Cost transparency and upfront insurance coverage details may be essential for building dental patient satisfaction, as cost remains the biggest obstacle to treatment acceptance, according to a recent ...

Enhancing our billing systems in 2025 can significantly boost our revenue, profits, and patient trust while increasing treatment acceptance. Implementing correct coding practices can put this ...

A Catholic priest was charged with battery after allegedly using a 13-year-old girl's hair to floss his teeth and later growling at her while visiting a church in Illinois. The complaint was filed on ...

I am not a dental hygiene guru. There are plenty out there, and they all do a great job of coaching dental offices on maximizing their hygiene departments, but I am someone who got lucky with being ...

Overhead is necessary but should be used strategically. Most practices operate with an overhead percentage that is 4% to 6% too high. There are many steps available to all dental practices that can ...

Challenges, including funding constraints and limited input in policy changes, may prevent general dental practitioners (GDPs) from participating in publicly funded oral healthcare programs. This ...

In the realm of restorative dentistry, patients suffering from bruxism pose a unique challenge when it comes to achieving a balance between durability and aesthetics. This case involved a middle-aged ...

A second Iowa dentist is facing licensing sanctions related to a January 2024 dental procedure that resulted in the death of a 50-year-old patient. Last fall, the Iowa Dental Board formally informed ...

A U.S. judge denied a request for a new trial, upholding a verdict to have a malpractice case thrown out against an orthodontist accused of providing negligent dental treatment and permanently ...

Former Dentrix National Trainer of the Year Dayna Johnson has a simple message for dental practices this time of year: Make sure you're sending your patients what they need rather than what they think ...

A dentist in Canada was awarded $1.4 million in damages after a court heard testimony that the injuries he sustained in a car crash could leave him losing $6 million in projected revenues if he worked ...

Though U.S. adults who brush twice or more daily reported fewer dental issues than those who did it less often, only about half do it that many times each day, according to news from YouGov Profiles ...