DO YOU KNOW??
CareCredit, a well-respected company offering dental care
financing options for patients, has been endorsed by the ADA Business Resources
division since 2001. In late 2016,
CareCredit received a seven-year extension of the ADA endorsement. Among stipulations a company must meet in order
to receive ADA endorsement: the company
must be an industry leader, offer a higher-than-the-norm service standard, and give
ADA members preferred pricing. The
payment options offered by CareCredit allow patients to accept treatment that
they could not afford otherwise. Cases
most often financed by patients via CareCredit exceed $1,000. Flexible payment plans offered by CareCredit,
a third party, means increased case acceptance without the dentist having to
make financial arrangements with individual patients for high dollar cases. For more information visit carecredit.com/dental.
The 115th U.S. Congress has four dentists
serving as representatives. These are Dr. Mike Simpson, Idaho 2nd District; Dr. Paul
Gosar, Arizona 4th District; Dr. Brian Babin, Texas 36th
District; and Dr. Drew Ferguson, Georgia 3rd District. Cheers for these colleagues who are serving
their constituents at the expense of continuing their own dental careers.
Dentists took the #1 spot for 2017 in U.S. News & World Report’s annual ranking of Best Jobs of the Year. Rounding out the top-ten list: nurse
practitioners, physician assistants, statisticians, nurse anesthetists,
pediatricians, computer system analysts, and obstetricians/gynecologists. General dentists took the top spot with
orthodontists at #5 and oral and maxillofacial surgeons at #9 in the
top ten list. Criteria by which the top
ten are chosen: 10-year growth by volume
and by percentage, job prospects, employment rate, median salary, stress level
of the job, and overall balance of work and life. Further, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has
predicted general dentistry employment growth of 18% in the decade between 2014
- 2024 with 23,300 new job openings. Congratulations, dental practitioners!
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