Re: Dentist couldn't get crown off

From: Joel M. Eichen (joeleichen_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 10/31/04 

Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 21:16:45 -0400

On 30 Oct 2004 14:36:00 -0700, dentaldoc@hotmail.com (Bill Combs)
wrote:

>> On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 07:50:10 -0400, Joel M. Eichen wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > There is someone on DentalTown who is trying to capitalize on this by
>> > giving a course for root canal for the "dental assistant who has tried
>> > everything else."
>> >
>> > They cannot decide if it will be on tapes ($599) or just the slim
>> > booklet ($379).
>> >
>> > Joel :-)
>
>
>"Melvin S. Schwartz" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message news:<gzf7564v3xh8.10owumcxdb12y.dlg@40tude.net>...
>
>> I wouldn't be surprised if in a couple of years dental assistants are all
>> doing root canals, and dentists do more serious work like tooth whitening.
>>
>> Mel
>
>
>This year the California legislature passed a law allowing dental
>assistants (of the RDAEF stripe) to place composite restorations,
>starting in 2007.

We have it in Pennsylvania since 1994 legally .... twenty years before
that "in limbo."

Joel

>
>This is intended to save the state money, as the taxpayers currently
>have to fund the cheap Medicaid rates for all those free fillings.
>
>As the state has not raised Medicaid fees since 1995, more and more
>dentists have dropped out of the Medicaid program. Rather than raise
>rates from the current 30% of market price, perhaps to 50% of the
>usual fee, the state prefers to keep payment lower, and just have the
>dental treatment rendered by lower-paid workers without a dental
>education.
>
>Unfortunately, lots of volume-oriented mass-production dental
>practices will use the legislation to continue to charge the general
>public full price, but for restorations placed by lesser-trained
>personnel.
>
>If you think that composite "bubble" voids, rough margins, poor
>contours, and open contacts are a problem now, just wait until 2007.
>
>-dentaldoc

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