An interesting topic came up in an online dental forum around what to do when the dental professional notices an indication on a panoramic radiograph that resembles calcification in the carotid artery. Based on this, we wanted to provide a few resources that may be useful for dental staff to be aware of this… Read more »
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Dental Hygienist and Dental Assistant Wage Analysis
One of the biggest challenges that dentists and dental organizations face is staff turnover. This has been especially acute during the upheaval in a post-COVID inflationary world. Having great staff is paramount in operating an efficient practice that provides superior patient care. However, overpaying for staff can mean other parts of the practice get short… Read more »
Three Common Pitfalls When Moving a Dental CBCT Machine
As dental offices grow, restructure, and acquire new offices, ownership is commonly in a situation where they need to move assets and equipment from one location to another. For many dental offices, the most valuable piece of equipment is their dental cone beam ct system As a result, many dental offices are interested in physically… Read more »
How to Solve One of the Biggest Challenges Dentists Have With Microscopes
How dentists overcome one of the biggest challenges they have with dental microscopes Learn more about the Mielscope microscope from ImageWorks
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How dentists overcome one of the biggest challenges they have with dental microscopes Learn more about the Mielscope microscope from ImageWorks
Adjusting X-Ray Darkness
If my X-rays are coming out too light or too dark, what can I tell my staff to do differently? As much as traditional intraoral radiography has become a rudimentary part of the office standard operating procedure, it can be easy to forget that there are a ton of variables that can affect the… Read more »
Does my patient still need a lead apron or not?
In February, the Journal of the American Dental Association published new recommendations aimed at enhancing radiation protection in dental radiography and cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT). They did this in partnership with the FDA. See article One of their key recommendations is that lead aprons and thyroid collars are no longer recommended for patients during dental… Read more »
The Controversy Around Insurance Dental Loss Ratios
There has been much controversy recently in the area of Dental Loss Ratios with Dental Insurance companies. This brief article will attempt to lay out the sequence of events along with the key disagreements along the way. The concept of a Dental Loss Ratio (DLR) refers to a strategy to attempt to force insurance companies… Read more »
Why Don’t Dentists Use Rectangular Collimation for Intraoral X-Rays?
The ADA just recommended that dentists use rectangular collimators on intraoral x-rays. Why do the states disagree? A rectangular collimator is typically an adapter that can be placed over the round cone of a dental intraoral x-ray source that limits the radiation being emitted to a smaller rectangular shape. The purpose is to reduce… Read more »
New Safety Recommendations on Dental Imaging
In February, the Journal of the American Dental Association published new recommendations aimed at enhancing radiation protection in dental radiography and cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT). They did this in partnership with the FDA. This is a big deal because this is the first update to to recommendations on dental imaging safety and radiation protection from… Read more »