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A grand jury indicted a man in Atlanta for performing cosmetic dental procedures without a dental license, according to a Dec. 11 report from WSB-TV 2 Atlanta.  Brandon Dillard, who called himself a “top veneer specialist” was arrested in 2024…

Petoskey-based North Central Michigan College has unanimously approved a dental hygiene degree, the school’s first for-credit dental offering.  The three-year program will have one year of general education and introductory dental coursework and two years of classroom and clinical instruction,…

A dentist in Follansbee, W.Va., is planning to retire at the end of the year after more than 40 years of service, according to a Dec. 15 report from The Intelligencer.  Michael Pipo, DDS, opened his first dental practice in…

Maine Rep. Anne-Marie Mastraccio has prefiled a bill for the 2026 legislative session that would expand the scope of practice for independent dental hygienists If passed, the would allow independent hygienists to administer local anesthesia or nitrous oxide analgesia as…

Integrated oral healthcare provider Smile Generation and Delta Dental of Massachusetts are seeing early positive results for their saliva testing collaboration.  The initiative offers chairside, saliva-based assessments to DDMA members at participating dental practices in Massachusetts.  The saliva assessment measures…

Isaac OneHealth, a clinical dental AI platform developed by Trust AI, has achieved a perfect score on the most difficult questions on the United States Medical Licensing Examination.  The platform is the second AI system to receive a perfect score,…

A Texas man was given probation for practicing dentistry without a license, myrgv.com reported Dec. 9.  Gerardo Casas, 50, pleaded guilty to three counts of dentistry act violations Dec. 8 and was sentenced to deferred adjudication. He also must pay…

Vancouver, Wash.-based Mosaic Dental Collective has chosen VideaHealth as its enterprise-wide AI platform.  During a multi-location pilot, the DSO’s dentists reported increased treatment acceptance, confidence in radiographic interpretation and alignment between specialists, according to a Dec. 11 news release from…

Seven dental companies were recently included on Newsweek‘s list of the greatest workplaces for inclusion and diversity in 2025. Newsweek partnered with third-party data provider Aniline to create the list, using data from a study of more than 339,000 employee…

Here are seven notable DSO acquisitions Becker’s has covered in the last 100 days: 1. Denver-based Lone Peak Dental Group acquired the practice of pediatric dentist Deborah Ashcraft, DMD, in North Augusta, S.C.  2. Dallas-based Smile Doctors completed two expansion…