Clinical excellence doesn't protect a dental practice from a HIPAA breach fine or an OSHA citation. Compliance is a separate, ongoing responsibility — and one that's easy to let slip amid the daily demands of running a practice. Why compliance gets overlooked. Most practice owners are dentists first, not compliance officers. Handbooks go unreviewed for years, staff training lapses, and policies that were adequate at five employees may no longer hold up at fifteen. HIPAA basic

Dental school prepares you to practice dentistry — not to negotiate a legal contract. Yet your first associate agreement, signed often under time pressure near graduation, will shape your income, your schedule, and your options for years. Here's a checklist to work through before you sign. Why contract law isn't taught in dental school — and why that's a problem. Curricula are packed with clinical training, and understandably so. But that leaves most new grads reviewing their

The FTC Ban on noncompete clauses is dead, so what do we do now?