Dentists

From compensation to staffing challenges, here are six things to know about the current dental hygienist landscape:

Below are 10 dentists changing the dental industry:

Amherst, N.Y.-based Daemen University is partnering with Todd Shatkin, DDS, to open a dental school that will alleviate a shortage of dental professionals in the area, Buffalo News reported April 4.

Dental practice schedules in the U.S. were 88 percent full in March, the highest rate seen so far this year, according to a recent poll by the American Dental Association. 

A Pennsylvania dentist hit with a $30,000 penalty and six other dentists who made headlines last week:

A comparison of the average dentist salary to annual household income drew the most attention in March.

Here are nine mergers and acquisitions that took place in the dental industry during the first three months of 2021:

A Georgia woman who stole more than $240,000 from nonprofits, a local dental office and the Georgia Dental Society has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison.

Butler, Pa.-based solo dental practitioner Donald Brockley, DMD, agreed to pay $30,000 and take corrective actions to comply with HIPAA's right-of-access standard after failing to provide a patient with a copy of their medical record, according to a March 28…

Northcutt Dental-Fairhope (Ala.) agreed to take corrective action and pay $62,500 to settle potential HIPAA Privacy Rule violations after disclosing patients' protected health information to a campaign manager and a third-party marketing company hired to assist with a state Senate…