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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 Allman, DDS, died after falling from a cliff in Minnesota over Labor Day weekend, according to his obituary in the Star Tribune.

Though teledentistry use isn't as high as it was when the pandemic began, it will be a critical part of dentistry moving forward, two dentists told the American Dental Association.

In response to a newsletter about racism on campus, New York City-based NYU College of Dentistry developed a task force that aims to address such issues, according to student newspaper Washington Square News.

The Alabama Dental Board has sued the Federal Trade Commission, seeking to halt the agency's investigation into whether it is violating antitrust laws by enforcing teledentistry restrictions against SmileDirectClub, Bloomberg Law reports.

SmileDirectClub has pulled the plug on a $37 million manufacturing plant in Kyle, Texas, that was expected to employ 850 people, according to the Austin American-Statesman.

Since reopening in early June, Tammy Chen, DDS, has seen at least one patient with a tooth fracture every day, according to a New York Times article penned by the dentist.

Illinois will need to recruit additional health professionals to administer COVID-19 vaccines, including dentists and dental hygienists, said Ngozi Ezike, MD, director of the state health department.