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Dental schools need to teach more about sexual diversity
By Donna Domino
Dental schools should include more discussion of lesbian and gay issues so that students are prepared to deal with sexual minorities as patients or employees, according to a study in the Journal of Dental Education.
November 13, 2011
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Dos and don'ts for leadership: Seeking expert advice
By Dr. Roger P. Levin
Dentists need to surround themselves with experts. Highly successful people recognize that they cannot do it all, should not try to do it all, and if they do, they will reach an absolute plateau and never move past it.
November 13, 2011
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Parents sue Texas dental chain over 'unnecessary treatments'
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A group of parents in San Antonio has filed a lawsuit against Smile Center, a chain of dental clinics, alleging that their children were subjected to unnecessary and excessive treatments so the dental chain could "bilk" millions from Medicaid, according to a story in the San Antonio Express-News.
November 10, 2011
Bright Now Dental opens another Fla. office
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Smile Brands has established a new Bright Now Dental practice in Sanford, FL.
November 10, 2011
Case Western goes digital with dental PACS
By Kathy Kincade
Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine is making a long-term commitment to digital technologies with the implementation of an enterprise-wide dental picturing archiving and communications system (PACS) for use in dental research, patient care, and student training.
November 10, 2011
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New Calif. Medicaid cuts may affect kids' dental services
By Kathy Kincade
Faced with a severe budget crisis, California virtually eliminated adult Medicaid dental benefits two years ago. Now children's dental services are being threatened by a proposed 10% reduction in Medicaid reimbursement rates, approved October 27 by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
November 9, 2011
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Patterson opens technology center
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The doors have opened at Patterson Companies' Patterson Technology Center in Effingham, IL, a 100,000-sq-ft facility designed to enable advances in dental industry technology and software.
November 8, 2011
Univ. of Central Florida shelves dental school plans
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The University of Central Florida has withdrawn its request to open a dental school in the new Medical City development in Lake Nona, according to a story in the Orlando Sentinel.
November 7, 2011
Univ. of Minn. faculty divided over new dental dean
By Donna Domino
When the dean of the University of Minnesota dental school left last July, many faculty members were relieved. But some are now questioning the school's choice of an interim dean and decisions she has already made.
November 7, 2011
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More law firms questioning ADP buyout deal
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Three more law firms have launched investigations into the American Dental Partners (ADP) acquisition deal with JLL Partners that was announced November 7.
November 7, 2011
Kool Smiles to expand in Md.
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Kool Smiles plans to hire nearly 100 new employees for its Maryland offices within the next 12 months
November 7, 2011
EHR study finds huge cost savings
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Sharing of electronic health record (EHR) information across every major emergency department in the Memphis, TN, area resulted in reduced hospital admissions, reduced radiology tests, and an annual cost savings of nearly $2 million, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.
November 7, 2011
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