Violence against dentists in 2025: 4 updates

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Here are four recent updates regarding violent incidents and threats to dental offices in the U.S.:

1. A man was arrested and charged with threatening to blow up a dental practice in Joplin, Mo.

2. A Wisconsin man pleaded guilty to threatening to shoot a dentist and his staff.

3. A Maine man was charged with arson after allegedly setting an orthodontics practice on fire.

4. Employees at a Western Dental practice location in El Cerrito, Calif., were threatened by a suspect with a gun in April. 

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