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In reviewing a dental chart today, this issue arose. The dentist delivered a bridge in December of 2011. While taking routine x-rays in July of 2012, a bite-wing indicated (a) either erosion or decay, and (b) an open margin. Her clinical exam, however, revealed no defects. She did not chart these events. The dental board […]
Ante’s Law: Update Your Dental Chart To Lower Your Malpractice Risk
This month’s free Update & Alert dental blog post focuses on another “war story” from my everyday legal practice. In it, we discuss how the old rule of thumb Ante’s Law can be used to strengthen your dental chart practices, which will reduce your risk of charting-related malpractice issues. So without further adieu, here is another […]
1 Hidden Risk All Dentists Face And What You Can Do About It
Happy 2016! I hope the New Year finds you and yours happy and healthy. Like last month’s post, January’s topic also veers away from the usual clinical “war stories” I share in this forum. However, before we begin, I want to share a quick word of warning. Please do NOT share this post with your […]
3 Surprising Dental Malpractice Statistics & How You Can Prevent Them
As they say on Monte Python, “And now for something completely different!” This month’s post veers from the typical war story and instead concentrates on the type of legal entanglements a dentist can expect to face over her or his professional lifetime. This month’s post veers from the typical war story and instead concentrates on […]
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Real-life Malpractice Case – Sedation and Consent Form Best Practices
Dear Colleague, Here is another real-life example of charting errors and the accompanying commentary on how you can avoid these same unfortunate pitfalls. Below, you can see how inferior record keeping routinely costs dentists and how my Ideal Charting for General Dentists (ICGD) system helps prevent such issues for subscribers. Dentist: General Dentist. This is a […]
Office Manager Caught Prescribing Narcotics
As we bid August adieu, here is my September malpractice prevention case study. The ultimate compliment Thanks to one of our fantastic subscribers, we recently learned that the nationally recognized Mallon & McCool (Baltimore and D.C.) law firm paid The Dental Advocate the ultimate compliment! Ranked in SuperLawyers’ Best Law Firms in America and recognized […]
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