Center for Professional Success offers new features

The ADA Center for Professional Success is continuously adding new content, tools, and resources to help dentists succeed in their practices. Currently, dentists can find new webinars on preventing prescription opioid diversion and prescription drug monitoring programs. The webinars provide information on federal policies which include hydrocodone rescheduling, how to gain access to prescription drug monitoring programs and… Read More »

5 things to know about emailing patients

There’s always a certain level of risk when sending information electronically, but the stakes are higher for health care providers who send patient information. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, which protects patients’ privacy at covered dental practices, imposes hefty fines — ranging from $100 to $1.5 million — for violations of HIPAA requirements. From emailing clinical… Read More »

Getting to know you: Dr. Brianna Hillier

Dr. Brianna Hillier is a general dentist in Elfrida, Arizona. Why dentistry? I knew I wanted to be a health care provider from a young age. Dentistry offers the opportunity to interact with multiple disciplines, flexible schedules and several types of people and patients. It doesn’t matter what you do in life as long as you do it… Read More »

Get advice with ADA Ethics hotline

The ADA Ethics hotline is designed to assist new dentists with managing ethical challenges that may arise in day-to-day dental practice. Callers will be matched with a member of the ADA Council on Ethics, Bylaws and Judicial Affairs who will arrange to call the member at a mutually agreeable time to discuss the issue. This is not a… Read More »

In acquiring new dental instruments, how to influence decision-making as an associate

Recently I was at an engagement party for one of my good friends from dental school. Naturally there were a handful of us at the party who were all dentists. When new dentists sit in a room together, it’s hard to not talk about dentistry and compare experiences. A common theme among the group was the idea that… Read More »

Free and discounted online CE courses

New dentists can access a range of online continuing education courses, including in-depth video course series, livepatient dental procedures and case study examples, as part of ADA CE Online, at ADACEonline.org. Topics range from clinical dentistry to implantology to practice management. New dentist members can receive a 50 percent discount when they use promo code 482153. Also, some… Read More »