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, then total risk goes down even if the legal standard goes up. That is exactly what happened with every imaging advance in medicine. There is another blind spot. Not every scary study predicts real lawsuits. Mock juries are not real juries. Real cases involve experts, insurance carriers, settlements
March 21, 2026
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, the algorithm is getting more and more aggressive. DSOs are pushing this thing to justify questionable treatment with no one pushing back. The ins cos are asking ai to disqualify perio, it does that well and is now making many of those denials for your patients. most telling, the software
March 20, 2023
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do as well. I am going to be doing the 4 BWX and 3 anterior PAs (#6, 11 and one lower anterior) from now on. Question is DO I just charge out for BWX since the damn insurances only pay for BWX? I have the same question too now... What do you charge or not charge for the anterior routine PA's
January 15, 2016
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Working at an office that is taking a full volume CBCT on every recall patient that is eligible for a Pano. The patients are not being informed that a CBCT is being taken. The patient and insurance are billed for a pano even though a CBCT was taken. The clinical record states that a Pano was taken
January 28, 2026
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to the CareQuest Institute for Oral Health, over a quarter of the population doesnt have dental insurance. The costs of X-rays can vary by both type and geographic location, but average out to between $30 and $750 for a set, according to dental care financing company CareCredit. In a response to the Brazilian
October 27, 2024
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for DentaQuest, one of the largest dental insurance providers. He also served as P&R Dental Strategies CIO after his startup was acquired. Just what the dental therapists want Why I Joined Overjet: The Rising Era of AI in Dental Care Delivery by Dr. Robert Allen Faiella DMD, MMSc, MBA Dr. Robert
April 16, 2021
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of craziness within just 1 week....I don't have to look too far... MY wife's friend had her house shot at... She's a school teacher..her husband an insurance salesman... They don't deal with organized crime.. Just some crazies putting bullet holes in the suburbs... Agreed. When you spend a career putting
August 17, 2019
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never wasted my time or yours requesting X-rays. If the patient can't or won't pay for X-rays they can't or won't pay for treatment. Not the kind of patients that I want as patients. So I used to do this but I'm second guessing. We are getting TONS of NP's because offices are dropping insurance
November 10, 2025
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caries, while CariVu is a good tool for interproximal. Insurance companies are starting to pay on the codes for caries detection, as well. Brian Mergentime Regional Sales Specialist Air Techniques, Inc. Interesting. I am looking at digital x-rays for a new start up practice I am working with and spoke
December 17, 2016
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into a luxury good and commodity venture, DormAid, for college students. He later founded a venture incubator, CEO in A Box, and led strategic provider innovation and development at Oscar, health insurance, following his MBA at Chicago Booth. Jeremy lives with his wife, daughter, and a pug in Jersey City, NJ
March 17, 2020
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they can try billing medical insurance rather than dental insurance for their scans. It is my understanding that some dentists have had greater success with reimbursements with larger FOVs as opposed to small. Reducing the FOV to something smaller like 4 x 4 or 5 x 5 cm improves the resolution
July 20, 2018
Radiographic Diagnosis
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male walk in patient who came in with his father and insisted on being seen. He was complaining of severe pain in has maxillary anterior region. Of course he has no insurance and no money. After trying to say we really don't see walk ins. We agreed to only take an x-ray; This is what we found
October 08, 2020
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that you accept. Great advice. I always remind the students that their radiographs are, fair or unfair, a reflection on them as a clinician. Colleagues that they refer to or collaborate with will be biased by the quality of their radiographs as will dental boards and insurance companies should you
April 11, 2019
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by Planmeca is worth a look. Especially with what insurance companies are doing to continue to tie the hands of the valuable clinicians in our industry. Let's take back the profession and make it great again! I bought the Planmeca because I wanted the cbct feature. I quickly found out that the EB
May 21, 2018
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no primary care doctor, and is a farm worker without insurance). My only thoughts are a lymphoma of some sort. I wouldn't suspect a metastatic process with equal bilateral lymph node involvement, but I'm relatively ignorant, and would appreciate anyone's thoughts. Thanks. Mumps
April 24, 2018
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quality x-rays and no clinical exam- this is like playing one of those dentists that reviews our insurance claims. Not good. Interesting seeing all the I don't see anything posts after Marshall called out the ethics of anyone who wants to treat anything on this patient. I think
October 12, 2016
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dentist who would dare pick up a handpiece and attempt to stop carious lesions like those shown above - I would highly recommend you do the same. We expect at some point a patient or an insurance company may question our treatment - after all they have a financial incentive to do so. Unfortunately
July 28, 2018
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or MDCT anyways and, if the patient has health insurance, could get it covered that way. Keep us updated and I hope it is something easily treated. This was marked ossification/calcification of the stylohyoid ligament and it also represents the only case of true, symptomatic, eagle's syndrome
March 05, 2018
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