Ketan Sukkawala, DDS, a pediatric dentist in College Station, Texas, filed a CON application for a dental ambulatory surgery center in Hartford, Conn., according to a March 9 news release from Hartford Business Journal. The ASC will specialize in general…
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The New York State Dental Association is advocating for the state to create a dental loss ratio for dental insurers, according to a March 6 report from CBS affiliate 6 News. Currently, the organization is supporting a bill that would…
New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Premier Care Dental Management has partnered with two dental practices in Pennsylvania. The dental clinical organization added Lebanon Family Dental and Lebanon Dental Cornwall, both located in Lebanon, Pa., according to a March 9 news release…
Patients have greater demands from their dentist than ever, meaning practices have to spend more time building that initial rapport. Setting aside more time for each patient to ensure that they feel comfortable and answering each of their questions in…
Dental supply company Henry Schein has opened a training facility for dental-medical integration in Southlake, Texas. The Dallas Discovery Center includes areas to demonstrate a fully equipped exam room, laboratories, an ambulatory surgery center site, a dental equipment showroom and…
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El Paso-based Texas Tech Hunt School of Dental Medicine is launching an oral and maxillofacial surgery residency program. High Desert Oral and Facial Surgery in El Paso, Texas, committed $250,000 to establish the High Desert Oral and Facial Surgery Endowed…
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin has introduced the Promoting Dental Health Act to reauthorize funding for the CDC’s Oral Health Program for five years, according to a March 5 news release. Here are five things to know:
A bill in the Idaho House of Representatives aims to expand the scope of practice for dental hygienists in the state. House Bill 805 allows dental hygienists to perform all dental services within the hygienist’s education, training and experience, as…
A dentist and dental hygienist were found guilty of defrauding D.C. Medicaid of more than $4 million. Steven Price, DDS, operates the Washington Smile Center in Washington, D.C., where Keidi Moore worked as a dental hygienist. Between January 2017 and…
A bill that would authorize the creation of dental therapists in Florida has been postponed by the Florida Senate, according to a March 3 report from Florida Politics. The Florida House of Representatives passed House Bill 363 in an 80-29…