patient safety

Patient Safety: Is Your Dental Practice a High-Reliability Organization?

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought heightened awareness to safety and infection control. As a...

Campaign Aims to Promote Safety of Dental Care

As dental practices reopen, many patients are hesitating to book appointments because they are...

Patient Complaint Review Shows That Chairside Manner Matters as Much as Clinical Skill

A two-year study of complaints made to the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of...

Different Anesthesia Combinations Recommended for Patients With Cardiovascular Issues

As the population of older adults grows, the need for pain management techniques that...

Balancing Environmental Infection Prevention and Surface Safety

Environment-focused infection prevention protocols play an important role in the delivery of safe, high-quality...

Rectangular Collimation Reduces Radiation Exposure in Dentistry

On March 14, the following email went out on UCLA’s Oradlist, an email listserv...

Checklist Enumerates “Never” Events for Dentists

Researchers have drawn up a list of scenarios that patients never should face in...

Dentists Take More X-Rays Based on How They’re Paid

Dentists increase the number of X-rays that they take when they are paid for...

Only About Half of All Dentists Use Dental Dams in Every Root Canal

Though it is considered the standard of care, only 47% of dentists always use...

Study Says Patient Safety Needs More Research

Effective safety protocols require more investigation, according to the University of Manchester in the...