Author: Ariana Portalatin

The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing and College of Dentistry are partnering to provide required health screenings for pediatric dental patients.

A pair found guilty of wire fraud against a Fort Wayne, Ind., dental practice have been sentenced to prison and ordered to pay $2.9 million in restitution, according to the Department of Justice.

Dental365 is being acquired by private equity firm The Jordan Company through its Resolute Fund, according to a July 26 press release.

The Howard University School of Dentistry in Washington, D.C., has received a $500,000 gift from dental insurance company United Concordia's Dental Charitable Fund, according to a July 22 report from The Washington Informer.

The Fort Peck Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes in Montana recently declared a state of emergency due to a lack of dental care, according to a July 22 Billings Gazette article.

Marietta, Ga.-based Chattahoochee Technical College's new degree program is working to train new dental assistants to reduce the current workforce shortage.

Nashville, Tenn.-based SmileDirectClub has joined a recently established nonprofit as a founding industry partner.

Consultation and investment firm Viper Equity Partners will offer a new program for dental practices seeking to join a DSO.

The American Dental Association recently wrote a letter to CMS asking for changes that would encourage more dentists to participate in the program, according to a July 22 news release.

A Pennsylvania dentist acquitted of tax fraud has filed a federal lawsuit claiming his constitutional rights were violated and that he was maliciously prosecuted when he was charged in 2016.