Author: Staff

Nationwide, 5,807 oral surgeons are actively practicing, according to data from Kaiser Family Foundation.

A Kentucky dentist and office manager were charged with federal tax crimes after allegedly spending thousands of dollars on personal expenses and defrauding Internal Revenue Services, according to a Sept. 20 IRS news release cited by Fox affiliate WCHS-TV.

Nationwide, a total of 192,723 dentists are actively practicing, according to data from Kaiser Family Foundation.

Nationwide, 192,723 dentists are actively practicing, according to data from Kaiser Family Foundation.

The number of dentists reporting that their practice was open and operating as usual has been gradually declining over the last few months, according to poll findings from the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute.

Stephen Dargan, DDS, has been named president of the Maryland State Dental Association, according to Southern Maryland News.

Robin Cronin of Worcester, Mass., pleaded guilty Sept. 21 to participating in a scheme to defraud the state's Medicaid program, MassHealth.

Only about a third of dentists of all specialties are "very confident" in the recovery of the dental care sector, according to poll findings from the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute.

On Sept. 20, a judge accepted a production of child pornography plea deal from Jason White, DDS, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Texas cited by KLBK-TV.

Of all dentists, pediatric dentists were the least likely to report being paid in full for the week of Sept. 13, according to poll findings from the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute.