The American Dental Association, while in support of the HHS decision to appoint a chief dental officer at CMS, sent a letter questioning if the position is exclusive to CMS.
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Oral medicine has been recognized as the 11th dental specialty, according to the American Dental Association.
Here's the latest roundup of dentists making headlines.
Estes Park, Colo.-based Elk Ridge Dentistry began notifying 2,793 patients March 2 that their information may have been exposed after a hard drive was stolen.
A new lawsuit claims a New York City-based dentist "had a habit of exposing himself to the young female interns in his dental office," over a decade ago, according to SI Live.
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Align Technology announced March 4 that it as entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Exocad for approximately $420 million in cash.
A Glendale, Calif., resident was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for impersonating dentists and swindling banks out of $2.1 million, according to a news release from the Department of Justice.
Nashville, Tenn.-based SmileDirectClub announced its approval March 4 of the American Association of Dental Boards' state-level examples of teledentistry regulations.
East Syracuse, N.Y.-based Aspen Dental is opening a new practice in St. Johns, Fla., a dental health professional shortage area, on March 5.
A man in Jacksonville, Fla., was arrested March 4 and charged with practicing dentistry without a license, according to local news station Action News Jax.