Dentists

The Lighthouse Free Medical Clinic, which is run by medical students from the University at Buffalo (N.Y.), has expanded to provide dental care services.

The University of Pikeville and High Point University have made several moves this year to prepare for the opening of their dental schools.

Here are five updates on the dentistry landscape in Michigan that Becker's has reported on since July 13:

Dentists affiliated with a DSO and dentists in private practice have similar levels of confidence in the economic recovery of the dental industry and their dental practice, according to a poll from the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute.

Several dental companies have experienced cyberattacks this year.

Several dentists have recently been honored for demonstrating excellence in their fields.

The American Dental Association and the American Association for Dental, Oral & Craniofacial Research announced three dentists as winners of the Evidence-Based Dentistry Faculty & Practice Awards. 

Birmingham, Ala.-based Just Kids Dental recently experienced a cyberattack affecting 129,463 people. 

Javad Aghaloo, DDS, a dentist in San Diego, and Theresa Flores, his practice manager, pleaded guilty to Medicare fraud. 

Here are four updates in the oral surgery field that have taken place since Aug. 7: