Author: Cameron Cortigiano

A 32-year-old Los Angeles man was arrested for pretending to be a dental hygienist, according to an Aug. 30 report by The Rogersville Review. 

With Kentucky's recent Medicaid expansion to cover dentures for adult patients, dentists in the state are having trouble keeping up with demand, according to an Aug. 30 report by The Sentinel Echo.

Four Corners Property Trust acquired three newly built properties, one of which is an Aspen Dental, for $5.2 million. 

Irving, Texas-based Specialized Dental Partners added eight practices in the past two months, according to posts from its LinkedIn page. 

Cortino Sukotjo, DDS, PhD, and Christos Takoudis, PhD, researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago, have partnered to create a new bone regrowth material. 

Geelsu Hwang, PhD, a researcher at Philadelphia-based Penn Dental Medicine, received a $2.6 million grant to develop dental implant technology. 

Sutton Dental in Bridgeport, Conn., supported by Benevis, reopened with the addition of a full-time dentist. 

Dental supplier Patterson Cos. reported $567.3 million in net dental sales during its 2024 fiscal first quarter, which ended July 29, according to its Aug. 30 financial report. 

Dallas-based MB2 Dental recently opened its 600th practice, Highland Creek Family Dental in South Lafayette, Ind.

Delta Dental of Tennessee CEO Phil Wenk, DDS, is set to retire at the end of 2023.