With the focus on Covid related business impacts and the delayed implementation, that some of the FDA’s Unique Device Identifier(UDI) program’s labeling requirements have become effective in the latter part of 2020 has not received as much attention as it otherwise may have. One question that has recently arisen relates to the application of UDI…
Q&A with Mary Borg-Bartlett and Gary D. Morgan, CDT, ASQ CQA of SafeLink Consulting, Inc. Safety of workers and patients is not an easy task in these difficult times. Dental labs must consider not only the regulatory side of protecting workers but also the practical side of how to manufacture under constraints being placed on…
Eliminating hazards from COVID-19 remains a top priority for OSHA. As workplaces reopen, OSHA will continue to ensure safe and healthy conditions for America’s working men and women and has released the following: https://www.osha.gov/memos/2020-05-19/updatedinterim-enforcement-response-plan-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19. In geographic areas where community spread of COVID-19 has significantly decreased, OSHA will return to the inspection planning policy that OSHA…
The excitement surrounding Digital Denture Technology is escalating throughout our industry. This technology is evolving at a rapid rate. But without prosthodontic principles and a deep knowledge of the science behind the digital design aspect, case success will be compromised. For years the removable side of the business has been pushed to the background and…
With the fairly substantial amount that a dentist charges for a crown or other restorative work these days, many of us have considered buying dental insurance privately or through your employer as a way to smooth out the cost of dental care over the year rather than having to come up with the full amount…
Increased Regulation – Is it Good or Bad for Labs? By Travis Zick When I first entered the dental lab industry, I was surprised at how little regulation existed. It seemed odd to me that we were making products that went in a patient’s mouth, and yet there was minimal policing of how those…