Dentists

A group of healthcare organizations and experts sent a letter to Congress Aug. 3 asking for strengthened dental coverage under Medicare.

The Indiana University School of Dentistry in Indianapolis is seeing 61 percent female enrollment in its incoming class of dental students, WRTV reported Aug. 2.

Northwell Health's Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City recently named David Hirsch, MD, DDS, chair of its newly established department of oral and maxillofacial surgery.

The Organized Dentistry Coalition sent a letter July 30 to two congressional committees asking them to consider the Dental Loan Repayment Assistance Act in future tax legislation.

A Connecticut dentist was arrested Aug. 4 and is being accused of billing Medicaid for more than $200,000 in services he didn't perform, The New Haven Register reported Aug. 5.

Walter Lamacki, DDS, a former ADA trustee who served as president of the Chicago Dental Society, died July 27 at the age of 85.

From a lawsuit settlement to increasing oral healthcare access, here are seven dentists who made headlines this past week:

Portage, Mich., police officers arrested a man July 31 in connection with the death of a retired dentist, CW7 reported July 31.

A South Carolina dentist who served as the president of the state's dental association and the board of dentistry has died, The Gaffney Ledger reported July 30.

The University of Pennsylvania's School of Dental Medicine in Philadelphia is planning major projects to drive innovation in the oral health industry at its Center for Innovation and Precision Dentistry.