A pair found guilty of wire fraud against a Fort Wayne, Ind., dental practice have been sentenced to prison and ordered to pay $2.9 million in restitution, according to the Department of Justice.
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The Howard University School of Dentistry in Washington, D.C., has received a $500,000 gift from dental insurance company United Concordia's Dental Charitable Fund, according to a July 22 report from The Washington Informer.
The Fort Peck Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes in Montana recently declared a state of emergency due to a lack of dental care, according to a July 22 Billings Gazette article.
Marietta, Ga.-based Chattahoochee Technical College's new degree program is working to train new dental assistants to reduce the current workforce shortage.
A Pennsylvania dentist acquitted of tax fraud has filed a federal lawsuit claiming his constitutional rights were violated and that he was maliciously prosecuted when he was charged in 2016.
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San Diego-based Howard Healthcare Academy recently received accreditation from the Commission of the Council on Occupational Education, according to a July 22 press release.
A Detroit-based lawyer is suing Michigan's prison system on behalf of prisoners who say they are unable to receive adequate dental care, according to a July 22 NBC News report.
The American Dental Association is no longer financially backing Rep. Paul Gosar, DDS, R-Ariz., reports The Arizona Republic.
The Lake County (Ill.) State’s Attorney’s Office and the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation are investigating a patient's death after being treated at Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons of Lake County in Gurnee, Ill.
Up to 1,500 small to midsize businesses have been affected by a ransomware attack targeting Kaseya VSA, a software management company, according to a July 4 news release from the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and FBI.