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Aura Family Dentistry in Simi Valley, Calif., became the 11th dental practice to accept Dentacoin and join the cryptocurrency’s network.

As of 2016, a majority of dentists, 24.4 percent, were between the ages of 55 and 64 years, according to the American Dental Association.

Here are five dentists making headlines.

Here are five dental service organizations making headlines.

Dentsply Sirona elected Donald Casey Jr. to serve as CEO, effective Feb. 12. He succeeds Mark Thierer, who has served as interim CEO since Sept. 28, 2017.

UC Los Angeles School of Dentistry received a $1.5 million donation from Delta Dental of California to launch a new program, according to the Daily Bruin.

Former Charleston, W. Va.-based Skaff Family Dentistry dentist Antione Skaff, DDS, plead guilty to healthcare fraud. He started his five year federal prison sentence in December 2017, the Charleston Gazette-Mail reports.

Atlanta-based Kool Smiles agreed to pay $23.9 million in a settlement with the Department of Justice for allegedly submitting false Medicaid claims, according to Frontline.

Claire VanLandingham, DMD, of Lovell Federal Health Care Center in North Chicago, died in what investigators believe was allegedly a domestic violence shooting. Investigators believe her boyfriend allegedly committed a murder-suicide, according to the Chicago Tribune.

In a recent interview with Becker’s Dental + DSO Review, Jason Goodchild, DMD, director of clinical affairs at Premier Dental, foreshadowed trends for 2018.