Dental Business: Page 451

Dental Diaries: The best excuse

By Dr. Sheri Doniger

There are certainly reasons for patients to miss their appointments, such as traffic, weather, last-minute office meetings, or a sick family member. But this one tops them all, according to Dr. Sheri Doniger.

September 27, 2012

UNC dental students to focus on pregnant patients

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Dentistry recently announced that it has instituted a new student clinic rotation focusing on treating and triaging pregnant women for fourth-year dental students.

September 26, 2012

DenMat partners with LED Dental on VELscope

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

DenMat has entered into a long-term exclusive agreement with LED Medical Diagnostics/LED Dental as the exclusive global distributor (except for a handful of group practices for a limited time) for the VELscope Vx, including all responsibility for sales and marketing.

September 26, 2012

Ohio Dental Association partners with Lighthouse

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The Ohio Dental Association has chosen Lighthouse 360 (Lighthouse Practice Management Group) as its recommended automated patient communications software.

September 26, 2012

OrthoAccel can sell AcceleDent in Korea

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

OrthoAccel Technologies has received official clearance from the Korean Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) to begin commercial sales of its AcceleDent orthodontic device in South Korea.

September 26, 2012

Henry Schein takes major stake in dental software firm

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Henry Schein has acquired a majority interest in the Exan Group (Exan), a privately held dental software company whose main product is axiUm.

September 26, 2012

PSS World divests specialty dental business

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

PSS World Medical, which markets and distributes medical products and services to caregivers throughout the U.S., has reached a definitive agreement to sell its specialty dental business to Beecken Petty O'Keefe, a private equity firm, for $68 million.

September 26, 2012

FBI raids dental chain that billed Medicaid $9.6M

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The FBI, Texas state investigators, and the state attorney general raided the offices of Sun Orthodontix, a Texas chain that was the second largest biller for braces under Medicaid in 2010, according to a news story by WFAA-TV.

September 26, 2012

Study: Risk of post-op bleeding minimal in warfarin users

By Rob Goszkowski

A retrospective study in Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology found few examples of postoperative bleeding after invasive dental procedures performed on warfarin users. However, the risk was significantly greater in patients taking other anticoagulants in addition to warfarin.

September 26, 2012

Fair Health offers fee estimator for dentists

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Fair Health has launched an online fee estimator to help physicians and dentists benchmark charges based on specialty and geography.

September 25, 2012

U.S. Army renews $17M dental IT contract with Harris

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Harris has been awarded a $17 million contract to deliver help-desk and sustainment support to the U.S. Army Dental Command's Corporate Dental System located at Fort Sam Houston in Texas.

September 25, 2012

ADA calls on dentists to fight Rx abuse

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The ADA is voicing its support for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's fifth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on September 29 by urging dentists to counsel their patients on how to safely secure and dispose of unused, unwanted, or expired pharmaceuticals.

September 24, 2012

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