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A California dentist convicted of several sex-related charges against patients and an extern was sentenced to 75 years to life in state prison, mynewsla.com reported Sept. 19. Emad Fathy Moawad, DDS, was charged in June 2021 with sexually abusing several…
Here are 13 dental updates in California, New York and Texas, including practice openings, DSO acquisitions and legislation moves: California 1. A retail center in Fairfield, Calif., that includes an Aspen Dental practice location was sold. 2. Seven new laws…
California, Alaska and Missouri and the top three states with the highest number of dental professional shortage areas, according to data from the Health Resources and Services Administration. The HRSA updated its health professional shortage area dashboard Sept. 11. Here…
Thirteen dental groups submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Education advocating for certain measures to be taken to protect student loan borrowers under a new proposal. Four notes: 1. The comments were submitted in response to the Education Department’s…
A retail center in Fairfield, Calif., that includes an Aspen Dental practice location has been sold, according to a Sept. 18 report from REBusiness Online. Other tenants in the 24,604-square-foot, two-building include Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Togo’s Sandwich Shop and…
An Atlanta woman was indicted Sept. 10 for practicing dentistry with a forged license, WSBTV reported. Emily Rochelle Brannon was charged with forgery in the first degree, identity fraud and practicing dentistry without a license. Ms. Brannon allegedly used a…
Chicago-based Aspen Dental has opened a new location in Killingly, Conn. The office is led by practice owner Jasmin Henville, DMD, and Managing Clinical Director Sammita Mogre, DMD, according to information shared with Becker’s. Aspen Dental has opened practices in…
Dentalhitec, a France-based dental device manufacturer, will launch its computer-guided dental anesthesia system in the U.S. after receiving FDA clearance. QuickSleeper5 is a computer-guided local anesthesia delivery system that enables intraosseous anesthesia for immediate and precise numbness, according to a…
In 2024, there were 59.5 dentists for every 100,000 individuals in the U.S., according to data from the American Dental Association. After peaking at 61.1 dentists for every 100,000 people in 2017, the ratio of dentists to individuals has slowly…
The impact of tariffs on dentists’ ability to run their practices is one of the main issues making one DSO executive nervous. Barry Lyon, DDS, the dental director for Main Street Children’s Dentistry and Orthodontics and the chief clinical auditor…