Last week, nearly 28,000 dental professionals attended
the 2014 Yankee Dental Congress at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.
This year’s theme, “It All Starts Here,” stressed the important relationship
between oral health and overall health, and several members of the DentaQuest
team took part in this exciting event.
Dr. Brian Novy, director of practice improvement at DentaQuest Institute, led
sessions on risk assessment surrounding dental caries management and evidence-based
dentistry, a topic on which he is regarded as an international thought leader. Dr. Novy
presented on his studies on the predictive quality of saliva in relation to
microbial growth patterns and dental caries in a session titled “Saliva: A
Fabulous Fluid with a Capital H.”
Dori Bingham and Dr. Mark Doherty of DentaQuest
Institute’s Safety
Net Solutions (SNS) team conducted a presentation on the
SNS program which assists safety net dental programs through the practice
improvement process. The SNS program collaborates with clinical and administrative
staff at safety net dental centers to create and implement strategies to
increase access, strengthen financial viability, and improve quality outcomes.
Tony Edwards of Dr.
Bicuspid caught up with Dr. Doherty at the event to further discuss
DentaQuest Institute’s SNS program and its history and process; you can read the
full article here.
Along with over 450 exhibitors sharing their knowledge
on the exhibit hall floor, the Yankee Dental Congress offered many informative
sessions and presentations by experts in the field and will undoubtedly result
in new relationships and initiatives. We are already excited about next year’s
event!
We tweeted throughout the conference, so check out the
conversation on twitter using #YDC2014.