Colo. school responds to investigation; have you tried 'tell, show, do'?

Dear DrBicuspid Member,

The University of Colorado Denver School of Dental Medicine has tightened some of its policies following a series of articles in the Denver Post that claimed that some of the university's practices -- which are common at many dental schools -- were putting patients at risk.

The university is now in compliance with a state law enacted last August that requires dentists to have either an academic or active Colorado license in order to practice or supervise residents, and has stopped allowing residents to procure sedation drugs and write prescriptions using the credentials of faculty members who are not present. Read more.

Meanwhile, in Part II of our series on improving pediatric dental visits, Senior Editor Laird Harrison uses text and video to illustrate the popular practice "tell, show, do." Click here to see how this approach might just be the solution you've been looking for, or visit our Practice Management Community.

And over in the Imaging Community, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week set its sights on reducing radiation exposure from certain medical imaging devices. The FDA seems to be targeting medical sources of radiation, but the agency also referred to dental imaging in announcing this new initiative. Learn more by clicking here.