As with any service-oriented business, dental practices sometimes treat patients who behave in a hostile or abusive manner.
Dentists
Dental practices must adapt to pandemic conditions that require social distancing as the industry moves to consumer-based care.
From dentists warning patients about another dental TikTok trend to the Nevada Dental Association's president advocating for greater financial support for dental practices amid the pandemic, here are the dentists making headlines in the past week.
The American Dental Association has made results from its 2020 Survey of Dental Fees available.
Aspen Dental Management's acquisition of ClearChoice captured the attention of readers most this November.
Advertisement
Dentists are encouraging young people to do their research before acting on a new TikTok trend in which young influencers get their teeth shaved down to short pegs and fitted with crowns.
Dental practices should be considered hard-hit businesses amid the pandemic, according to a Nov. 25 editorial by Mark Funke, DDS, president of the Nevada Dental Association.
A Virginia dentist has received a nine-month prison sentence for failing to pay nearly $600,000 in taxes, according to NBC's WAVY-TV.
Steven Lepowsky, DDS, was appointed to a five-year term as the dean of the Farmington-based University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine.
The number of coronavirus cases are surging across the U.S., and dentists are prepared to continue treating patients, but they're concerned about safety and how more missed appointments could affect patient health.