Four dental researchers at Aurora-based University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine received four grants totaling more than $2.5 million to advance their analysis of cleft lip and palate and frontonasal dysplasia.
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A Washington dental clinic will pay a patient $45,000 and install new procedures to resolve a complaint over an alleged American Disabilities Act violation.
Chicago Heights, Ill.-based Prairie State College reopened its dental hygiene clinic after making renovations.
A South Dakota dental clinic is opening a new facility to meet patient demand, Dakota News Now reported Oct. 17.
The Organized Dentistry Coalition recently expressed their support for a bipartisan oral health literacy bill that would establish an education campaign to promote oral health literacy among at-risk populations.
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According to the American Dental Association's "Dental Workforce Shortages" report, 57.5 percent of the dentists surveyed said the most challenging aspect of recruiting dental assistants was a lack of applicants or shortage.
An estimated 3.75 percent of dental hygienists voluntarily left the workforce in 2021, according to the American Dental Association's "Dental Workforce Shortages" report.
A Pennsylvania dentist pleaded guilty and was sentenced to probation for refusing to keep adequate records related to prescriptions for schedule II controlled substances.
A new executive for the American Dental Association and two other dentists who have made headlines since Oct. 13:
Dallas-based Mint Dentistry will open its first Chicago area office Oct. 21.