Welcome to the Memphis Dental Society Web site. We have information here for both our members and dental patients on this site. 

General Membership Meeting

    House of Representatives Votes to Exempt Most Dental Offices from Red Flag Rule

The U.S. House of Representatives on Oct. 20, 2009 approved by a 400-0 vote legislation to exempt most dental offices from the Federal Trade Commission's Red Flags Rule. See details at the below link:

 FTC "Red Flags" Rule Enforcement Suspended until June 1, 2010

To help fight the problem of identity theft, the FTC has issued regulations requiring businesses that deal with credit to their customers to take steps to guard against identity theft. The FTC has recently determined that this rule extends to healthcare providers and was to be effective May 1, 2009. This Rule enforcement has now been suspended once again. It was to go into effect Nov. 1st but has been suspended again until Jun 1st 2010.

  ADA/TDA members only can get copy of the background material and sample procedure manual by going to the TDA website: www.tenndental.org then clicking on "Member Entrance" then "Regulatory/Legal" to see the ADA materials. 

Please note the following change in e-mail address: 

 mdsrita@bellsouth.net should now be: mdsrita@att.net

TDA Meeting

143rd TDA - Annual Session

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 Updated Guidelines

There are new guidelines from the Amercian Heart Association and the ADA regarding antibiotic prophylaxis for preventing infective endocarditis. You can read about them by clicking on the link below:

http://ada.org/prof/resources/topics/science_infective_endocarditis.asp

Guidelines for antibiotic prophylaxis for patients who have a total joint replacement were updated by the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS) in 2009. The updated information statement can be found at this web address:

http://www.aaos.org/about/papers/advistmt/1033.asp

    How to get a NPI (National Provider Identifier):

You can click on the link below to take you to the ADA's website for an excellent article on the subject. A link there will take you to the official web site where you can sign up. You must have this number by May 23, 2007 but everyone was given a one year extension to the deadline.

http://www.ada.org/prof/resources/pubs/adanews/adanewsarticle.asp?articleid=1914

Computers not adjusting clocks for new Daylight Savings Time?    

  An excellent resource article regarding the actions to take on your computer, if needed,  to deal with the early arrival of Daylight Savings Time in March and the late change back to standard time in November can be found at the PC Magazine web site at the below link:

    http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2100448,00.asp

 Dentist With a Dream

To get information about the Dentist With a Dream program benefiting St. Jude Hospital, you can click on this link:

http://www.noyesdental.com/dentistswithadream/

          To verify the license status of health care practitioners in the State of Tennessee, click here to go to the Tennessee.gov web site.

          Members--click here to link to the ADA web page regarding the most recent infection control  guidelines.

          Members--Click here to find out how to contact your Tennessee legislator.

Members--Click here or on the link on the left column for the HIPAA checklist for dentists.

All members of the Memphis Dental Society are also members of the Tennessee Dental Association and the American Dental Association.

As a result of this tripartite membership, a MDS member agrees to voluntarily abide by the American Dental Association Code of Professional Conduct. If you are dentist and would like to join our Society, contact our Executive Director for an application at the address below or, if you would like to join the tripartite membership, you can download the application and mail it to the address on form. Please click here to download the PDF format membership application.