Dentists

The Pacific Dental Services Foundation awarded scholarships totaling $65,000 to dental assisting students. 

Multiple dental practice owners and co-conspirators were charged for allegedly taking part in a multifaceted racketeering conspiracy through a multistate network of dental practices and businesses.

A Massachusetts dentist recently pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $1.2 million from his employer and fraudulently obtaining government benefits in his employer's name. 

Rootstown-based Northeast Ohio Medical University received $2 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for its upcoming dental school.

A drunk driver crashed into Healthy Smiles Dentistry in Ocala, Fla., just after midnight on Monday, causing major damage to the dental office building, FOX 35 Orlando reported Jan. 24. 

Most private practice dentists' bonuses are paid out annually, while most corporate practice dentists' bonuses are paid out monthly, according to DentalPost's "2023 Dental Salary Survey" annual report.

Ageless Dental has entered an expansion deal with American Development Partners to open 750 clinics over the next 10 years. 

The UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry received a $9.8 million grant to study new painkiller medicines that could be alternatives to opioids.

Marquette University School of Dentistry in Milwaukee received a $1 million gift from the We Energies Foundation to increase scholarship funding and enhance its clinics. 

California, New York and Texas have the most active dentists in the U.S. Here are six dental updates from these states that Becker's has reported on since Jan. 9: