What Georgia Actually Requires — and Where the Requirement Lives The Georgia dental spore testing requirements work differently from most states. Search the Georgia Board of Dentistry's rules for a testing interval and you will not find one. There is…
Dental Bytes – March 2026 features timely articles for dental professionals on oral health awareness, HIPAA security, infection control, nutrition guidance, and industry updates.
What Illinois Actually Requires — and Where the Requirement Lives The Illinois dental spore testing requirements are not written down as a testing interval. Read the full Illinois Dental Practice Act rules — 68 Ill. Adm. Code 1220 — and…
What New York Actually Requires — and Where the Requirement Lives The New York dental spore testing requirements do not live in a dental board rule. New York licenses dentists through the State Education Department and the Board of Regents,…
What Ohio Actually Requires — and Where the Requirement Lives The Ohio dental spore testing requirements are written down in plain words, which makes Ohio one of the clearer states in the country. The Ohio State Dental Board's sterilization rule…
Overview Every state expects dental offices to prove their sterilizers work. The benchmark nearly everywhere is the CDC's standard: a biological indicator (spore test) at least weekly, plus mechanical and chemical indicators with every load. What differs is how each…
What Texas Actually Requires — and Where the Requirement Lives The Texas dental spore testing requirements come from a State Board of Dental Examiners rule that says, in so many words, that sterilizers must be tested. What it does not…
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently introduced a new mobile app called DentalCheck, which consists of an infection prevention checklist to help dental healthcare personnel assess the infection control policies and procedures in their facility and…
