Davis on sedation issues; Jenn Morrone's eyewear advocacy; McKenzie on patient retention

Dear DrBicuspid Member,

In his latest series for DrBicuspid.com, Dr. Michael W. Davis focuses on injuries and death that result from dental sedation incidents and how the profession can work together to limit the risks. In this first part, he looks at the reporting, monitoring, and reimbursement status of sedation.

DrBicuspid.com welcomes practice management expert Sally McKenzie's insight into how you can run a more successful practice. Her first column focuses on three reasons your practice isn't retaining patients. As she notes, keeping patients is just as important as attracting new ones.

In the fourth part of their series, Consultant Thomas Climo, PhD, and Jill Nesbitt continue examining how to measure the productivity and determine the profitability of each provider in your practice. This time the focus is on allocating the expenses based on production.

When patient Jenn Morrone went to her local dentist for a root canal, she had no idea about the need for protective eyewear or infection-control standards. More than a year after a series of issues left her blind in one eye, she is leading the advocacy for patient protection eyewear and infection-control vigilance. Read more here.

What happened to Ms. Morrone is almost unimaginable. Her story reminds us that taking a moment to enact best infection-control practices and protocols is not only necessary, but has real benefits.