CDA Journal November 2007

The November issue of the Journal of the California Dental Association looks through the lens of practicing dentists who are using CAMBRA in their offices, how to establish financially viable models for CAMBRA adoption, as well as how to enlist the rest of the dental team and patients into the benefits of the CAMBRA approach to care. This issue concludes the two-part series.

Caries Management by Risk Assessment – A Practitioner’s Guide

An introduction to the issue.
Douglas A. Young, DDS, MS, MBA; John D.B. Featherstone, MSc, PhD; and Jon R. Roth, MS, CAE

How to Integrate CAMBRA into Private Practice

While there is compelling science to support CAMBRA, there are fewer articles with practical direction regarding how to integrate CAMBRA diagnostics and treatment into clinical practice, which this article addresses.
V. Kim Kutsch, DMD; Graeme Milicich, BDS; William Domb, DMD; Max Anderson, DDS; and Ed Zinman DDS, JD

The Role of Dental Hygienists, Assistants and Office Staff in CAMBRA

The role of the dental team in Caries Management By Risk Assessment is critical to successful patient outcomes. This article will evaluate the role of the clinical and administrative staff in maintaining a practice with a focus on disease prevention and management.
Shirley Gutkowski, RDH, BSDH; Debi Gerger, RDH, MPH; Jean Creasey, RDH, DDS; Anna Nelson, CDA, RDA, MA; and Douglas A. Young, DDS, MBA, MS

Risky Business: Influencing People to Change

This paper described numerous theories and approaches that can be used to positively influence the behavior of patients and dental health care workers so they actively engage the CAMBRA process.
Bruce Peltier, PhD, MBA; Philip Weinstein, PhD; and Richard Fredekind, DMD, MA

Consensus Statement
Caries Management by Risk Assessment: Implementation Guidelines to Support Oral Health

This series concludes with a consensus document adopted by hundreds of dental experts, academic researchers, practitioners, and dental organizations that summarizes the main principles and clinical application of CAMBRA.
Douglas A. Young, DDS, MS, MBA; John D.B. Featherstone, MSc, PhD; Jon R. Roth, MS, CAE; Max Anderson, DDS, MS, Med; Jaana Autio-Gold, DDS, PhD; Gordon J. Christensen, DDS, MSD, PhD; Margherita Fontana, DDS, PhD; V. Kim Kutsch, DMD; Mathilde (Tilly) C. Peters, DMD, PhD; Richard J. Simonsen, DDS, MS; and Mark S. Wolff, DDS, PhD

The Associate Editor/
Journalism and the Sanctity of Science
By Steven A. Gold, DDS

Impressions/

Dr. Bob/
Heavy Pondering on Light
By Robert E. Horseman, DDS

Case Study/
Wrongful Termination and Workers’ Compensation