From awards and mergers to criminal sentencings, here are six dentists making headlines this week:
- Bruce Rotter, DMD, announced his retirement as dean of the Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine in Edwardsville, effective December 2021.
- Martinsville, Va., dentist James Jordan, DDS, died June 9 of complications from COVID-19.
- William Armstrong, DDS, announced in a May 26 Facebook post that his Elizabethton, Tenn.-based practice has merged with Kingsport, Tenn.-based Martin Dentistry.
- Rear Adm. Timothy Ricks, DMD, was announced as the next recipient of the American Dental Association's Distinguished Service Award.
- Former Illinois dentist James D'Alise was sentenced to 270 days in jail June 9 for practicing dentistry without a license.
- Retired dentist Bruce Baker, DMD, was sentenced June 7 to 15 months in prison for evading more than $644,000 in taxes.