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Seattle clinic provides adult dental care to uninsured

By Donna Domino

A Seattle clinic has stepped in to fill the gap after Washington cut adult dental care from its Medicaid program. The Swedish Community Specialty Clinic is taking the pressure off hospital emergency rooms by extracting teeth before they become abscessed.

January 6, 2013

Dos and don'ts for increasing production fast

By Dr. Roger P. Levin

Every business needs to do more with what it already has. If there are fewer patients coming to a dental practice, then it will be incumbent upon that practice to identify and close more cases than in the past.

January 6, 2013

Docs copying and pasting data into EHRs

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

While electronic health records (EHRs) offer many advantages, some doctors are simply copying and pasting old, potentially out-of-date information into patients' EHRs, according to an article by Reuters Health.

January 3, 2013

iMedicor helps dentists earn EHR incentives

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

iMedicor has been designated as one of the leading consultants in the U.S. for the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act project, through its contract with the New Jersey HITEC organization.

January 3, 2013

Delta Dental makes $1M endowment to Virginia Tech

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The Delta Dental of Virginia Foundation has awarded $1 million to the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute to create an endowment for a comprehensive oral health curriculum.

January 3, 2013

Univ. of the Pacific alum gives dental school $5M

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The University of the Pacific has received $5 million for its new San Francisco campus from former regent and alumnus Ron Redmond, DDS, and his wife Margaret.

January 2, 2013

A response to ADA's 'scientific study' of dental therapists

By David A. Nash, DMD, EdD

The results of the ADA study published in the current Journal of the American Dental Association do nothing to discredit the utilization of dental therapists in the workforce in their traditional role of providing care for children in school-based programs, according to David A. Nash, DMD, EdD.

January 2, 2013

ADA study finds poor quality of evidence to support MLPs

By Donna Domino

A yearlong systematic review of more than 7,000 studies on midlevel providers (MLPs) conducted by the ADA concludes that the evidence is too poor to compare the effectiveness of their treatment with that of dentists, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Dental Association.

January 2, 2013

ADA meta-analysis finds lack of data to support MLPs

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Despite thousands of published studies on the role of midlevel providers (MLPs) in dentistry, there is not enough scientific evidence to support the use of nondentists performing irreversible surgical procedures, according to a yearlong systematic review conducted by the ADA.

January 1, 2013

Calif. ruling could open door to Medicaid pay cuts

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

An appeals court ruling allowing California to cut Medicaid payments to doctors, pharmacists, and others -- including dentists -- could open the door for other states to pursue similar reductions.

December 30, 2012

Multifunction pressing furnace can save dental labs money

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Jensen Dental has released a white paper showing how dental labs can increase productivity and profitability by using a multifunction pressing furnace.

December 30, 2012

Dental Diaries: End of the year rush?

By Dr. Sheri Doniger

2012 had its ups and downs, but the last few weeks of the year held some pleasant surprises for Dr. Sheri Doniger and her practice. She believes this is a sign of things to come for the new year.

December 30, 2012

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