Connie Simmons

Aug 21, 2024 | rdhmag.com | Kathy Forbes |Connie Simmons

Picture this: Medieval England and the English guards find Humpty Dumpty has fallen off the wall and is lying in a mess of egg yolk, staring up at them from among his broken shells. The guards calmly look at each other, look down at Humpty, and matter-of-factly say, "It's not that we can't put you back together...

Jul 8, 2024 | rdhmag.com | Kathy Forbes |Connie Simmons

The ADA’s Code Maintenance Committee (CMC) meets in March at the ADA headquarters in Chicago to review and discuss code action requests submitted by dental professionals. Each submission is then voted on by the CMC representatives and, if passed, is in the CDT Manual the following year.

Apr 22, 2024 | rdhmag.com | Kathy Forbes |Connie Simmons |Crystal Spring |RDHConnie Simmons

Question: Why does our office insurance coordinator change the code D1110 (adult prophy) to D1120 (child prophy) when the patient has all permanent teeth? Per the ADA procedure codes, I was taught that the correct code to use is based on the dentition type (primary, transitional, or permanent). What do I do?

Jan 12, 2024 | rdhmag.com | Kathy Forbes |Connie Simmons |Whitney Crist |Jessica Thomas

We owe the code D4346 to eight hygienists who came together to create a code that was missing from the CDT Code. At the time, there were two prophylaxis codes (D1110 and D1120) in the preventive category. Therapeutic procedures such as scaling and root planing (D4341/D4342) were in the periodontics category. There were no procedure codes for therapeutic treatment for patients with gingival disease with no attachment/recession/bone loss.

Nov 27, 2023 | rdhmag.com | Kathy Forbes |Connie Simmons |Bethany Montoya |Olivia Bodunde

What is the difference between the caries arrest code (D1354) and the caries prevention code (D1355)? Which products are best used for what? As dental hygienists, we are the experts at providing both preventive and therapeutic procedures, so these two procedure codes fall perfectly into our wheelhouse. We are responsible for the treatment and prevention of all oral diseases, including caries.