Dentist/pharmacist relations: professional responsibility, scope of practice, and rational prescription writing. Interview by Debra Belt.

Earlier this year, CDA engaged the California Pharmacists Association in discussion about the relationship between dentists and pharmacists and the most efficient ways to handle prescriptions. Professionals agree that the situation where a pharmacist fails to fill a dentist-written prescription does not occur frequently. However, when it does occur, all parties--the dentist, the pharmacist and the patient--are challenged. This discussion led to the following interview.