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May 19, 2009 | DentalProductsReport.com
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CheckMD.com adds dentist
research tool to website

Consumers can gather information and dentists can increase online visibility

Salt Lake City, Utah (April 20, 2009) –Since its launch nearly five months ago, consumers have flocked to checkMD.com to find the most comprehensive online information on doctors, hospitals and pharmacies. Now, they will be able to research and find dentists in the same way with checkMD’s new dentist research tool. The new tool also provides great benefit to dentists as they can connect with current and prospective patients while increasing or establishing their online visibility. checkMD is free for consumers to use and the new dental database will hold over 195,000 currently practicing dentists.
 
“People tend to switch dentists more than they do doctors,” says checkMD CEO and consumer advocate Jon Black, “so we feel that this tool will be extremely valuable for our loyal base of consumers. It is also a great marketing tool for dentists who want to capture their share of 116 million consumers who utilize the Internet to search for healthcare information.”  
 
Using checkMD’s new dentist research tool, consumers will have the ability to gather a variety of information on their current or prospective dentist. Everything from schools attended and insurance accepted to office hours and directions can be found in one spot. Further checkMD is a complete social community where consumers can use web 2.0 tools to interact with other consumers and dentists.
 
checkMD’s new dental research function is also a boon for dentists who can maximize their online presence and use it as their foremost online marketing tool. Dentists can take control of their professional profile page and directly interact and connect with consumers. On their professional pages, which are virtual websites, dentists can upload office information, press coverage, useful links, personal information, patient forms and more. Further, the web search ranking results generated by checkMD are much greater than dentists can generate on their personal websites.