Author: Ariana Portalatin

Here are seven dental industry updates in Florida that have taken place since Oct. 23:

An Arizona dentist's license has been suspended after he allegedly used household pliers to remove a patient's tooth, ABC 15 reported Nov. 25. 

A man was found dead of a gunshot wound inside of a car that crashed into Cane Ridge Dentist Nov. 24, The Tennessean reported.

Here are six dental therapy updates that Becker's has covered in 2024:

Here are four dental practice closures and three reopenings that have taken place since Sept. 3: 

Supporters of the St. Mary Health Center Medical and Dental Clinic in Wilmington, N.C., protested the clinic's closure Nov. 24, WECT reported.

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, MD, PhD, has recommended against community water fluoridation due to the potential neuropsychiatric risk associated with fluoride exposure. 

An Oklahoma dental assistant is facing multiple charges for assaulting unconscious patients, KOKH reported Nov. 22.  

Dental sleep medicine-focused DSO ApZme has partnered with Nneka Obi, DDS, in Hackensack, N.J.

Preeti Nare, DDS, recently broke ground on a new dental office location in Suisun City, the Daily Republic reported Nov. 22.