Why Can’t I Get My Teeth Cleaned?

By Dr. John Paul, FDA Editor I hear this question every so often, and I can sympathize with you. I’d like to give you a quick answer that would solve your concern, but there just isn’t one. Health care is…

The Need for Speed

By Larry Darnell, FDA Director of Information Systems Twenty-eight years ago, I worked for Florida State University and I remember when the campus IT gurus hooked us up to something called the “backbone” of the internet. I had the fastest…

#FDCYouSoon

By Dr. Becky Warnken, FDC2021 Program Chair We will have gone 727 days without a Florida Dental Convention (FDC) when we arrive for FDC2021. One year, 11 months and 27 long days missing our colleagues, completing our continuing education (CE)…

Providing Dental Care for the Patient with Autism

By H. Barry Waldman, DDS, MPH, PHD; Steven P. Perlman, DDS, MSCD, DHL (HON); and, Karen A. Raposa, RDH, MBA Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are a group of developmental disorders defined by a significant impairment in social interaction and communication…