zeta dental blog: 01/22/13

Tuesday 22 January 2013

Adstra offers standalone dental charting

By DrBicuspid Staff

October 2, 2008 -- Adstra Systems has announced that its Adstra Charting treatment planning and charting software is now available as a standalone program, after more than six years of being available only as an add-on to Adstra's practice management software.

Adstra Charting software allows users to create and manage odontograms for examinations, completed treatment, and planned treatment. There are four chart views: maxillary, mandibular, buccal, and palatal-lingual. The charting tools are grouped by type: general, periodontal, restorative, and endodontic. Multiple charts can be opened at the same time, and pockets and recessions are represented graphically. A number of reports -- or the whole chart as it's viewed -- can be printed.

Adstra Charting offers an array of tools for charting all kinds of tooth conditions, according to the company. Users can set their own preferences for general chart, periodontal chart, restoration materials, and the connection between procedures and tools. Users can also define exam templates and incorporate them into the patient's chart.

Court suspends intoxicated dentist's license

By DrBicuspid Staff

October 2, 2008 -- An Ohio dentist who was found drunk at his practice during a state inspection has lost his license, according to a news story in the Chronicle-Telegram.

The Ninth District Court of Appeals upheld the Ohio State Dental Board's decision to suspend John Brooke's license this week.

"According to the dental board, Brooke was intoxicated when a state inspector showed up to investigate a tip that the dentist was drunk at his office on March 21, 2006," the paper reported. "The investigator said Brooke's eyes were glassy, his face was red, and he was brushing his teeth while he was being questioned."

Brooke had previously been convicted of handling a firearm while intoxicated and a DUI (in 2005 and 2006, respectively), but the board said his efforts to deal with his drinking problem since weren't up to their standards, according to the news story.

United Concordia to offer premium-free dental care to reservists

By DrBicuspid Staff

October 1, 2008 -- The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded its Tricare Active Duty Dental Program contract to United Concordia Companies. The contract provides for premium-free dental healthcare services to active duty service members referred from military dental treatment facilities (DTFs) for civilian care and dental coverage for those active duty service members under the Remote Active Duty Dental Program.

Reservists and National Guard members who are on orders to active duty for a period of more than 30 continuous days are considered active duty service members from their initial activation date. In certain circumstances, service members no longer on active duty may also be eligible for coverage when injured while serving on orders.

Many features of the new contract, which is slated to begin services August 1, 2009, are currently handled by the Military Medical Support Office under Tricare Management Activity. Establishing a network of providers is new under the contract.

"Tricare aims to ensure the highest level of beneficiary satisfaction and contractor performance in controlling costs," stated Army Maj. Gen. Elder Granger, Tricare Management Activity deputy director, in a press release. "Network dentists will provide the same dental benefits that are received at military DTFs, to include comprehensive preventive services such as oral cancer screenings."