A grand jury indicted a man in Atlanta for performing cosmetic dental procedures without a dental license, according to a Dec. 11 report from WSB-TV 2 Atlanta. Brandon Dillard, who called himself a “top veneer specialist” was arrested in 2024…
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A dentist in Follansbee, W.Va., is planning to retire at the end of the year after more than 40 years of service, according to a Dec. 15 report from The Intelligencer. Michael Pipo, DDS, opened his first dental practice in…
Integrated oral healthcare provider Smile Generation and Delta Dental of Massachusetts are seeing early positive results for their saliva testing collaboration. The initiative offers chairside, saliva-based assessments to DDMA members at participating dental practices in Massachusetts. The saliva assessment measures…
A Texas man was given probation for practicing dentistry without a license, myrgv.com reported Dec. 9. Gerardo Casas, 50, pleaded guilty to three counts of dentistry act violations Dec. 8 and was sentenced to deferred adjudication. He also must pay…
The Department of Education will end the Saving on a Valuable Education program under a proposed settlement with the state of Missouri. Five notes: 1. SAVE is an income-driven repayment plan introduced in 2023 to cap monthly federal student loan…
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A federal appeals court has rejected a request for a decision that denied class certification in an ongoing antitrust case against Delta Dental, according to a Dec. 10 news release from the American Dental Association. Here are five things to…
Here are 10 updates on the advancement of integrated medical-dental care from this year: 1. PDS Health Technologies, part of Henderson, Nev.-based PDS Health, partnered with the University of Michigan School of Dentistry to implement Epic for integrated healthcare. 2.…
From DSOs to technology companies, here is how seven dental companies performed during the third quarter of 2025:
Here are 10 dental school updates Becker’s has reported on since October: 1. Dental school tuition has increased by 26.5% for residents and 18% for nonresidents since 2017, according to data from the American Dental Association. 2. PDS Health Technologies,…
The University of Florida College of Dentistry has broken ground on a multi-phase project to improve the college’s dental building in Gainesville, Fla. The project will add more than 100,000 square feet of teaching, research and patient care space, according…