April 2026 Dental Board Update – Part I

Each month, our team at Lightning Dental Charts reviews rulings and case discussions from the Dental Board to identify emerging themes in clinical judgment, documentation, and risk management. April’s Board meeting contained a larger number of instructive cases than usual, so we will be splitting this month’s analysis into two separate posts. Part I focuses on two recurring themes that appear frequently in Board investigations: informed consent documentation and how dentists should chart complications when treatment does not go as planned. 1. Crown Deliveries, Informed Consent, and What Must Still Be Documented The first case involved a single crown. The patient later filed...