Dentists

Harvard School of Dental Medicine saw a 13 percent uptick in completed applications during this year's admissions cycle, according to The Harvard Crimson.

Mission Children's Dental, part of Asheville, N.C.-based HCA Healthcare, will transition to Blue Ridge Health effective April 1.

Of the 925 currently licensed dentists in Idaho, only 116 (12 percent) are women, reports ABC affiliate KIVI-TV.

The Mankato (Minn.) Department of Public Safety honored Drew Neumann, DDS, March 22 with the Medal of Valor, the city's highest honor, for saving a woman from a burning car, The Free Press reported.

The Oregon Dental Association, Oregon Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and Oregon Society of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons are opposing a proposal that would license dental therapists statewide, and are instead offering amendments to the bill, according to The Lund Report.

From new developments in ongoing lawsuits to one dentist's thoughts on teledentistry, here are the latest dentists making the news:

Four minors were arrested for allegedly breaking into a Michigan dental practice, reports ABC's WPBN.

A former dentist died March 15 after suffering injuries from a hit-and-run in Fremont, Calif., reports Fox affiliate KTVU.

A new affidavit has been filed in a $10 million lawsuit that accuses Jason White, DDS, of sexually abusing a Texas family's two children and using photos of them for a child pornography business, reports radio station KFYO.

A nationally representative survey of more than 1,000 U.S. adults showed 93% of Americans plan to visit their dentist this year, according to results published March 18 by Delta Dental Plans Association.