Dentists

More than 40 percent of dentists indicated they were "somewhat confident" in the economic recovery of their dental practices and the dental care sector as a whole, according to a recent poll by the American Dental Association Health Policy Institute. 

Teresa Poorman-Maaske, DDS, retired from the Tooth Fairy Pediatric Dental Clinic in Kearney, Neb., according to a March 31 report by Kearney Hub.

Here are four acquisitions that took place in the dental industry in April:

A dentist in Florida who patients believed had gone missing was arrested on probation violation, according to a March 31 report by NBC News Channel 8.

The University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center School of Dentistry in Memphis received a $52.9 million grant to increase the number of dentists and access to dental care in the state. 

A car crashed into a California dental practice during the evening of March 31, onscene.tv reported April 2. 

Dental practice schedules were 86.3 percent full in March, according to a poll from the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute.

A California oral surgeon accused of sexually assaulting multiple patients has relinquished his license, NBC affiliate KCRA reported March 30. 

The Whitney M. Young Jr. Health Center in Albany, N.Y., received a $499,999 grant to create a dental residency program, according to a March 27 report by ABC News 10. 

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott appointed Chris Cramer, DDS, and reappointed Nancy Evans, DDS, and Amanda Richardson to the state's dental review board.