Dentists

Here are 10 dentists propelling the dental industry forward through leadership moves and other accomplishments:

A car crashed into Academy Kids Dental & Vision in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Aug. 4, injuring two employees, CBS affiliate KKTV reported.

DirectDental and Kleer partnered to provide their services to dental practices across the country. 

Chief clinical officers are crucial for the support of dental professionals at companies serving the industry, including DSOs, suppliers and technology organizations.

Of the dentists surveyed, 53 percent do not offer employees at their practice health insurance, according to the American Dental Association.

Bruce Smoler, DDS, owner of Smoler Smiles in Westland, Mich., completed his own implant procedure using the Yomi Robotic Dental System. 

A multi-office oral surgery group acquired a New Jersey dental practice, and five other dental mergers and acquisitions that took place in July: 

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.