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The Tobacco-Using Patient and the Dental Office

As a primary care clinician, the dentist should identify and be prepared to intervene...

Treating the “Whole Patient” Builds the Practice

Considering the advances in technology over the last 10 years, dentistry today is much...

Immunity and Immunizations

Disease control and prevention are central to an effective program of infection control. It...

Terrifying, Troublesome, or Terrific? Secrets to Perfect Pediatric Patients

The crying started, then the wailing, then the screams. The patient was pediatric. I...

Automated External Defibrillators, Part 2 Application

Part 1 of this series discussed cardiovascular disease, cardiac emergencies, and the rationale behind...

Automated External Defibrillators, Part 1 Introduction and Rationale

Since August 2001, when Dentistry Today presented a series of articles on emergency cardiovascular...

Managing Your Practice Through Team Accountability

Fantastic! Unbelievable! Amazing! At least that’s what you were thinking when you purchased and...

Evidence-Based Dentistry – How to Use It

It was 1784 when the earliest masked assessment seems to have been performed by...

Missed Opportunities: Patients Lost to Lack of Understanding and Marketing

You are seeing a patient who has been in your practice for years. Her...

Anxiolysis in General Dental Practice

In this age of anxiety, pain control and sedation have become important aspects of...