Sixty percent of Americans surveyed said they were comfortable visiting a dentist and planned to schedule a routine checkup before the end of 2020, according to a survey commissioned by Pittsburgh-based North American Dental Group.
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In response to the pandemic, Delta Dental of Tennessee's charitable arm, the Smile180 Foundation, has donated more than $325,000 to the state's seven children's hospitals.
Nashville, Tenn.-based SmileDirectClub has appointed Riddhi Gangolli, BDS, PhD, to the newly created role of senior director of professional education and key opinion leader strategy.
Dentists should beware of phishing emails mimicking the Small Business Administration's COVID-19 relief webpage, according to the California Dental Association.
A 28-year-old man was arrested for allegedly altering checks he received for construction work at the office and home of a Virginia dentist, according to Alexandria Now.
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Newport Beach, Calif.-based Planet DDS has acquired Apteryx Imaging, a Canada-based dental software and hardware services provider.
Sales at Align Technology, maker of Invisalign teeth straighteners, dropped 41 percent in the second quarter of 2020.
A traveling oral surgeon living in Pennsylvania allegedly altered patient medical records of drug usage to conceal her own personal drug use, according to the Bucks County Courier Times.
A Virginia dentist who was the subject of a WTVR investigation after a whistleblower alleged unsanitary conditions has to pay $5,000 to the Virginia Board of Dentistry.
As dental professionals it is imperative that we collaborate with others outside of dentistry to achieve optimal health for our patients—and to change the perception of dentistry from non-essential to essential.