Allen Hindin, DDS, MPH[email protected]Dental EducationShould patients be used for licensure exam purposes?Somewhere, a fourth-year dental student is desperately searching for an adult who will allow a tooth to be drilled and filled in a ritual called clinical dental examinations. In this Second Opinion, Dr. Allen Hindin questions the usefulness of this practice and why this practice is still continuing.July 1, 2015Dental EducationADA misses opportunity with MLP analysisA veteran dentist and 41-year member of the ADA who works in both the public and private sectors questions the motives behind the ADA's midlevel provider (MLP) economic analysis and calls on the ADA to raise the tone and quality of the discussion.July 30, 2012Page 1 of 1Top StoriesDental HygieneOnly 1 in 3 adults in the U.S. floss, intervention neededThough the number of adults in the U.S. reporting daily flossing rose over a 10-year-period, only 33% of this population do this oral hygiene habit every day, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Dental Association.PodcastsDental hiring crisis podcast: The importance of training in today's dental practicesMalpracticeKeeping up with the shifting standard of care in dentistryLegal IssuesEx-dental manager sentenced for embezzlementSponsor ContentWhat dental technologies deliver the greatest practice revenue opportunities?
