A lawsuit over a scathing Google review aimed at a Burnaby dentist will go ahead after a B.C. Supreme Court judge ruled the online post was “capable of defamatory meaning.” Dr. Edward Chin, director of Smiley Kids Dental at 4233 Hastings St., launched a lawsuit in February 2021 against two people he alleges were behind a negative … Read more
In this episode of Weekly Wisdom, Josh Koziebrocki of Koziebrocki Law describes what dentists need to know when it comes to patient privacy and what they are responsible for. Subscribe to Oral Health’s weekly e-newsletter to have the latest episode delivered straight to your inbox every week! Sponsored by The Institute … Read more
Dental Care Alliance agreed to pay $3 million to resolve claims it failed to protect consumers from a data breach. The settlement benefits individuals who were notified of the Dental Care Alliance data breach in October 2020, December 2020 or April 2021. This includes a subclass of individuals whose notice indicated their Social Security number, … Read more
In this episode of Weekly Wisdom, Josh Koziebrocki of Koziebrocki Law discusses reporting criminal allegations to regulators and what dentists are obligated to do. Subscribe to Oral Health’s weekly e-newsletter to have the latest episode delivered straight to your inbox every week! Sponsored by The Institute for Dental Excellence (T.I.D.E.) is … Read more
Lawyers excepted, everyone lost. That’s my conclusion after reading two recent Ontario employment cases involving hygienists and dentists. Shelley Nicholas v. Dr. Edyta Witulska DPC, 2022 ONSC 2984 A dental hygienist (“Nicholas”) was employed part-time until she resigned in 2018. She had been employed from 1991 to 2011 with Dr. Michael Veer without a contract. … Read more
In this episode of Weekly Wisdom, Josh Koziebrocki of Koziebrocki Law explains how to keep adequate records and what happens if dentists do not meet record keeping requirements. Subscribe to Oral Health’s weekly e-newsletter to have the latest episode delivered straight to your inbox every week! Sponsored by The Institute for … Read more
In this episode of Weekly Wisdom, Josh Koziebrocki of Koziebrocki Law shares the importance of being aware of your dental regulators guidelines to avoid conflicts among principal and associate dentists. Subscribe to Oral Health’s weekly e-newsletter to have the latest episode delivered straight to your inbox every week!
In this episode of Weekly Wisdom, Josh Koziebrocki of Koziebrocki Law explains the process of registering as a new or foreign trained dentist. Subscribe to Oral Health’s weekly e-newsletter to have the latest episode delivered straight to your inbox every week!
In this episode of Weekly Wisdom, Josh Koziebrocki of Koziebrocki Law describes the process of appealing decisions of dental regulators. Subscribe to Oral Health’s weekly e-newsletter to have the latest episode delivered straight to your inbox every week!
Severe, chronic, nerve-related pain is not a material, special, or unusual risk associated with a root canal procedure that a dentist is required to disclose, the British Columbia Court of Appeal has found. In Parhar v. Weaver, 2022 BCCA 134, Dr. Brennan Weaver was Karunbir Parhar’s dentist. In 2014, Weaver performed a root canal procedure on … Read more
In this episode of Weekly Wisdom, Josh Koziebrocki of Koziebrocki Law describes the process of disciple hearings for dentists. Subscribe to Oral Health’s weekly e-newsletter to have the latest episode delivered straight to your inbox every week!
Josh Koziebrocki of Koziebrocki Law returns to Weekly Wisdom to discuss the process of investigations at dental regulators. Subscribe to Oral Health’s weekly e-newsletter to have the latest episode delivered straight to your inbox every week!
Josh Koziebrocki of Koziebrocki Law joins Weekly Wisdom to share his expertise on complaints made to dental regulators and how to achieve favourable outcomes. Subscribe to Oral Health’s weekly e-newsletter to have the latest episode delivered straight to your inbox every week!
Selling your dental practice now or in the next 5 years? Get yourself checked now – legally that is. Otherwise, it could cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars, plus delays and aggravation when you do go to sell. Let’s start your self-check: grab the following: Your professional corporation’s (“PC”) minute book (that’s the big … Read more
It happens daily. A dentist looking to practise is presented with an associate agreement. Meanwhile, another dentist, selling their practice, is presented with a purchase and sale agreement. Both agreements include a non-compete clause, which tries to restrict that dentist from practising within a certain geographic area (e.g. 5 km radius from the practice) and … Read more
In merely a few short months, life as we know it has changed dramatically. Since the beginning of the COVID‑19 pandemic, the way in which we do virtually everything has changed. It is hardly surprising, then, that the same is true of the practice of dentistry. At the outset of the pandemic, dental offices were … Read more
Many dental offices and their team members will be performing more hand scaling and root planning to minimize aerosol generating procedures. WE SUGGEST: Dentists and their team members: Consider the exercises HERE to reduce the likelihood of injury, subject to their medical doctor’s advice. Dentists: Consider enrolling their office for workers compensation insurance. This will … Read more
Anyone who has looked into straightening their teeth can tell you just how expensive the procedures are. That’s why hundreds of thousands of patients have turned to “do-it-yourself” straighteners. The billion-dollar “direct to consumer” dental industry has online-based companies popping up here in Massachusetts, with SmileDirectClub leading the pack. Boston 25 Investigates found members of … Read more
Dentists are responsible for performing procedures that may have some impact, whether major or minor, on the health and wellbeing of their patients. As a means of enhancing the autonomy of patients, provincial regulators such as the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario (“RCDSO”) require dentists to obtain patients’ informed consent for all treatment. … Read more