Dentists

Tom Jacobsen, DDS, recently retired after more than 50 years in the dental industry, kcaw.org reported Dec. 18. 

A dental clinic owner in Kenai, Alaska, has been sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison for bankruptcy fraud.

Mark Oppenheim, DMD, MD, and Brad Schafer, DDS, have opened an oral and maxillofacial surgery practice.

Here are more than 200 dentists who have made headlines this year:

Cranston (R.I.) Cosmetic Dentistry has expanded with the addition of Elite Dentistry of Rhode Island. 

John Bruce, DDS, a dentist at Dunwoody (Ga.) Family & Cosmetic Dentistry, has retired after 47 years in the dental industry.

A Florida dentist was sentenced to two years in prison after being found guilty of tax evasion.

Georgia had a positive net migration of new dentists from 2019 to 2022, with a net migration rate of 8.6%, according to the American Dental Association.

The University of Utah School of Dentistry is creating an admissions program to increase the number of dentists in rural communities.

Breanna Barnes, DMD, recently opened the first pediatric dental office in Fairview, Tenn., the Williamson Herald reported Dec. 13.