Author: Ariana Portalatin

TempStars has launched its services in Chicago, the dental hiring company said Oct. 25.

A dentist was installed as president of an Arkansas dental board, and two other dentists made headlines last week:

The Arkansas State Board of Dental Examiners has installed Matthew McDonough, DDS, as president for 2021-22, the Jonesboro Sun reported Oct. 22.

The Illinois State Dental Society is warning local offices of a phone scam in which dental offices are called by people posing as officials working for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the dental group said Oct. 22.

Irving, Texas-based U.S. Oral Surgery Management recently added its first Virginia practice to its network.

The American Dental Association installed its new president, and Western Dental appointed its executive vice president and chief financial officer.

Imagen Dental Partners expanded into Georgia with the addition of Smile Moore Dentistry to its network, the Scottsdale, Ariz.-based dental partnership organization said Oct. 22.

The West Virginia University School of Dentistry in Morgantown is using a $50,000 grant to expand its pediatric dental clinic and launch a residency program to expand care in the state, the Morgantown News reported Oct. 22.

A team of researchers at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry in Ann Arbor have created an algorithm to predict treatment outcomes for patients with peri-implantitis, according to an Oct. 22 university blog post.

Survey results published in the Journal of the American Dental Association Oct. 21 show a large number of dentists continue to prescribe opioids despite knowing effective alternatives.