The revision clarifies the eligibility of online/virtual/distance learning courses as they relate to license renewal for dentists, dental assistants, and dental hygienists.
Oral health professionals can play a critical role in the prevention and early detection of oral cancer by educating their patients about traditional and emerging risk factors as well as signs and symptoms of this malignancy, performing oral cancer screening for all new and recall patients and encouraging HPV vaccination.
Dental practice owners are busy and sometimes it is easy to overlook small increases in the costs of services you are using, but often those small increases are frequent enough to have a big impact. Any part of your business that increases substantially over time should be analyzed periodically to make sure that it’s meeting the needs of your bottom line.
Prioritizing job duty training over educating new employees about crucial office policies can lead to miscommunication and increased risk of misconduct. Minimize risk by documenting your practice’s employment policies, with resources from TDIC.
Effective communication and a basic understanding of the Americans with Disabilities Act are important tools to reduce risk and improve care for patients with special needs. One call to TDIC’s Risk Management Advice Line illustrates how AwDA violations might occur.
Overall, organized dentistry and the NJDPAC had an extremely successful night. NJDA supported candidates won overwhelmingly with just three candidates losing out of more than 100 different individuals to which NJDPAC contributed.
The State Board of Dentistry is granting licensees holding a PCS (moderate) sedation permit that expired on October 31, an extension until December 31, 2023, provided...