Here are six dental industry updates that have taken place in California in December:
1. Classic Dental Smiles of Rancho Bernardo in San Diego expanded its office to enhance patient care.
2. Aamir Wahab, DDS, was sentenced to three years in prison for his participation in a scheme to defraud the NBA Players' Health and Welfare Benefit Plan.
3. Irving, Texas-based U.S. Oral Surgery Management expanded its network in California.
4. The law firm Lynch Carpenter began investigating claims against Delta Dental of California related to a recent data breach.
5. Chicago-based Aspen Dental opened an office in San Luis Obispo, Calif.
6. Alireza Moheb, DMD, was sentenced to one year of federal supervised release for providing drug dealers with prescriptions for opiate painkillers in exchange for cocaine.