A Rhode Island dentist has filed a lawsuit against the state after he was ordered to stop seeing patients for defying the state's vaccination mandate for healthcare workers, NBC affiliate WJAR reported Feb. 4.
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A Springfield, Ill., dentist is facing an indictment over allegations that he tampered with drugs administered to patients, according to a Feb. 7 Justice Department news release.
A Chicago dentist and his practice filed a defamation lawsuit Feb. 4 against insurance company Humana.
In a 2021 survey conducted by the American Dental Education Association, dental students shared their top reasons for selecting a dental school.
Great Barrington, Mass.-based Community Health Programs launched a multi-year, $6 million project to increase dental care for Medicaid patients in Berkshire County The Berkshire Eagle reported Feb. 5.
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Dentists nationwide are increasingly turning away from opioids as a form of pain relief for patients as the effectiveness of alternatives become more known, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Feb. 7.
The dean of the Western University of Health Sciences College of Dental Medicine and seven other dentists in the news in the last week:
New Port Richey, Fla.-based SmileFaith Foundation invited dentists from around the country to restore veterans' smiles, according to a Feb. 4 ABC Action News WFTS Tampa Bay article.
Steven Friedrichsen, DDS, dean of the Western University of Health Sciences College of Dental Medicine in Pomona, Calif., will retire July 1.
The death of a Wilmington, N.C., cardiologist during a dental procedure has prompted the North Carolina Dental Board to consider changes to sedation protocols, according to a Feb. 3 WECT News 6 article.