Dental Business: Page 545

Elite AMBT offers Botox training

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Elite AMBT, a provider of aesthetic, medical, and business training, is offering a Botox training program for dentists.

August 31, 2010

Did Univ. of Colo. dentists give patients too much midazolam?

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Dentists at the University of Colorado Denver School of Dental Medicine mistakenly injected as many as eight patients with potentially lethal doses of midazolam after the drug was erroneously added to the school's stock in 2008, according to a story by the Denver Post.

August 30, 2010

Texas dentist convicted of Medicaid fraud

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A Pasadena, TX, dentist faces up to 10 years in prison after he was convicted for Medicaid fraud for submitting spurious bills for root canals, fillings, and extractions, the Texas U.S. Attorney's Office announced.

August 30, 2010

Survey reveals Calif. dentists' health IT preferences

By Kathy Kincade

While most dentists in California have embraced electronic methods to help with billing, accounting, and scheduling, their adoption rate for electronic records and other clinical tools has been considerably slower, according to a California Healthcare Foundation survey.

August 30, 2010

New credentialing program for orthodontic assistants

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

AAO Services, a subsidiary of the American Association of Orthodontists (AAO), has launched the AAO Voluntary Certification Program for orthodontic clinical assistants. Orthodontic assistants who meet requirements of the program will be recognized by the credential designation of specialized orthodontic assistant.

August 29, 2010

Dental DVD helps kids learn oral hygiene

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A new 17-minute DVD designed for use in the dental office can help youngsters learn the importance of good oral hygiene.

August 29, 2010

September's problems

By Dan Kingsbury, DDS

It is not only in the seeing and the doing that a coach can help, but also in who you have to be as owner, leader, manager, and marketer of your practice.

August 29, 2010

Dos and don'ts for cosmetic dentistry: It's about benefits

By Dr. Roger P. Levin

During case presentation for aesthetic services, practices should emphasize key benefits.

August 29, 2010

Private equity firms vie for 2 dental chains

By Donna Domino

Aspen Dental and Kool Smiles are each the target of takeover bids by private equity firms, according to a story in the New York Post.

August 26, 2010

What sets dental coaching apart?

By Dan Kingsbury, DDS; Don Deems, DDS, FAGD; Alan Goldstein, DMD

"Coaching" has been a buzzword in business for at least a decade, and more recently has been used by dental consultants and others to attract dentists to their services. But there is a huge difference between professional coaching and regular coaching.

August 25, 2010

UMD professor touts dental school's digital technologies

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Students of the University of Maryland (UMD) Dental School represent a link to the future due to the school's leadership in teaching digital dentistry, a professor told attendees at a meeting of dental educators in Amsterdam.

August 25, 2010

Qualstar to debut touchless mouse at CDA meeting

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Qualstar will be exhibiting a new computer mouse based on its patent-pending touchless pointing technology at the annual California Dental Association meeting in San Francisco, September 9-11, 2010.

August 25, 2010

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