Dentists

Henry Cherrick, DDS, an oral pathology leader who served as dean of two dental schools, died Jan. 24 at the age of 84. 

Arkansas is the state with the worst dental health and has 1,043 active general dentists, according to a ranking from dental provider Express Dentists and data from health policy nonprofit the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Connecticut is the state with the best dental health and has 1,981 active general dentists, according to a ranking from dental provider Express Dentists and data from health policy nonprofit the Kaiser Family Foundation.

National dental provider Express Dentist ranked Connecticut as the state with the best dental health and Arkansas as the state with the worst in a recent study. 

A Florida dentist facing several battery charges for inappropriately touching female patients and an employee was given four 60-day sentences, the Pensacola News Journal reported Jan. 28.

Here are 15 dentists who have made headlines since Jan. 23:

Five dentists making moves in the industry:

Stories about dental pay, insurers and legal battles were among the most-read stories covered by Becker's in January. 

A Nevada dentist recently pleaded guilty to failing to pay the IRS taxes withheld from employee wages. 

Here are 12 things to know about dentistry in Oregon: