Burkhart Gives Back

Donating Supplies to Free Dental Clinic

The Fort Bend Dental Academy recently partnered with The Academy of Dental and Medical Anesthesia (ADMA) to run a free dental clinic that serves individuals with special needs and/or financial hardships .

Over the course of the week-long event, the team treated more than 65 patients . Burkhart was proud to donate supplies to this cause

“A huge and special thanks to Dr Adler, Dr Jabbour, and Dr Shen for seeing these patients! And a special thanks to Burkhart who donated free supplies to utilize for the free clinic,” Fort Bend Dental Academy said in a statement “This week could not have been successful without you all!”

Supporting Veterans in Annual Charity Event

Texas-based Dr . Stan Lowrance recently hosted his annual dental charity event for Veterans in the community . The Burkhart Dallas branch donated supplies and rental equipment for the day and two volunteers (Account Manager Colby Eldredge and Service Technician Dustin Kile) The office served more than 100 Veterans!

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BY MADISON MILLER

The dental industry is all James Clair has ever really known Shortly after graduating high school, Clair joined the Navy in 1985 and soon started working as a dental assistant Over time, Clair worked as a dental repair technician, and then as a salesman Now, Clair serves as a Burkhart Dental Supply Equipment Specialist in Texas .

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“I feel like my job is to help them navigate and pick out the equipment that’s right for them, not necessarily what’s right for my pocket,” Clair said . “It’s a lot of little facets that we can do for the doctors to help them ease their stress level ”

Though Clair has spent nearly 40 years developing his dental equipment expertise, he decided to apply for the Dental Industry Specialist in Infection Prevention and Control (DISIPC) certification program .

The DISIPC certification is the first and only infection control certification specifically for dental sales and practice management professionals, according to a Dental Assisting National Board (DANB) press release . Those who hold DISIPC certification have proven their knowledge of CDC guidelines, OSHA standards and regulations, and concepts related to the prevention of disease transmission in the dental office

Clair encourages others to complete the DISIPC certification program so they can continue to help doctors improve their offices .

“My philosophy is, anytime you’re doing anything like this, the more you know the better . But this will elevate them in the eyes of the doctor because now it makes them an expert,” Clair said . “You actually have a certain certification that you can actually show them that you are an expert, and you couldn’t have gotten that certification unless you knew the information .

DANB CEO Laura Skarnulis said in

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“DISIPC certified individuals have completed indepth education and passed a rigorous exam, which demonstrates their knowledge and helps ensure that all involved in patient care are protected . ”

Clair was the 12th person to complete the program in June 2022 .

“When you’ve been around the business long enough, there’s a lot of people out there that claim to be an expert in infection control and all this stuff,” Clair said “In reality, all they really did was pick up a few things here and there and maybe read some stuff on the internet or something like that ”

Clair added that this certification program allowed some legitimacy to those who are actually experts in infection prevention and control .

The Dental Infection Control Education & Certification is the first and only infection control certification specifically for dental sales and practice management professionals .

To learn more about the DISIPC certification program, visit DentalInfectionControl .org .