Carla Trost, a dental hygienist who worked at Hanover Family Dentistry in Mechanicsville, Va., for 18 years, was fatally shot after she and her husband interrupted a burglary at their home, police told the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
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William George, DDS, was put on probation by the Iowa Dental Board for failing to include periodontal charting in patients' dental records.
From COVID-19 violations to manslaughter charges, here are the dentists making headlines in the past week.
A Tennessee dentist died Dec. 23 after suffering severe injuries from a skiing accident, reports WJHL.
A Louisiana dentist has been arrested for allegedly shooting his wife, reports ABC affiliate KNOE-TV.
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The National Council of Insurance Legislators adopted the NCOIL Transparency in Dental Benefits Contracting Model Act, according to a Dec. 27 news release.
Arthur Bushel, DDS, who taught at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and was an expert of fluoridation, died at age 99, according to a Dec. 26 obituary from The Baltimore Sun.
President Donald Trump granted a full pardon to Alfonso Costa, DMD, a former Pittsburgh dentist who pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud.
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey released a Dec. 21 advisory after receiving multiple concerns from dental patients about surcharges related to COVID-19.
Dental industry stats and COVID-19 news dominated the news cycle in 2020.