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No matter how carefully dentists screen patients, unexpected emergencies occur.
With over 17,000 dental practitioners insured, Dentist’s Advantage is one of the nation’s premier providers of malpractice insurance and risk management solutions to dentists. In 1949, the company started out as a small agency insuring dentists in California and Arizona. In 1995, the agency was purchased by the global insurance leader Aon, who made the program available in all 50 states.
Dentist’s Advantage
1100 Virginia Drive, Suite 250
Fort Washington, PA 19034
888.778.3981
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When you become a dentist, you’ll eliminate pain, help preserve our teeth and keep us smiling. You’ll perform evaluations, make recommendations and provide expert healthcare. You’ll do everything in your power to make your patients feel comfortable about making a trip to the dentist.
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Who:
Dentist’s Advantage
Agenda:
Understanding malpractice insurance terms, available options, and high risk procedures will position you ahead of the curve before embarking on your dental career.
Why:
Your school
Prior to Graduation
What:
Where:
When:
How:
Odds of having a
dental malpractice claim
over a 5 year period*
Average legal expense
to defend a dental
malpractice claim*
$24,795
Average cost of a
dental malpractice
claim payment*
$83,120
Learn and adopt strategies that reduce your exposure to claims
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*CNA. (2016). Dental Professional Liability 2016 Claim Report. Retrieved from http://www.dentists-advantage.com/sites/DA/rskmgt/Pages/DentalClaimStudy.aspx
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At Dentist’s Advantage our approach is similar. We evaluate dentists’ malpractice insurance risks and recommend coverage that helps preserve their career. Just like you, we do everything in our power to make our clients feel comfortable, and we do that by using an open, educational approach to insurance.
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