1. Veronica Thompson, DDS, may lose her license after a patient receiving a dental cleaning died in her care.
2. Phillip Devore, DDS, former leader of the UNLV Dental Faculty Practice, allegedly billed patients for expensive surgical tooth extractions three times more often than simple extractions.
3. East Syracuse, N.Y.-based Aspen Dental opened a new practice in Mount Pleasant, S.C., a dental health professional shortage area, which is led by Joseph Adams, DMD.
4. Phil Wenk, DDS, CEO and president of Delta Dental of Tennessee, announced the dental insurer donated $563,000 to East Tennessee dental clinics.
5. Richard Rolle, DDS, is still practicing even after several patients filed complaints against him and a dental tool was found embedded in one patient’s gum.
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