Dentists
The California Dental Association expressed its opposition to two ballot measures on California’s November general election ballot, according to a Sept. 9 news release from the CDA. Here are seven things to know:
Several dental organizations have launched initiatives aimed at enhancing medical-dental integration. Three updates: 1. Henderson, Nev.-based PDS Health and United Concordia Dental launched a saliva screening pilot designed to improve periodontal disease management and advance dental-medical integration. 2. Los Angeles-based…
The University of Iowa College of Dentistry is seeking permission from the Iowa Board of Regents for an $8.5 million to $10.5 million expansion of its research laboratory space. The university’s Dental Science Building, which has about 13,500 square feet…
MUSC Health Florence Medical Center is opening a dental clinic to expand services in the Pee Dee region of South Carolina, WPDE reported Sept. 8. The clinic will provide comprehensive dental care to patients across the region and is designed…
Sam Ramadan, DMD, has opened an endodontics practice in Branford, Conn. EndoCare Dental Specialists provides services including root canal treatment, endodontic retreatment, endodontic apical surgery, regenerative endodontics and dental trauma care, according to a Sept. 9 news release from the…
Researchers at three dental schools have recently been awarded grants totaling more than $9.5 million to advance oral health initiatives. Three updates: 1. Researchers at the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Eastman Institute for Oral Health received a five-year, $3.1 million…
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, Ill., was recently approved to receive $2 million in federal funding to support the development of a pediatric dental surgery clinic, WMBD Radio reported Sept. 8. The Dental Surgery Center will cost a…
The University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine received $17.75 million in new extramural research grant funding in fiscal year 2026 — the highest in its history. The dental school’s FY26 funding was also more than twice than what it…
President Donald Trump recently signed a resolution that extends federal agency funding at fiscal year 2026 levels through Dec. 11, including several programs that support oral health, dental research and the dental workforce. The Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027,…
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has sent the first round of refund checks to patients affected by the 2024 closure of Omega Dental Care in Eden Prairie. Annelle Soberay, DDS, closed Omega Dental Care in 2024 due to a medical…