ADA Asks What Does Dental Laboratory Registration Mean
ADA Asks What Does Dental Laboratory Registration Mean
"Many dentists don't know if their state requires dental laboratories to register with state dental boards or if the lab they work with is registered.
In fact, according to the 2008 Survey on the Use of Dental Labs, conducted by the ADA Health Policy Resources Center, more than half of dentists polled—53 percent—did not know if dental labs were regulated by their state's dental practice act. More than 86 percent of respondents didn't know if the federal government regulated dental labs.
For the record, laws in six states require dental labs to register with the state dental board: Texas, Kentucky, Florida, South Carolina, Pennsylvania and Oklahoma. Bills in three other states have been filed or are pending, and bills in three more states are in development either by the state dental laboratory association, dental society or both."
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