Category Archives: Continuing Education

Bioactive materials: 3 key takeaways

Bioactive materials are emerging as an innovative tool for a number of dental treatments. The latest report from the ADA Clinical Evaluators (ACE) Panel takes the pulse on how and why dentists use bioactive materials in practice, based on a survey of more than 300 practicing dentists. The survey’s highlights include: Defining a Bioactive Material: There are differing… Read More »

Free July 19 webinar to focus on in-office membership plans

A free July 19 webinar, “Increase Value In Your Practice? How? Start Your Own Dental Plan,” will address how an in-office dental plan works, how to create a plan for the office and the advantages/risks of implementing a plan. The webinar will stream from noon-1 p.m. CDT and offers one hour of continuing education credit for those who… Read More »

New ACE Panel report released

Are you familiar with the ACE Panel? It’s a network of practicing ADA members who want to learn from one another by sharing clinical insights and experiences of dental products and materials. To find out what percentage of ACE panelists place posterior composite restorations once per day, their preferred posterior composite resin types and the most frequent reason… Read More »

Oral Cancer Awareness Month: the perfect time to brush up on resources

The American Cancer Society estimates that there will be 51,540 new cases of oral and oropharyngeal cancer this year and 10,030 deaths from the disease. The ADA is putting a spotlight on this disease in a number of ways, most notably by collaborating with The National HPV Vaccination Roundtable, an organization established by the American Cancer Society and… Read More »

With a desire to own a practice, a need to learn practice management

When I was in dental school, I never really paid much attention in our only business course. This class didn’t meet every week and mainly involved completing online modules that were created by another Texas dental school. The modules were meant to simulate many areas of practice management: creating a business plan for a startup; creating a budget… Read More »

Three goals to accomplish by the end of the year

With 2017 coming to a close, here are three goals you may want to accomplish before the end of the year. 1. Maximize your bottom line Would you like to see more patients next year? Make sure your ADA Find-a-Dentist profile is updated with a photo. Members are already reporting seeing patients who found them through the tool!… Read More »