And no one understands efficient ergonomic workflow better than TDO
because it was we who first introduced the microscope into the endodontist’s office
in the first place. We can help you design a fully functional, aesthetically-pleasing
office for a fraction of the price you’d pay a commercial design company.
Office Design
The plumbing. The flooring. The electrical. The cart. There are a lot of moving
parts to designing an office in addition to the matter of ergonomics. By joining
TDO, you’ll be able to post questions about anything related to the physical plans
of your office on TDO Chat and hear back from 30 to 40 people who have just gone
through the process within a matter of days. Our users know what the construction
costs are in different areas. They know where to buy things at the best price. Best
of all, they’re willing to share their advice for free simply because someone else
did the same for them.
Photography
Endodontic photography is a difficult skill that’s poorly understood. It’s also
one of the most important ways to build your practice. Taking high quality, compelling
pictures through the microscope is how you communicate your value to referring dentists
and patients. TDO founder Dr. Gary Carr was the first endodontist to start taking
pictures through the microscope, and over the years we’ve taught hundreds of doctors
proper photo-documentation techniques. We’ll advise you on what equipment to purchase,
how to use an adapter, the ergonomics of picture taking and all the other parts
of good microscope photography.