I Designed to provide the background to help make wise decisions concerning purchasing, associating, leasing or incorporating.
Special emphasis is given to legal requirements.
The methods of financing a practice are reviewed. Employee selection procedure, developing an office manual, and maintaining staff competence through training and evaluation are explained. Receptionist's duties, fees, payment methods, billing, collecting, office records and forms are presented. The ultimate purpose of the course is to enable the student professional experience and in evaluating those of his colleagues that are communicated in formal research literature. Students will discuss the areas of risk management, prescription fraud and drug diversion, freedom of choice in dentistry, empathy and compassion, informed consent, code of ethics of the A.D.A., and dental-care delivery systems.