Dentists

A Pennsylvania dentist has been charged with sexual extortion after allegedly exposing himself and groping a woman at his practice, ABC affliate WNEP reported Aug. 2.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham and Huntsville, Ala.-based Oakwood University partnered to create the Early-Assurance Program to recruit Oakwood students interested in dentistry to the dental program at UAB. 

The Washington State Health Department has suspended a dentist's dental license and general  anesthesia permit for allegedly failing to document biological spore testing and missing emergency drugs. 

Maryland-based Olney Center for Maxillofacial Surgery is adding Carestream Dental’s CS 9600 CBCT scanner to its practice to assist with wisdom tooth removal procedures. 

The California legislature recently allocated money in its 2022-23 state budget for major investments affecting dentistry and oral health. 

A former New York dentist was sentenced to 45 days in jail for attempting to forcibly touch a patient.

A North Carolina dentist has pleaded guilty to tax fraud for filing a false tax return for her dental practice. 

A dentist who was arrested on charges of battery and 13 other dentists who have made headlines since July 28:

Charles Stamitoles, DDS, a Pensacola, Fla., dentist, has been arrested for the fourth time in just over two months, ABC affiliate WEAR-TV reported July 30.

Here are five updates on dentistry in New York that Becker's has reported on since July 6: