Author: Ariana Portalatin

Medical device company Align Technology has settled its patent infringement and antitrust litigation with dental supplier 3Shape.

A Springfield, Ill., dentist is facing an indictment over allegations that he tampered with drugs administered to patients, according to a Feb. 7 Justice Department news release.

A Chicago dentist and his practice filed a defamation lawsuit Feb. 4 against insurance company Humana.

Great Barrington, Mass.-based Community Health Programs launched a multi-year, $6 million project to increase dental care for Medicaid patients in Berkshire County The Berkshire Eagle reported Feb. 5.

Dentists nationwide are increasingly turning away from opioids as a form of pain relief for patients as the effectiveness of alternatives become more known, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Feb. 7. 

The dean of the Western University of Health Sciences College of Dental Medicine and seven other dentists in the news in the last week:

North American Dental Group's new chief development officer and two other dental leadership moves from last week:

Miami-based Guardian Dentistry Partners has added Matthews (N.C.) Family Dentistry to its network, the DSO said Feb. 4. 

Steven Friedrichsen, DDS, dean of the Western University of Health Sciences College of Dental Medicine in Pomona, Calif., will retire July 1.

Penn Dental Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia has added two resources to its teledentistry platform for patients with disabilities.