Author: Ariana Portalatin

Senators Bernie Sanders and Jeff Merkley have introduced legislation to make medical, nursing and dental schools tuition free and to expand the healthcare workforce.  The Health Care Workforce Expansion Act would make nonprofit dental schools tuition free for students who…

Southlake, Texas-based Allied OMS has appointed Bill Murray as its next CFO. Mr. Murray has over 25 years of experience in financial transactions, healthcare operations and international management, according to a news release from the company. He was most recently…

Chicago-based Aspen Dental partnered with Forward Science, an oral health-focused biotechnology company, to add PerioStōm, a non-drug periodontal therapy to its practices.  PerioStōm is an FDA-approved treatment that aims to improve patient recovery and outcomes after scaling and root planing…

A Missouri dentist who was charged earlier this year with drug trafficking and unlawful use of a weapon was ordered by a judge to shut down his practice, fourstateshomepage.com reported Sept. 26.  John Joseph, DDS, was arrested in March for…

Workforce shortages are a long-standing challenge facing dentistry, affecting practices’ ability to treat more patients. Four dentists recently spoke with Becker’s to share how staff shortages are affecting their practices this year: Note: Responses were lightly edited for clarity and…

More than 146,000 Florida residents visited emergency departments for preventable dental conditions in 2024, according to data provided by the Well Florida Health Planning Council and Floridians for Dental Access. Six notes:  1. The number of Florida residents who visited…

Preventive dental care utilization has rebounded back to pre–pandemic levels, according to a new Delta Dental report. Delta Dental compared quarterly procedure volumes between 2017 and 2019 to those between 2020 to 2023.  The data shows that preventive and diagnostic…

There are 5,685 endodontists in the U.S., according to new data from KFF. KFF recently updated its database of professionally active dentists in the U.S. Here are the number of endodontists in each state: State Number of endodontists Alabama 58…

There are 10,830 orthodontists in the U.S., according to new data from KFF. KFF recently updated its database of professionally active dentists in the U.S. Here are the number of orthodontists in each state: State Number of orthodontists Alabama 130…

There are 7,424 oral surgeons in the U.S., according to new data from KFF. KFF recently updated its database of professionally active dentists in the U.S. Here are the number of oral surgeons in each state: State Number of oral…