Matt Finney

What's your opinion on industry regulations?

A few more states are (most likely) on their way to imposing certain regulations on our industry - everything from disclosure statements on materials and their origin to reinstating the mandation of training and lab registration. Do you live in one of these states? What's your opinion? Curious to hear what the front-line truly feels.

Posted Mar 13, 2012 at 8:32am
  • Mark Jackson
    Mark Jackson · Montclair, CA

    Dental Laboratories have been under obligation to comply with FDA mandated Good Manufacturing Practices which require all of the things above. How many labs are currently DAMAS or ISO certified? Very few. Most lab owners simply ignore the laws and go about their business. If people ignore the Federal...[More]

  • Ric Herbert
    Ric Herbert · Apopka, FL

    My laboratory is in one of these states. Thanks to the Florida Dental Laboratory and Florida Dental Associations collaborations, the industry has 'Changes'. When the law took effect and much was published about it, my lab recieved several calls from Dental offices about it, which was alarming. (flyers...[More]

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