title: Maintaining clinical excellence using SOPs.
abstract: Clinical excellence requires the consideration of many factors--the dentist's own level of expertise and the collaborative effort of the clinical team. The Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) method of standardization can help a dentist move closer to that objective by allowing the completion of each task according to tested, successful protocols and can mean the difference between occasionally hitting the mark and consistently achieving greatness.
authors.affiliation: Marsha Freeman & Associates, Dental Management Consultants, Grover Beach, Calif 93483, USA.
authors.forename: Marsha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Freeman
mesh_terms: D003729:Dental Care / Q000592:standards*; D003797:Dental Staff; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008370:Manuals as Topic; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods*