Minnesota will use a newly established fund to reimburse patients of a shuttered dental practice, Woodbury News Net reported March 9. Marko Kamel, DDS, was the owner of Woodbury (Minn.) Dental Arts. The Minnesota Board of Dentistry temporarily suspended Dr.…
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Two founders of a dental practice network and an employee have been convicted of conspiracy and fraud charges. Bhaskar Savani, DMD, and Arun Savani operated several dental practices throughout Pennsylvania as part of a criminal enterprise dubbed “the Savani Group,”…
Minneapolis-based University of Minnesota has requested $100 million in funding from the state to upgrade and expand its dental school. The funding would be used to partially renovate the Malcolm Moos Health Sciences Tower by building modern dental clinical spaces…
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Ketan Sukkawala, DDS, a pediatric dentist in College Station, Texas, filed a CON application for a dental ambulatory surgery center in Hartford, Conn., according to a March 9 news release from Hartford Business Journal. The ASC will specialize in general…
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An Alabama dentist was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to intentionally causing an explosion at his dental practice to collect insurance money. Douglas O’Connor, DMD, was charged in January with second-degree arson and first-degree insurance fraud.…
Dental supply company Henry Schein has opened a training facility for dental-medical integration in Southlake, Texas. The Dallas Discovery Center includes areas to demonstrate a fully equipped exam room, laboratories, an ambulatory surgery center site, a dental equipment showroom and…
El Paso-based Texas Tech Hunt School of Dental Medicine is launching an oral and maxillofacial surgery residency program. High Desert Oral and Facial Surgery in El Paso, Texas, committed $250,000 to establish the High Desert Oral and Facial Surgery Endowed…
A California oral and maxillofacial surgery practice recently suffered a cybersecurity incident potentially involving patient information. Tieu Dental Corporation, which has locations in Campbell and Morgan Hill, Calif., said in a website notice March 5 that an unauthorized actor accessed…
The Virginia Board of Dentistry has denied a request to reinstate the license of a dentist who was convicted of taking part in an opioid fraud scheme, CBS affiliate WTKR reported March 5. Gary Hartman, DDS, was accused of leading…