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.
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
When Dr. Sneha Patel started looking for a job after graduating in 2015 from the University of Oklahoma School of Dentistry, she knew she wanted to be close to her Yukon, Oklahoma, home. So when she was offered a position with a dental service organization, Heartland Dental, in Yukon, it was an easy choice to say yes. Beyond… Read More »