During a day long emergency preparation workshop, two nationally known experts, assisted by skilled paramedics, set up three skills stations where mock drills were conducted to test how well 20 dentists could handle Anaphylaxis, Sudden Cardiac Arrest, and  Foreign Body Obstruction.   Why those three?   If those emergencies are bungled, the patient will most likely die within 3 minutes.   3 minutes to live.   All 20 dentists failed all three skills tests.   All. 20. Failed.   If the simulated...

About once every four years (on average) for every dentist, a serious patient emergency happens. For far too many dentists, that patient emergency takes them from ROUTINE-TO-RUIN. Here's how to prevent that...

10 dentists have been disciplined by state dental boards since February 2025.  Six of the 10 were disciplined because of poorly handled...