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Dentists: Evaluate the strength of your employment documentation with tools from CDA’s analysts

Like your dental instruments, employee records must be carefully stored and protected.

April 21, 2025 |Employment Practices, Regulatory Compliance

Oral health misinformation is rampant on social media: CDA Journal investigates

How prevalent is oral health and tobacco-related misinformation on social media? The research is in. Read the article and complete a quiz to earn C.E. credit.

April 18, 2025 |Patient Care, Patient Management, Public Health

Promoting a fake or purchased review? You’re violating the FTC rule

Businesses that promote fake, purchased or compensated reviews are violating an FTC rule.

April 17, 2025 |Practice Management, Regulatory Compliance

Immigration enforcement in the dental practice: Employer obligations and patient rights

Recent actions by the Trump Administration have some dentists wondering if they should develop or update workplace policies to address potential audits or other requests from immigration enforcement officials.

April 9, 2025 |Laws & Regulations, Staffing & Training

Ruby will see you now: Meet the emotional support dog in a California dental practice

Ruby the goldendoodle is in the dental office three or four days a week. Her main job is to make patients feel less anxious, but she often brings them joy.

April 3, 2025 |Patient Care, Regulatory Compliance

California public health leaders reaffirm importance of fluoridation for oral health

The California Department of Public Health issued a statement underscoring the critical role of community water fluoridation in maintaining oral health.

April 2, 2025 |Public Health

Hiring and paying temporary workers in the dental practice

temporary workers are entitled to many of the same legal protections as permanent employees under California labor laws.

April 2, 2025 |Hiring, Firing & Performance

Sending business texts to patients and consumers? Follow the industry standards

Several member-dentists have contacted CDA’s practice analyst wanting to know if they were complying with the current rules on business-to-consumer…

March 13, 2025 |Practice Management, Regulatory Compliance

Employment separation in the dental office: Legal considerations and best practices

Learn about voluntary and involuntary separation, the at-will employment relationship in California, required documentation and notices and best employer practices.

March 12, 2025 |Hiring, Firing & Performance, Laws & Regulations, Office Policies & Manuals

Western U student details her plans for giving back to underserved communities

March 7, 2025 |Early Career Dentists, Students

$47M awarded to dentists and schools to expand specialty dental clinics

Thirteen projects in California were awarded a combined $47.2 million in Specialty Dental Clinic Grant Program funds by the California Health Facility Financing Authority.

March 5, 2025 |Access to Care, Advocacy

CDA sponsors bills tackling assignment of benefits, network adequacy, virtual credit cards

Dental benefit plans in California will be required to comply with enrollees’ assignment of benefit requests if legislation sponsored by CDA is signed into law.

February 20, 2025 |Dental Plan Reform, Legislation
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