Author: Ariana Portalatin

From product launches to FDA clearances, here are six supply chain updates to know:

The Maryland Legislature is considering a bill that would add adult dental coverage to the state's Medicaid program, ABC affiliate WMDT reported Jan. 25. 

The dental workforce could see major changes in demographics and size over the next few years, according to several studies reported on by Becker's.

Washington legislators are considering a bill that would expand dental therapy in the state to reduce healthcare inequities, according to a Jan. 24 article from State of Reform.

The growing number of female dentists could diversify the workforce and improve care for underserved patients, according to a recent study by the Oral Health Workforce Research Center at the University at Albany of the State University of New York. 

Pacific Dental Services is partnering with Commonwealth Primary Care ACO to provide integrated medical-dental services for in-network patients. 

Benjamin Burris, DDS, was sentenced to a year in federal prison for his role in a corruption scheme involving a former state senator, the U.S. State's Attorney's Office for the Western District of Arkansas said Jan. 24. 

A new report published in the February issue of the Journal of the American Dental Association provides modifications for the provision of oral health treatment to patients with long COVID.

Nader Nadershahi, DDS, dean of the University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry in San Francisco, has been selected to serve on the Health Workforce Education and Training Council, the California Dental Association said Jan. 24. 

Here are 12 dentists who have made the news in the last week: