6 dentists making headlines

From a Japanese dentist using an in-mouth camera to reduce his exposure to aerosols to a Wyoming dentist facing three years of probation for releasing asbestos when renovating his office, here are the dentists making headlines this week.

  1. New York dentist Yanfang Ren, DDS, PhD, explained how his practice remained open for emergency services even when other practices had to shut down amid a statewide COVID-19 surge.

  2. Japanese dentist Hidehiro Fujie has been affixing a camera in patients' mouths during procedures to reduce his contact with aerosols amid the pandemic.

  3. Arthur Dugoni, DDS, the first and only person in the country to have a dental school named after them while holding the position of dean, died Sept. 23 in his Palo Alto, Calif., home at age 95.

  4. Kentucky dentist Wayne Mortenson, DMD, who founded Mortenson Dental Partners with his wife, retired from the DSO.

  5. Richard Cutler, DDS, was sentenced to probation for knowingly exposing workers to asbestos when he was renovating the building he now uses for his Cheyenne, Wyo.-based practice.

  6. The man who stabbed California dentist Xuan Liu, DDS, PhD, to death in 2015 was convicted of first-degree murder.

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