Dentists around the country are using the Yomi Robotic Dental System, the only FDA-cleared robot-assisted dental surgery system in the U.S.
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A car crashed into a Santa Clarita, Calif.-based dental center, causing the building to catch fire, hometownstation.com reported June 12.
Dentists' confidence in the economic recovery of the U.S. and dental practices dropped in May, according to a monthly poll by the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute.
The American Institute of Dental Public Health and CareQuest Institute for Oral Health praised the recent efforts of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt, to expand oral healthcare for veterans.
In response to two reform bills signed by Gov. Kevin Stitt, some dentists in Oklahoma have stopped accepting SoonerCare, the state's Medicaid program, Tahlequah Daily Press reported June 10.
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Two dentists who reached a dental procedure milestone and two other dentists who made headlines last week:
Leslie Fish, DDS, and LisaMarie Sarhangian, DDS, MD, have completed more than 1,500 dental implants with the Yomi robot at their practice, Fish and Sarhangian in Chandler, Ariz., Phoenix New Times reported June 10.
Abra Health, an integrated dental and medical provider, acquired a multispecialty dental practice in Kearny, N.J.
Dental hygienists remain one of the hardest to recruit positions in dentistry, according to the American Dental Association.
ArchPoint Oral & Maxillofacial and ArchPoint Implant Dentistry are among the first practices in Dallas that have used the Yomi robot for dental implant patient procedures, Dallas Innovates reported on June 9.