Dentists

The University of Maryland School of Dentistry in Baltimore and the Saint Louis (Mo.) University School of Medicine have been granted $5.3 million to study the treatment and prevention of migraines, the dental school said Jan. 10.. 

The number of female and minority residents from orthodontics programs has increased by 30.3 percent and 4.3 percent from 1990 to 2020, respectively, according to data from the American Dental Association Health Policy Institute.

The new dean of the University of Iowa College of Dentistry in Iowa City and six other dentists made headlines last week:

Three dental practices in Massachusetts have come together to form Beyond Dental Health, a practice with a focus on whole body health.  

Jason White, DDS, has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for production of child pornography, KCBD, an NBC affiliate, reported Jan. 6.

William Gardner, DDS, is currently protesting his license revocation, but new criminal case filings allege he has still been seeing patients, according to a Jan. 5 report from NBC's KOB 4.

The number of CODA-accredited advanced education in general dentistry programs in the U.S. rose quickly since being recognized in 1981, starting with four programs that year and leaping to 93 by 2020, according to data published in January 2022 by…

A local Washington news station posted an article urging readers to direct dentists to the Winthrop, Wash., area after the retirement of longtime dentist Stephen Harrop, DDS.

A Kansas dentist who joined Tempe, Ariz.-based Gen4 Dental Partners and 13 other dentists made headlines last week. 

Tempe, Ariz.-based Gen4 Dental Partners has acquired Accelerate Dental.