VITA University

"Quality Dental Laboratory Systems and the Principles of Lean"

Reduction of non-conforming products. Increase customer satisfaction. Traceability of patient contact materials, shortened cycle times. Identification and elimination of waste. Empowerment of employees and management in continuous process improvement. Sounds great, right? Join SafeLink Consulting's President, Mary Borg, in this informative session illustrating how you can make all of the above happen in your lab. Through proper design of your Quality System including the principles of lean, you too can generate improved efficiency and savings in your lab. Mary will introduce you to one of the lean tools, 6S (Sort, Set in order, Shine, Standardize, Sustain, and Safety), which will take you on your way to elimination of waste and greater process in improvement regardless of your lab's size.

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"Implementing Your Dental Lab's FDA-Compliant Quality System"

Join the SafeLink Consulting Team in a four-hour workshop that will provide the dental lab with written materials and knowledge needed to implement their own FDA-Compliant Quality System.

Workshop includes:

• Two - Four Hours of Expert Instruction
• DIY Quality Connection (QC) on CD with a Customizable Quality Manual with Sample Forms
• Two - Four Hours Documented Scientific Credit for "Regulatory Standards"

Material covered:

• FDA Registration
• Patient Contact Materials
• Purchasing Controls
• Equipment & Facility Maintenance
• Remake Investigation
• Document Control
• Record Retention
• Technician Training Requirements

Visit our Events page to find an FDA Workshop near you or call SafeLink at 1.800.330.6003 for more information. Would you like SafeLink Consulting to come to your area or membership group? Contact us for workshops just for your study club, state association or private group.

"Regulatory Compliance – Deal or No Deal?!"

Join SafeLink Consulting for a fun filled, interactive and informative session covering important topics regarding compliance with OSHA and FDA in dental laboratories. It’s hard dealing with all of the regulations out there - SafeLink Consulting can show you to deal with them and win big! This session meets the NBC requirement for documented scientific credit under Regulatory Standards.

"Dental Practice Health & Safety - Could You Be in Jeopardy?"

The Safelink Presenter will lead you through this lively and informative workshop on dental practice health and safety.  Content will be presented in lecture format plus a review using a popular game show format.  Up-to-date information on the health and safety issues facing today’s dental practitioners and their staff will be presented.  The presenter will provide solutions for dental offices faced with the challenge of complying with OSHA requirements and CDC guidelines for hazardous chemical safety, infection control, equipment safety, ergonomics, personal protective equipment use and more.   Participants will learn: 

• Are you truly communicating chemical hazards properly?
• Often overlooked elements of a Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure Control Program
• Common compliance challenges in a dental practice and how to meet them head on including ventilation, waterlines, and proper sterilization practices
• Duties of a dental practice that must be followed for an effective staff and patient-safe environment
• Minimal personal protective equipment procedures to meet CDC guidelines
• What emergencies every dental office should be prepared for  

"Common Shade Taking Errors:  Pearls for your Practice to Increase Predictability and Profitability"
by Martin Mendelson, DDS 

The number one cause of lab remakes is shade.  Shade is also the only area in dentistry that will immediately alert the patient’s untrained eye that something is very wrong with their new restoration. We all need to understand the four elements in shade selection and color communication – you’ll learn what these are and how to implement them immediately in your practice. This well organized, evidence based approach to shade selection and color communication will reduce your stress and remakes due to shade.

Learning Objectives

• What are the four elements that influence predictable success in shade selection and color communication
• Identify what influences our perception of color
• What are the common shade taking errors common in practice today?
• Understand how to communicate with your technician in a quantifiable and objective manner.
• Understand the three modalities necessary for predictable shade selection.
• Understand how to take predictable shades with modern evidence based shade selection instrumentation.

Visit our Events page to find a Workshop near you or call SafeLink at 1.800.330.6003 for more information. Would you like SafeLink Consulting to come to your area or membership group? Contact us for workshops just for your study club, state association or private group.