As Dr. Brian Hathcoat advanced through his career as an engineer, he realized that each promotion would take him further from the hands-on and research-oriented work he loved.… Read More »
Only a handful of hands had went up when Dr. Miguel Stanley asked his audience how many of them have used an intraoral scanner. “How about who has never used an IOS scanner?” he asked. This time, a majority of the attendees on Thursday’s New Dentist Conference — the first day of the two-day event — raised their… Read More »
A free ADA webinar scheduled for late September is tied to rising oral cancer rates due to human papillomavirus and the role that dentists can play in its prevention and promotion of the HPV vaccine. Say What? Science and Skills for Talking About the HPV Vaccine will stream Sept. 25 from noon to 1 p.m. Central time. The… Read More »
When Dr. Kadambari Rawal’s grandmother was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, dentists refused to see her. She was in her 80s, and dentists looked at her grandmother and decided she wasn’t worth the risk. This broke Dr. Rawal’s heart. She grew up close with her family, in Mumbai, with her grandparents always around helping and babysitting. “Even highly trained… Read More »
Come 2020, the ADA is making its membership cards available online and will no longer mail physical cards in an effort to improve convenience, according to the Association. Members can still print their card. However, the cards will now be accessible via smartphones and other digital devices anytime, anywhere. In addition, ADA members will continue to receive their… Read More »
Opioids. Dental neglect. Anti-science claims. These are just some of the sensitive topics that may come up for a practicing dentist. When difficult situations arise, what do you do? Dr. Donovan Caves, a general dentist in Suffolk, Virginia, cited pain medication requests as a source of potential conflict for many practices. When a patient requests narcotics, he and… Read More »