Dentists

The Wisconsin Legislature's budget writing committee voted June 15 to increase Medicaid reimbursements for low-income dental services in the state's 2021-23 budget.

Dental offices in Pennsylvania are struggling with pandemic-related stress such as reduced staff, fewer patients and increased costs, The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

The Dental Commission indefinitely suspended the license of Luke Edward St. Marie, DDS, in an April 2021 agreed order, according to a June 16 news release from the Washington State Department of Health.

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has filed new claims against a dentist, alleging he charged patients for missed and canceled appointments.

The Los Angeles County District Attorney has charged a dentist with nine counts of sexual abuse.

From awards and mergers to criminal sentencings, here are six dentists making headlines this week:

The Wisconsin Legislature is considering bills that would authorize dental therapists and auxiliaries in the state.

A recently passed New Mexico mandate will require students who relocate to the state or are transferring to a new district or charter school to have had a dental exam within the past year before enrollment.

Edwardsville-based Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine Dean Bruce Rotter, DMD, announced his retirement June 11, effective December 2021.

Martinsville, Va., dentist James Jordan, DDS, died June 9 of complications from COVID-19 at the age of 61, reports the Martinsville Bulletin.