2022 Update: Patients – How to do you find the right Dentist?

By: Bennett Napier, CAE For most people, at some point in our lives we will use the services of a licensed dentist. This blog is intended to help you determine the right dentist for your needs. It’s important for patients to know the alphabet soup of designations and specialties within dentistry. The DDS (Doctor of…

Standards Matter – Why it is Important to Work With a CDT, CDL or DAMAS Laboratory

STANDARDS MATTER Why it is Important to Work with a CDT, CDL or DAMAS Laboratory By: Heather Voss, CDT Whenever we drive a car, purchase something online, use a cellphone or take our children to an amusement park, we are benefiting from minimum quality standards without even knowing it.  Standards have become such an integral…

Who Makes Your Crown?

Who Makes Your Crown? By Bennett Napier, CAE Over a hundred years ago, it was not uncommon to find a dentist in a barber shop. Over the course of time, processes, training and technology have vastly improved the delivery of dental services. During the evolution of dentistry, allied specialists emerged to perform certain functions, i.e.…

Materials Accountability Standards Matter

Materials Accountability Standards Matter By: Eric Thorn, Esq. Many clearly recognize the importance of requiring dental laboratories to disclose to the dentist the point-of-origin and the material content of materials used in dental restorations as the accuracy of this information is essential to protect the patient safety. What many don’t recognize is that most states…

Digital Impact in Dentistry

Digital Impact in Dentistry By: Steve Killian, CDT Change is Difficult It’s a brave new world with all of the digital changes we experience in our daily lives.  The changes seem to be coming at us at a geometric rate of growth.  It simply is overwhelming at times.  Oftentimes we look to our kids to…

Why did my Doctor ONLY Tell Me About CPAP?

Why did my Doctor ONLY Tell Me About CPAP?  By Laura Sheppard, CDT, TE This is a common question when patients realize there are also custom made oral appliances that can be equally effective. CPAP is the most common treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) prescribed by medical physicians everywhere. Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) therapy is…

Dental Laboratory Association Announces Campaign to Inform Dentists of Potential Lack of Regulation for Restorations

Dental Laboratory Association Announces Campaign to Inform Dentists of Potential Lack of Regulation for Restorations Laura Sheppard, CDT, TE With strong regulation in the manufacturing of sleep devices, the National Association of Dental Laboratories is informing dentists, through its “What’s In Your Mouth?” (WIYM) campaign, that this level of regulation is not prevalent in the…