Dentists

The American Dental Association urged two federal organizations to make moves benefiting oral health in the U.S., and two other federal government updates dating back to Aug. 4:

A Georgia dental practice will likely need to be rebuilt after a fire caused extensive damage to the building, 13WMAZ reported Aug. 15.

E. Dianne Rekow, DDS, PhD, a leader in the development of digital dentistry and board member at Henry Schein, has died. 

Kansas City (Mo.) University's upcoming dental school was recently awarded a $1.5 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration.

The East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine recently awarded Michael Webb, DDS,  its Jasper L. Lewis Jr. Distinguished Professorship in Pediatric Dentistry.

An Illinois dentist filed a lawsuit in federal court against the village of Hoffman Estates after his proposal to rezone residential property for a dental office was denied, the Daily Herald reported Aug. 9.

David Brooks, DMD, of Brookside Dental in Orem, Utah, is the first dentist in the state to use the Yomi Robotic Dental System for dental implant surgery, the Daily Herald reported Aug. 9.

Some of the most-read dental stories reported by Becker's so far this year covered salary, workplace violence, staffing and supply chain shortages. 

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita recently finalized a $2 million settlement with ImmediaDent of Indiana, a former chain of dental clinics accused of charging patients for treatments that were not administered. 

A Michigan dentist who used a robot to place his own dental implant and 21 other dentists who made headlines last week: