4 dental legal battles in 5 weeks

From patent infringement to fraud, here are four dental legal battles Becker's has reported on since Nov. 2:

1. Washington, D.C., Attorney General Karl Racine filed a lawsuit against teledentistry company SmileDirectClub for allegedly misleading customers and suppressing negative information about its products with restrictive nondisclosure agreements.

2. Dental software company DentalMonitoring filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Invisalign manufacturer Align Technology.

3. A Maryland dentist was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit mail fraud and healthcare fraud.

4. An Illinois dentist was sentenced to two and a half years in federal prison for orchestrating a $1.2 million fraud scheme.

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