Management
A Marketer’s Take on Practice Building
All businesses need to have an ongoing marketing effort in order to maintain their...
New Directions
New Directions in Dentistry
Based on my activities with Clinical Research Associates as senior consul-tant, my educational projects...
Cover Story
Selecting and Using Personal Protective Equipment
Greater use of personal protective equipment (PPE) by dental personnel began in the mid-1980s....
Infection Control
Environmental Surface Asepsis
Dental practitioners may be exposed to a variety of pathogenic microorganisms when providing dental...
Hygiene
Oral Healthcare for Patients With Disabilities
The federal Healthy People initiative has provided a framework to address health disparities and...
Infection Control
Preparing Instruments for Sterilization
Many local home centers offer short courses on a variety of repair and remodeling...
Hygiene
Maximum Hygiene
As hygienists, we worked for years doing “bloody” prophies. In many cases, when we...
CE Articles
Protecting Electronic Health Information as Part of HIPAA
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) calls for standards for administrative, physical,...
Infection Control
The Role of the Infection Control Coordinator
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the lead federal agency for...
Management
How Bad Ads Can Undermine Good Practices: Get Your Message in Print Properly and New Patients Will Follow
“No Pain, No Gain!” the headline bellows. If the clichéd message in this ad...