Dentists

Here are four company partnerships taking place in the dental industry from the last 30 days: 

 Batesville, Ark.-based Lyon College was recently approved to offer a doctor of medical dentistry by the Higher Learning Commission Institutional Actions Council, Talk Business & Politics reported Nov. 22. 

Research from a team at the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine Center for Craniofacial Regeneration is headed to the International Space Station as part of a project to examine how stem cells behave in space, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette…

Several lawmakers recently sent a letter to the president of the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry asking for alleged racist remarks and actions to be addressed, the Chicago Tribune reported Nov. 21. 

A West Virginia dental practice is slated to reopen at a new location in April after its original site was destroyed in a fire, The Intelligencer and Wheeling News Register reported Nov. 19.

A Maryland dentist sentenced to prison for conspiracy to commit mail fraud and healthcare fraud and three other dentists who have made headlines since Nov. 17:

Almost half of the world's population suffers from oral diseases, according to a new report from the World Health Organization. 

A Texas dentist recently pleaded guilty to wire fraud charges for using his dental business to illegally obtain COVID-19 relief loans. 

A Maryland dentist has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit mail fraud and healthcare fraud. 

Here are four dental practices that have recently opened that Becker's has reported on since Oct. 31: