A: According to the Oral Cancer Foundation, someone dies from oral cancer every hour of every day. You need to screen your patients during every exam.

dental-practice Code what you do is the rule. But first, you must know whether what you think you are coding is actually what was performed on the patient, particularly when it comes to inlays, onlays ...

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The list of the top 10 largest dental service organizations (DSOs) in the U.S. looks a lot like our list from 2022, with Heartland Dental, TAG - The Aspen Group, and Pacific Dental Services holding on ...

The update also introduces codes for orofacial pain management, including injection blocks for the occipital nerve, peripheral nerve, and sphenopalatine ganglion, as well as tendon, ligament, and ...

Four dentists and the dental practice in Alaska where they are employed are accused of theft and committing Medicaid fraud over a five-year period and have been indicted, according to multiple news ...

Reveal Dental Partners has acquired Britely Dentures and Implants, a multistate provider of full-arch dental implants and dentures. Britely, formerly part of Vista Verde Dental Partners (VVDP), has ...

DrBicuspid's 2024 list of top 10 dental service organizations (DSOs) in the U.S. include Heartland Dental and MB2 Dental.

In this case, a 52-year-old male patient presented to the dental practice for a standard examination. During his oral evaluation, an old and fractured porcelain-fused-to-zirconia crown on tooth #15 ...

Ask a dental team which code covers periodontal charting, and most will answer D0180. The 2026 revision to the D0180 descriptor now spells out “full mouth probing and periodontal charting” as part of ...

The ADA voiced its opposition to a new fee that Delta Dental of California is charging dentists who choose to receive insurance reimbursements by paper check. Delta Dental of California, which ...

Lalla, intrigued by the findings, investigated past research and indeed found prior studies reporting lower salivary flow in women in other populations and age groups, supporting that women have a ...