The Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined Georgetown (Mass.) Dental for seven safety measure violations.

John Begg, DDS, allegedly sexually assaulted some of his patients, according to NBC affiliate WJAR.

Three dental maintenance organization service providers in Texas are using gift cards as incentives for new members, a move examined by the Texas Dentists for Medicaid Reform.

Santa Clarita, Calif.-based Yapi, a company that makes software for dental offices, has received an investment from a Boston venture capital firm.

One in 10 older dental patients were prescribed opioids when they were already taking a medication associated with increased harm risks when taken in combination with opioids, according to a study published in Pharmacotherapy.

Dentists are warning against a TikTok trend in which users are shaving down their uneven teeth with nail files, according to Insider.

Privately insured dental services fell 75 percent in March and 79 percent in April compared to the same months in 2019, according to a study by nonprofit FAIR Health.

Louis Surace, DDS, a former Lockport, N.Y. pediatric dentist, will face a prison sentence of up to five years after pleading guilty Sept. 15 to sexually assaulting a girl, according to The Buffalo News.

Yogish Suvarna, chief information officer at Aspen Dental Management, an East Syracuse, N.Y.-based DSO with more than 800 practices across 41 states, recently shared his predictions for the future of health IT with Becker's.

The American Dental Association is facing challenges "unlike any other year," the ADA board of trustees said in August after voting on the 2021 budget proposal.

A North Carolina dental practice with about 13,000 existing patients has filed for Chapter 7 liquidation amid the pandemic, according to The Business Journals.

The American Dental Association established its support of a bill that would give a tax credit to dentists purchasing personal protective equipment to protect patients and staff against COVID-19 transmission.

An Alaska dentist who extracted a patient's tooth while on a hoverboard received a 12-year prison sentence for dozens of charges, according to the Anchorage Daily News.

The Coronavirus pandemic has led to a renewed focus of how we can keep ourselves, our families, and of course, our patients as healthy as possible. To reduce the spread of this dreaded disease, we wear masks to cover our nose and mouth, knowing that this is the primary portal where the virus and other bacteria are spread. Yet, for too many other serious and life-threatening diseases, we ignore the obvious and well-documented mouth-body connection.

The California Dental Association recently advised dentists on how to best handle procedures regarding employee COVID-19 testing and exposure.

Delta Dental of South Carolina donated $272,400 to organizations leading oral health initiatives in the state as part of its annual Mission Giving Program.

School closures amid the pandemic may have a disproportionate effect on the oral health of low-income children, reports The New York Times.

The most read Becker's Dental + DSO Review article of all time covers countries with the best overall dental health, while stories relating to the recent pandemic close out the list.

A 33-year-old man has been charged with a hate crime for allegedly scrawling racist slurs on two vehicles belonging to his dentist's family in Florida, according to The Daytona Beach News-Journal.

Daniel Weaver, DDS, and Stephanie Weaver, DDS, a married couple who own a dental practice in Lake Charles, La., have been "overwhelmed" by community support as they recover their practice from hurricane-induced damage, according to ADA News.