A Texas dentist who is being held in jail amid child pornography charges was sued by a dental manufacturing company for missing payments, according to a Jan. 31 report from Everything Lubbock.
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A 7-year-old girl whose heart stopped during a routine tooth removal captured the attention of readers most this January.
A Tennessee dentist was arrested Jan. 26 on a sexual offense charge, radio station WRIL reports.
A group of dental hygienists filed a lawsuit Jan. 19 against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for its approval of changes to California's Medicaid plan.
Nashville-based Delta Dental of Tennessee appointed Melissa Huschke as COO, according to a Jan. 26 news release.
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Philadelphia-based Penn Dental Medicine is using a $50,000 donation to establish a fund with the goal of identifying LGBTQ-based biases in dentistry, according to a Jan. 20 news release.
The Georgia Board of Dentistry named Misty Mattingly, Boca Raton, Fla.-based Sage Dental Management's vice president of hygiene and operations, to its board, according to a Jan. 26 news release.
New York University College of Dentistry in New York City launched the NYU Dentistry Center for Oral Health Policy and Management, according to a Jan. 26 news release.
The Texas dentist charged with receipt and distribution of child pornography will remain in federal custody, a federal judge decided Jan. 25, reports KCBD.
From two dentists on what the Biden presidency means for the industry to new leadership named at the Chicago Dental Society, here are six dentists making headlines over the past week: