Dear DrBicuspid Member,
For dental practices, touch points with patients have always come easily. There are numerous opportunities for building durable practice-patient relationships. These can serve as a natural defense against patient migration if dentists learn to open up personally to patients in the course of providing professional care, according to Dr. Roger P. Levin.
A team of Japanese researchers who looked at more than 200 patients with orofacial pain has found that early consultation with a dentist is useful in arriving at a differential diagnosis and preventing this pain from becoming a chronic problem. Read contributing editor Rabia Mughal's article here.
In the first of a new series, dental hygienist Noel Kelsch, RDHAP, reviews the infection-control situation in the case of patient Jenn Morrone and offers practical steps to ensure your practice doesn't repeat these errors.
Along with our new Endodontics Community, we're proud to announce the launch of our new Anesthesia & Pain Management Community. Look for content on a wide variety of anesthetic, sedation, and pain management topics.
