Dentists

Here are six dentists who have recently been disciplined and hit with judgements in their respective states: 1. Paul Petrungaro, DDS, a former Illinois dentist whose license was placed on permanent inactive status in 2025, was sentenced to 18 months…

Waukesha, Wis.-based Community Smiles Dental is opening a new 12-chair dental clinic through an $8.2 million capital campaign, according to a Sept. 17 report from WisBusiness. The clinic will be located in Milwaukee and include 12 dental operatories with modern…

Independence (Mo.) Surgery Center will open Oct. 14. as the region’s first dental surgery center built specifically to serve Medicaid patients who need dental surgery under anesthesia, according to an email shared with Becker’s. The physician-led, single-specialty ASC was created…

Paul Petrungaro, DDS, a former Illinois dentist whose license was placed on permanent inactive status in 2025, has been sentenced to 18 months of court supervision and fined $1,500 for practicing dentistry without a license, FOX 32 Chicago reported Sept.…

Rural dental providers are facing compounding challenges making it more difficult to treat patients and operate their practices.  Here are three areas straining rural dental care access: Medicaid cuts Low Medicaid reimbursements are putting dentists in a tight financial position,…

The Virginia Commonwealth University Board of Visitors approved early-construction contracts worth $37 million for a 314,000-square-foot dental school, according to a Sept. 14 report from Richmond BizSense. The five-story building in Richmond, Va., will replace the School of Dentistry’s current…

A coalition of more than 40 healthcare organizations are urging Congress to advance legislation that would defer federal student loan interest for eligible physicians and dentists during required postgraduate training.  The Resident Education Deferred Interest Act would allow eligible borrowers…

Dental schools invested in infrastructure, research and access over the past 30 days — including by a $278 million UCSF expansion, AI-powered oral disease detection grants, new residency programs and clinic expansions in underserved regions. Here are 10 updates to…

Hawaii Family Dental, a 12-office practice, recently disclosed a data security incident in which an unauthorized individual used a compromised account to access patient information. The practice said it immediately secured its network and launched an investigation after discovering the…

The administrative office of Smileland Dental in Bakersfield, Calif., was heavily damaged in a fire, KGET reported Sept. 10. Dozens of firefighters were called to the scene around 7:30 a.m. local time on Sept. 10. No injuries were reported, and…