Week in Review: Practice ownership declines; plus a new CE course and CAMBRA

Dear DrBicuspid Member,

Fewer dentists owned a dental practice in 2015 than in 2005, according to an article in the September 2017 issue of the Journal of the American Dental Association. Author Marko Vujicic, PhD, from the ADA Health Policy Institute, explored how this trend is poised to change dentistry. Read more here.

Did you know you can obtain continuing education (CE) credits while reading specially designated DrBicuspid.com articles? Our latest offering is a clinical article about a study that compared the effectiveness of three mouthwashes with varying chlorhexidine concentration levels at combating plaque and gingivitis. Read the article here. Learn more about CE credits here.

Also this week on DrBicuspid.com, while drilling and filling may remove caries, conventional dentistry doesn't address the underlying mechanisms that lead to the disease in the first place. That's why the profession has slowly begun to embrace prevention measures, such as caries management by risk assessment (CAMBRA), according to Gwendolyn Essex, RDH. Learn more here.

Companies such as Kulzer, Komet USA, Cosmedent, and others have all introduced new products over the last three months. See our quarterly new-product roundup here.

If you want to help those who have been affected by the recent hurricanes, we have collected links to allow you to donate to those in need. For Hurricane Harvey efforts, learn more here, and for Hurricane Irma efforts, learn more here.