Dear DrBicuspid Member,
More than a dozen U.S. states routinely conduct inspections of dental offices to ensure compliance with infection-control regulations. Will South Carolina soon join the list?
State Sen. Harvey Peeler is urging the South Carolina Legislature to consider requiring routine inspections of dental and other medical offices. However, some of his colleagues question the necessity of adding another layer of bureaucracy. Read more.
But Sen. Peeler may be on to something: U.S. dental practices are falling short in their compliance with and implementation of federal infection-control guidelines, according to a study in the current Journal of the American Dental Association. Click here to read the authors' recommendations for reversing this trend in this latest Hygiene Community feature.
Meanwhile, over in the Restoratives Community, mini dental implants can have a positive impact on your practice in terms of both patient care and profitability, according to Dr. Raymond Choi, an assistant clinical professor at the University of Southern California who has been placing them for 12 years. Is now the time to consider adding mini-implants to your clinical armamentarium? Read more.
Finally, we're gearing up to bring you a plethora of news from the ADA Annual Session, which opens this Thursday in San Francisco and runs through the weekend. Check out our daily coverage on the DrBicuspid.com ADA ShowCast page, starting today.
