Getting to know you: Dr. Jenna Hatfield

Why dentistry? Ever since I was a teenager and in braces, I loved dental terminology. When the assistant would leave me to wait for the orthodontist I always admired the instruments and loved when the orthodontist would talk dental lingo to the assistant. I’d try and decipher what he was saying. I ultimately decided general dentistry was my… Read More »

Photos: 2017 New Dentist Conference

This year’s New Dentist Conference, a customized experience created for dentists fewer than 10 years out of school, was held in conjunction with the ADA annual meeting. Attendees convened in the Georgia World Congress Center to meet up with former classmates, new colleagues and learn from each other. Check out the photos from this year’s event.

Finance webinar to help dentists collect what they produce

Dentists sometimes have patients concerned about financing treatment plans, even though many practices have policies, programs or systems in place to help the patient. Having to manage patients’ payment plans can make dentists feel like the patient’s loan officer instead of their health care provider. The ADA Council on Dental Practice is sponsoring a one-hour program, GPS Managing… Read More »

3 tips for treating children from award-winning pediatric dentist

Dr. Paul Casamassimo is the winner of the 2017 Norton M. Ross Award, which is presented to those whose research has significantly impacted some aspect of clinical dentistry. Dr. Casamassimo spent more than two decades as the chair of the division of pediatric dentistry and community oral health at The Ohio State University College of Dentistry in Columbus,… Read More »

ADA Institute for Diversity in Leadership graduate Dr. Daniel Nam starts nonprofit

Oakland, Calif. — Dr. Daniel Nam was looking for a different way to increase access to dental care, especially for those who are uninsured or underserved, in the Bay Area when he received an email from an Alameda Dental Society colleague, Dr. Sharine Thenard. “She said, ‘I already wrote you a letter of recommendation,’” said Dr. Nam, who… Read More »

‘I credit this dentist with saving my life’

In July 2012, registered nurse Sandy Wexler went to her dentist for her routine cleaning, just as she always did. After her cleaning, the dentist did a routine check for oropharyngeal cancer, including a visual inspection and palpating Sandy’s neck. Sandy wasn’t very familiar with exams like this and thought that maybe her new dentist was doing extra… Read More »