To serve as a resource by providing a national forum for exchange, development and dissemination of information to assist dental regulatory boards with their obligation to protect the public.
Values Held by the AADB
AADB values protection of the public whenever it seeks dental health care.
AADB values collaborative relationships within organized dentistry among educators, accreditors, examiners and regulators.
AADB values meeting the needs of all its members.
Really??
Thursday, June 09, 2011
American Association of Dental Boards
Monday, June 06, 2011
Small Smiles Dental closing one of it’s Oklahoma City dental centers.
I’m hearing is only temporary, hope to reopen in the fall. I hope that is NOT possible by the time fall gets here!
Isn’t Oklahoma where that waterboarding dentist, Megann Scott worked?
Saturday, June 04, 2011
Church Street Management - Small Smiles Dental Centers - New Malpractice Carrier
I'm hearing it's CNA.
So folks, when you are making your complaints and reporting incidents and "adverse events" at the dental centers, don't forget to shoot off a report to CNA!
So folks, when you are making your complaints and reporting incidents and "adverse events" at the dental centers, don't forget to shoot off a report to CNA!
Massive influx of foreign-trained dentist and complete take over of our medical and dental health care profession? You decide
Someone found this on the Internet and sent it to me. I felt it absolutely should be reposted as it is yet another picture of what is happening right under our noses and we all need to wake up from our peaceful slumber:
We will soon see a massive influx of foreign-trained dentists. While everything else has been outsourced, the last majorly unaffected areas of the American economy are health care and the service sector. By virtue of the logic that health care not be outsourced, we as a profession were complacent.
Thursday, June 02, 2011
Sheila Sawyer joining Small Smiles Dental Centers as In House General Counsel–the previous candidate backed out.
Sheila Sawyer is leaving Wallar Lansden, where she was partner.
“For the past five years, Sheila’s practice has focused on litigation and government investigations and during that time she has been instrumental, acting as our outside counsel, in assisting the Company with numerous state investigations, successfully resolving all of them.”
Sheila will be leading the Human Resources team, with consists of among other, DeRose relatives, Jacob and Jenna Kochenberger. Combing “legal” and “human resources” should be a hoot.
It’s said, Sheila has been “a fan of, and terrific advocate” for Small Smiles Dental Centers Church Street Health Management.
Sheila’s start day is July 18 if all goes well.
“For the past five years, Sheila’s practice has focused on litigation and government investigations and during that time she has been instrumental, acting as our outside counsel, in assisting the Company with numerous state investigations, successfully resolving all of them.”
Sheila will be leading the Human Resources team, with consists of among other, DeRose relatives, Jacob and Jenna Kochenberger. Combing “legal” and “human resources” should be a hoot.
It’s said, Sheila has been “a fan of, and terrific advocate” for Small Smiles Dental Centers Church Street Health Management.
Sheila’s start day is July 18 if all goes well.
Texas gone hog wild and pig crazy with taxpayer sponsored dental care
2007 $399,000,000
2008 $768,000,000
2009 $961,000,000
2010 $1,235,000,000
In essence, Medicaid expenditures in Texas for dental services have gone up 300% in 4 years. I suppose it’s a case of out of control kids going to sleep with Sippy cups. Or theft on a monumental scale. No wonder every dentist in the country wants to come to Texas to make his/her fortune!
Actually you don’t have to actually be a dentist to profit, just hire one. I’m packing now, look out Texas, here I come.
Section 5 page 6 of Texas Medicaid and CHIP 8th edition – January 2011
Yet today, Texas announced it was “expanding” it’s Medicaid spending for dental care! Texas taxpayers, your Texas government has lost it’s ever lovin’ mind!
Here ya go, Texas, bend over! Oh wait, sorry, you already are bent over, well, stand back up and do it again.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
VA infection issues lead to 13,000 veteran’s tests
May 29, 2011 4:10 PM CDT Sunday,
May 29, 2011 5:10 PM EST
By DAN SEWELL
Associated Press
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - Herman Williams came home safely after fighting in the jungles of Vietnam as a Marine. He was shocked to learn four decades later that his military service had again placed him in jeopardy - this time, because he got a tooth pulled.
Williams is among 13,000 U.S. veterans who have been warned in the last two years that their blood should be tested for potentially fatal infections after possible exposures by improper hygiene practices at five VA hospitals in Ohio, Florida, Georgia, Missouri and Tennessee. This Memorial Day finds the Department of Veterans Affairs under political fire and numerous veterans upset after enduring fear and uncertainty over their health.
Texas has 33% less population but spends 10 times more than California on orthodontic care. Please Explain!
California Population 36,961,664
Texas Population 24,782,302
Difference 12,179,362
- Texas has 12.1 million less people than California. That is 33% less people.
- California's total budget for orthodontic (braces) care for children on Medicaid is $19 million.
- Texas spent $184 million on Orthodontics for children on Medicaid in 2010.
- Texas spent 9.68 times, almost 10 times as much of their tax dollars on 33% less people!
How do you explain this!
How do you explain how one Texas dentist, all by himself, was paid $22 million. This is 1.16 times as much as the entire state of California has budgeted! One dentist!!
Yes, Carlos Navarro, and his Orthodonix center brought home 1.16 times as much of your tax dollars as the whole state of California used.
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Get your bonus here!
“Centers that achieved business performance bonuses must verify Compliance criteria, A/R criteria, and supply budget criteria.”
I have a whole lot of problems with the above. Don’t you? First, even having a bonus program structured on production breaks all Compliance criteria!!!! Get this, they are starting a pilot program in one of the Ohio clinics to base the hygienist pay on production.
Second, is the “supply budget criteria”. This is where they don’t change rubber gloves, reuse disposable nose pieces for the Nitrous. Like use only 3 a day!! This is where the tubes used for suction, which are also disposable, are reused throughout the day! This is where the infection starts and this is where this shit needs to end!