Medical Errors in Dental Practice: Prevention, Patient Safety, and Risk Reduction
Medical Errors is a mandatory continuing education for dental professional license renewal in Florida. Catherine Cabanzon CRDH, BASDH, is an expert on this topic. Her focus is especially on the relevance with case studies to educate the dental profession.
Description
Course Objectives:
- Identify common medical and dental errors that occur in dental practice settings, including clinical, communication, documentation, and system-based errors.
- Discuss national statistics and trends related to dental errors, adverse events, and patient harm.
- Apply Root Cause Analysis (RCA) principles to dental adverse events and near-miss incidents.
- Implement evidence-based error reduction strategies specific to dental practice environments.
- Strengthen patient safety systems to reduce risk, improve outcomes, and promote a culture of safety.
- Analyze Florida Board of Dentistry case studies to identify violations, contributing factors, and preventive measures.
Original date: 2/12/26, Expiry date:Â 2/11/29
Speaker: Catherine Cabanzon, CRDH, BASDH
Catherine Cabanzon graduated with honors from Palm Beach Community College, with an Associate Degree in Dental Hygiene and a Bachelor of Applied Science in Dental Hygiene from St. Petersburg College. Her extensive background in the profession of dental hygiene includes clinical hygiene in general and periodontal practices, community health program development, publishing of educational articles and videos, grant writing, educator, practice management consultant, dental board examiner, and an educational consultant, key opinion leader, and national speaker for Orapharma Inc., Dental Product Shoppers, Centrix Dental and ZimVie Dental. Her passion for oral health and her desire to serve her community through early prevention and education has brought her to work with national, state, and county leaders.Â
Catherine was appointed to the Florida Board of Dentistry in 2012 and served until 2021. During her service to the Board, she served as Vice-Chair and was the first dental hygienist to serve as the Chair. She was Chair of the Council on Dental Hygiene and the Chair of the Rules Committee.
Disclosure:Â The speaker has no conflicts to disclose on this topic.
Disclaimer: As per ADA guidelines, participants must use caution when using limited knowledge in treating patients. It is always recommended to do further research. PLS is not responsible for the the information provided by the Presenter. The information provided is based on the Presenter’s research, experience and opinion and is not necessarily that of PLS.Â
This webinar is designated for the CEUs as indicated. Â Â Check your state’s CE regulations for course acceptance.
CE Provider: Professional Learning Services, LLC (PLS)
*Interactivity provided with PLS’s Ask the Speaker feature included with recorded webinars.
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| Intended Audience | Office managers, Dentists, Dental Hygienists and Dental Assistants, All Dental Team Members |
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