Dental Bytes – May 2026 Understanding dental record retention requirements is essential for every dental practice. Properly maintaining patient records supports continuity of care, ensures compliance with HIPAA and OSHA considerations, and helps protect the practice in the event of…
The Importance of Proper Use and Disposal of Single-Use Dental Items Infection control is a critical part of safe dental practice, and one area that deserves close attention is the proper use and disposal of single-use dental items. Reusing contaminated…
California allows portable handheld dental X-ray units only under specific exemption rules. Learn the requirements, training, and compliance steps for dental practices.
What Dental Offices Must Know to Stay Compliant Sterilizer monitoring—commonly known as spore testing—is a required part of infection control for dental offices in California. If your practice is not performing biological monitoring correctly, you risk regulatory violations, patient safety…
California Healthcare Minimum Wage SB 525: Does It Apply to Dental Offices? SB 525 healthcare minimum wage coverage depends on facility type California’s new healthcare minimum wage law under Senate Bill 525 (SB 525) has created confusion for many dental…
Sterilization monitoring in dental offices is a critical component of infection control in dental practices. One of the most important tools used to verify that sterilization equipment is working properly is spore testing, also known as biological monitoring. Dental offices…
Infection control is part of everyday dental care, but it’s often routine tasks where lapses occur. That’s why standard precautions remain so important. When used consistently, they help protect patients, staff, and the dental office from preventable exposures to infectious…
In California, any dental office that operates x-ray equipment is required by the Radiologic Health Branch (RHB) of the California Department of Public Health to maintain a written radiation protection program (RPP). This document outlines how a dental office protects…
Emergencies can happen without warning – fires, power outages, severe weather, or medical emergencies. Having a customized emergency action plan that addresses the types of emergencies most likely to be encountered in a dental office can lead to quicker mitigation…
The US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and most state dental boards require, and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends, personal protective equipment (PPE), including protective clothing, to be removed prior to leaving the work…
