Dental practices across the U.S. are reporting about 20 percent lower patient volume for 2020 compared to 2019, and practice owners may need to consider reducing payroll overhead cost for 2021, according to the California Dental Association.
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The dental industry sometimes witnesses its professionals committing insurance fraud — often through overtreatment, unnecessary sedation, upcoding tooth sealants to fillings or abusing so-called encounter fees.
Dentists have ethical obligations to not only care for patients but also serve the public at large, especially during a public health crisis, according to a new advisory opinion included in the American Dental Association's Principles of Ethics and Code…
A grand jury indicted a man who stands accused of operating a makeshift dental clinic out of his home in Sterling, Va., since 2016, on 15 charges, according to Loudoun Now.
The Delta Dental Institute on Dec. 14 launched a campaign urging federal health agencies to appoint oral health experts in leadership roles.
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From the Chicago Dental Society welcoming a new president to a lawsuit brought against a prison dentist alleging a botched procedure, here are the dentists making headlines in the past two weeks.
Crestwood, Ill.-based Aspen Dental Clinic is facing 11 lawsuits filed on behalf of people who say they have been recorded by two hidden cameras found in an employee bathroom, according to a Dec. 10 news release from Chicago-based Clifford Law…
The Dental AI Council opened membership Dec. 10, encouraging anyone who wishes to join to become a member of the nonprofit seeking to boost artificial intelligence's role in the dental industry.
The ADA wrote to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs supporting its interim final rule that will continue allowing its healthcare professionals to deliver services through the VA in states other than the one in which they are licensed, registered…
The Texas Dental Association has exclusively endorsed Bento, a modern alternative to traditional dental insurance, for its perks program.