Dental Board of California

SACRAMENTO – The Dental Board of California (DBC) has named Tracy Montez, Ph.D. as its new executive officer, effective Tuesday, November 1, 2022. Dr. Montez has worked in various roles at the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA), most recently as chief of the Division of Programs and Policy Review. Dr.…

The Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) has partnered with the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) and its healing arts boards to collect important health workforce data. The workforce survey will be available for licensees to complete during the electronic licensure renewal process. Licensed health care professionals are…

The pandemic has changed everyone’s life, and a lot of those changes have brought on unprecedented levels of stress for many. From quarantining to lost jobs and businesses to families having to adapt to kids distance learning from home, it’s been a year like no other. And all that stress…

Using yours correctly? Contact a licensed dental professional for assistance There are around 3.5 billion toothbrushes sold worldwide every year. But how much do you know about this everyday dental-hygiene tool? The Library of Congress has some interesting facts. Although the toothbrush as we know it today wasn’t invented until…

Responding to the growing danger of opioid addiction stemming from prescription drug abuse, the Dental Board of California (DBC) has voted to require continuing education courses on the prescribing of opioids as a condition of license renewal for dentists. The new language states “…dentists shall be required to take two…