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Prevent Infection Control Breaches with an Infection Control Coordinator

Dentistry Gone Digital

By: Michelle Strange, MSDH, RDH. Despite the emphasis on infection prevention being “prevention,” it is unfortunately inevitable that infection control breaches occur from time to time. The handling of these incidents can have a significant impact on patients, staff, and the dental office itself. You may be tempted just to sweep it under the rug or shift the blame onto someone else, but adhering to established protocols is the best and safest approach for managing infection control b

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What recent evidence exists to support the use of platelet-rich fibrin in clinical dentistry? A systematic literature review

Dental News and Technology

Luke Connor Savva First published: 13 February 2022 [link] This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi:10.1111/ors.12725 E Abstract Platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) is a second-generation platelet concentrate and biomaterial with multiple applications in clinical dentis

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HIPAA Regulations for Dental Offices: 5 Can’t Miss Tips

YapiApp

HIPAA Compliance For Dental Offices – What To Expect. Isn’t it time you brushed up on your HIPAA compliance protocol? In a hurry? Download our latest eGuide to read at your convenience. . Grab a Copy! To say 2021 was challenging for healthcare organizations is an understatement. Dentists had to contend with another year of COVID-19 protocols and breaches of healthcare data reached an all-time high, exposing the records of nearly 46 million people.

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Why You Should Work with a Marketing Agency that Specializes in Your Field

Rosemont Review

When you need something done right the first time, you call an expert—especially when the circumstances demand attention to detail and specialized knowledge of the task at hand. The same should be true of your website and online marketing efforts. For medical, dental, and aesthetic practices, this means choosing a website marketing agency with years of valuable experience and specialized expertise in the ever-evolving and highly competitive elective healthcare marketplace.

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Oral health interventions in children and adolescents with special needs

The Dental Elf

Carly Ross takes a look at this review of different oral health education and promotion interventions for children and adolescents with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Eighteen studies were included but they mainly of very low to low certainty. The post Oral health interventions in children and adolescents with special needs appeared first on National Elf Service.

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10 things hurting your dental website

Patient News

Managing a great dental website is one challenge. Managing one that gets great results is another. A high-performing website isn’t just a nice-to-have in 2022, it’s imperative if you want to maximize practice success, profits, and valuation. Scan through this blog to get the statistics that really matter when it comes to a dental website; stats that could help decision-making.

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Poll Reveals Contributors to Below-Capacity Operation of Dental Practices

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

A poll of more than 1,150 dentists conducted by the American Dental Association Health Policy Institute revealed that the most common reason why some practices are not operating at full capacity is patient cancellations (85.4%). Other frequently cited reasons include: lack of patient demand (43%), inability of the practice to maintain a full staff (33.9%), and COVID-19 safety requirements (21.5%).

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Tongue Brushing: Is It Really Necessary?

Hardin Dental

We’ve all heard that it’s good to brush your tongue, but is it really necessary? How beneficial can it be? Quite beneficial, actually. If you’re not already brushing your tongue, you’re missing out on an essential part of oral health — not to mention fresh breath. Here’s a look at why brushing your tongue should become a part of your everyday routine.

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Help Us Raise Awareness this March for National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

The DTA Foundation has created a Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month social media campaign encouraging people to raise awareness about the unmet oral health care need for the disabled community. To help spread the word, we’re asking our partners, members and clinicians to help raise awareness for the millions of people with disabilities that do not have adequate access to oral health care, and therefore overall health care.

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2 Steps for Simple Cementation of Crowns, Veneers, Inlays…

3M

Everyone who is working with indirect dental restorations knows that material and cement selection is sometimes very challengening. In today’s dentistry metal-free restorations are becoming more popular. Even though we have only few options nowadays, zirconium oxide crowns/bridges, lithium disilicate restorations and layered ceramic veneers, many concerns appeared among dental professionals.

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Gemini EVOâ„¢ Laser: The Next Evolution in Laser Dentistry

Denticle

Ultradent Products, Inc. has released the Gemini EVO™ Laser, which is said to combine the benefits of higher 100-watt power with the versatility of dual-wavelength design. The Gemini EVO’s 100 watts of super-pulsed power provide faster cutting, less heat, and clean incisions in soft tissue. The 2 wavelengths—810 nm and 980 nm—can be used individually or together, offering 3 wavelength modes.

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Clinical Case: Total-etch Adhesive Bonding of a Chairside CAD/CAM Glass Ceramic Overlay

3M

The post Clinical Case: Total-etch Adhesive Bonding of a Chairside CAD/CAM Glass Ceramic Overlay appeared first on 3M Dental Blog.

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Clinical Case: Adult Sealants, An Effective Prevention Tool

3M

The post Clinical Case: Adult Sealants, An Effective Prevention Tool appeared first on 3M Dental Blog.

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