From DSO expansions to hurricane assistance, here are five dental updates from Florida that Becker's has reported on since Sept. 27:

A new dental clinic in Kingsport, Tenn., could lead to a dental school to increase dental care access in the state, WJHL reported Oct. 18.

Four dental researchers at Aurora-based University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine received four grants totaling more than $2.5 million to advance their analysis of cleft lip and palate and frontonasal dysplasia. 

A Washington dental clinic will pay a patient $45,000 and install new procedures to resolve a complaint over an alleged American Disabilities Act violation. 

Chicago Heights, Ill.-based Prairie State College reopened its dental hygiene clinic after making renovations.

A South Dakota dental clinic is opening a new facility to meet patient demand, Dakota News Now reported Oct. 17. 

The Organized Dentistry Coalition recently expressed their support for a bipartisan oral health literacy bill that would establish an education campaign to promote oral health literacy among at-risk populations. 

According to the American Dental Association's "Dental Workforce Shortages" report, 57.5 percent of the dentists surveyed said the most challenging aspect of recruiting dental assistants was a lack of applicants or shortage.

An estimated 3.75 percent of dental hygienists voluntarily left the workforce in 2021, according to the American Dental Association's "Dental Workforce Shortages" report.

A Pennsylvania dentist pleaded guilty and was sentenced to probation for refusing to keep adequate records related to prescriptions for schedule II controlled substances.