Dental Practice: Page 496

75% of U.S. citizens drink fluoridated water
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Nearly three-quarters of Americans (73.9%) now get their water from municipal systems that use fluoridation, according to the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
April 30, 2012
Demandforce to merge with Intuit for $424M
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Demandforce, a provider of patient communication software and services for dental and other industries, is being acquired by Intuit, a provider of business and financial management products for small and medium-sized businesses and consumers.
April 29, 2012
AGD applauds TV news program for oral health segment
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) commends the ABC television program "World News With Diane Sawyer" for its April 24 segment on the need to improve the oral health of underprivileged children on Medicaid.
April 24, 2012
Ill. mulls cutting Medicaid adult dental services
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Eliminating Medicaid coverage for adult dental care in Illinois won't save the state money and will lead to more patients going to hospital emergency rooms for dental services, according to a story in the Register-Mail.
April 22, 2012
Beyond Practice Management: It's all about the schedule
By Don Deems, DDS, FAGD
The daily schedule is the one thing that can cause stress and anxiety, be profitable or profitless, make going to work a joy or pure hell, and cause frustration and disappointment for patients, team members, and doctors.
April 19, 2012
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School district duped by inflated dental network claims
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A consultant hired by the Lee County school system in Florida may lose her job for not properly vetting proposals for dental insurance provided by Humana, according to an article in the News Press.
April 17, 2012
Credentialing software firm expands into dental
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Sy.Med, a provider of credentialing software in the healthcare industry, has expanded into the dental market with its Sy.Med OneApp software.
April 17, 2012
Should orthodontists read CBCT scans?
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Orthodontists should defer to radiologists in the reading and interpretation of cone-beam CT (CBCT) scans to protect themselves from malpractice litigation due to missed nonorthodontic lesions, according to a study in the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics.
April 16, 2012
Texas hearing exposes ongoing dental board issues
By Donna Domino
The Texas State Board of Dental Examiners should address patient complaints faster and dentists' disciplinary actions should be more accessible, according to testimony from patients, dentists, and lawyers during a hearing April 11 before the Texas Public Health Committee.
April 12, 2012
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More states initiate fee-capping legislation
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Three more U.S. states are moving forward with fee-capping legislation that will impact dental insurance providers, according to the Academy of General Dentistry's state advocacy page.
April 11, 2012
Colgate told to discontinue some toothpaste claims
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The National Advertising Division (NAD) of the Council of Better Business Bureaus has recommended that Colgate-Palmolive modify or discontinue certain advertising claims for the company's Sensitive Pro-Relief Toothpaste, including claims that the product works faster than Sensodyne.
April 9, 2012
NYT op-ed piece supports dental therapists
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Laws allowing midlevel providers should be encouraged, because there aren’t enough dentists to provide care for the 5.3 million additional children who will be entitled to it under the Affordable Care Act’s pediatric mandate in 2014, according to an opinion piece in the New York Times.
April 8, 2012
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