title: How can you protect yourself from employee dishonesty?
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Forty percent of dental offices have been or will be embezzled by an employee.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  As employers, dentists need to prescreen applicants diligently, as well as take strong, proactive roles in the monitoring of all business aspects of their practices.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  To make their offices embezzlement-proof, dentists need to take responsibility for both implementing and monitoring strict accounting and banking procedures.
authors.affiliation: JdSG International Inc., P.O. Box 35640, Monte Sereno, Calif. 95030, USA. info@jdsg.com
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: de St Georges
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lewis
mesh_terms: D005375:Financial Audit; D006801:Humans; D010560:Personnel Selection; D011215:Practice Management, Dental / Q000191:economics*; D013800:Theft / Q000517:prevention & control*