A new app will allow patients to order up dental service to be provided in their homes, technology blog KnowTechie reports.
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Amid national controversy for alleged Medicaid fraud and misconduct, Kool Smiles in Tupelo, Miss., has changed its name to Sunnybrook Dentistry in Mississippi, according to the Daily Journal.
Patients who undergo dental implant procedures may develop endocarditis, a heart infection caused by bacteria entering the bloodstream, according to local CBS affiliate WUSA9.
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The owner of Denver-based America's Children Dental Clinic is accused of submitting $400,000 in fraudulent Medicaid claims for three years, The Denver Post reports.
Two unlicensed Arizona dentists are accused of running a scheme that targeted an elderly man who underwent a botched dental procedure, according to local news broadcaster ABC 15.
Waltham, Mass.-based 42 North Dental has partnered with two-practice dental organization Southern Connecticut Dental Group.
Effingham, Ill.-based Heartland Dental opened a nonclinical support office in St. Louis.
Seattle-based Neighborcare Health warned 1,250 people who were treated at several of its dental clinics to get tested for hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV after staff failed to properly sterilize dental equipment at dozens of local schools, according to…