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Georgia dentist Heavenly Kimes, DDS, recently performed free oral surgery for Miracle Boyd, an 18-year-old activist whose front teeth fell out after she was struck in the face by a Chicago police officer during a protest, according to Atlanta Fox…

Eleven new complaints and one lawsuit have been filed against Sam Wise, DDS, who has faced much criticism since taking over his Longview, Wash.-based practice in 2019, according to The Daily News.

Here's this week's roundup of dentists making headlines.

A car plowed into a Hawthorne, Calif.-based dental office after hitting a fire hydrant July 22, resulting in one hospitalization, according to Daily Breeze.

Clear aligner therapy company OrthoFX raised $13 million to roll out a new digital care platform, a dentist-centric financial model and emergency aligners.

As dental practices reopen to treat nonemergency patients, some dentists may feel overwhelmed navigating the process of COVID-19 infection control compliance. Dentists have been inundated with mandates, guidelines and recommendations outlining the measures to take regarding personal protective equipment, procedural…

Southcentral Foundation, an Anchorage, Alaska-based nonprofit healthcare provider, fired three dentists after conducting an investigation of their record falsifications, according to Alaska Public Media.

COVID-19 contractions that occur in California dental practices must be reported to the state's division of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration if the illness falls under the agency's serious illness reporting regulation.

Lexington-based University of Kentucky College of Dentistry has named Jeffrey Okeson, DMD, its dean, a decision made July 8 but still awaiting approval from the university's board of trustees.

A lawsuit dealing with a January 2019 ransomware incident at Boaz, Ala.-based Sarrell Regional Dental Center for Public Health has been dismissed by a federal judge due to lack of evidence that data was misused.