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CDT D4346 WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A GAME-CHANGER. HOW’S THAT GOING FOR YOU? Where does the time go? It’s been two years since CDT code D4346 was put into service.…

On Wednesday September 8 at 7-m central, Jan Palmer will lead out monthly Mastermind on Medicare and dentistry Over the years, Jan has developed strategies designed to connect the essential services patients require…

I did not plan to become The Chief Dental Codeologist. Yet over the past 20+ years, I have come to realize that I am a futurist. I have internalized some…

Implant dentistry will only continue to grow with the advancement of minimally invasive technologies like the REPLICATE™ Immediate Tooth Replacement System continuing to improve surgical techniques, patient recover and esthetics.…

A single new CDT code* has the potential to significantly move the needle on the AAOSH mission is to improve inter-disciplinary healthcare and collaboration, for the health of people everywhere.…

Time magazine has a Top Ten of Everything in Arts and Entertainment list. No doubt, Star Wars The Force Awakens will eventually top the movie list for 2015 and maybe of all time. Topping…

You already have a well-honed system developed and perfected over time to manage your hygiene department. Maybe not perfect, there are more holes over the past few years but at…

Your patient presents with inflamed, hemorrhagic gingiva, light to moderate subgingival calculus, light supragingival calculus on the mandibular lingual anteriors, and generalized pseudo-pocketing. For all of the history of Current…

The Code on Dental Procedures and Nomenclature (CDT) is generally thought to be used only for efficient processing of dental claims. This is true yet incomplete. Another purpose for CDT…

Author Robin Hobb wrote “One must plan for the future and anticipate the future without fearing the future.” At the recent 2014 Converge Session of the National Association of Dental…