Dear DrBicuspid Member,
Two interesting legislative developments at the state level this week could have broader implications for U.S. dentistry going forward:
Sarrell Dental, a chain of nonprofit dental clinics based in Alabama, is declaring victory after lawmakers approved legislation that requires nonprofit dental clinics to register with the state dental board but does not subject them to more stringent regulations. Read more.
And in Missouri, despite opposition from the Missouri Dental Association, the Missouri Dental Board has become the first in the U.S. to endorse a proposal for midlevel providers (MLPs) that would allow them to do surgical and irreversible procedures. Read more.
Meanwhile, researchers in Germany are working to overcome one of the challenges of digital impressioning: the fact that the presence of blood and saliva can make subgingival margins difficult to capture. Their solution? Ultrasonics. Click here to read about this innovative approach in our latest Imaging & CAD/CAM Community feature.
Finally, in Cosmetics Community news, accurate shade matching is one of the primary challenges of aesthetic dentistry. Now new research that tested several restorative materials found that most exhibited a perceptible color change following polymerization. Read more.
