Category Archives: Dental Business

Obamacare and pediatric dental insurance

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Obamacare and pediatric dental insurance Does an Illinois dentist have to have dental insurance on their own children? Short answer is yes IF you are not grandfathered in and you bought your plan outside of the state/federal marketplace.  However, both ADA and ISDS feel there will be no penalty for the failure to do so.  […]

Dental Student loan

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Dental Student loan The Problem People at many different income levels can no longer afford the exponentially growing cost of higher education without the use of federal student loans which they have little to no realistic prospects of being able to pay back.  A bubble is growing. My Solution I see a solution as two […]

Rules for Practice of Dentistry

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Rules for the Practice of Dentistry in the state of Illinois Link to the practice act for Illinois. Dental patient record retention Illinois I bought into my practice about 4 years ago and recently took over the storage of the practice’s paper charts; from my partner’s basement to mine.  They are elevated but flood damage […]