Dentists

Ed Choate, CEO of Delta Dental of Arkansas, is set to retire in January, 2022, according to a Jan. 21 news release.

Jason White, DDS, has been charged by the state of Texas with sexual performance by a child, along with facing a federal charge of receipt and distribution of child pornography, reports KCBD.

Mercy Life West Philadelphia opened a new dental suite in partnership with the University of Pennsylvania Penn Dental Medicine, according to a Jan. 14 news release.

Morrisville, N.C.-based DDS Dentures + Implant Solutions rebranded seven Texas locations, according to a Jan. 19 news release.

Thomas Schneider Jr., DDS, was named president-elect of the Chicago Dental Society, according to a Jan. 20 announcement in the Daily Herald.

Two dentists discussed some of the implications President Joe Biden's presidency will have for the dental industry.

Orthodontic and dental marketing company Kaleidoscope hired Ted Teele as CEO, according to a Jan. 20 news release.

A 7-year-old girl's heart stopped during a Jan. 8 routine tooth removal, and she died six days later, reports The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

From an FBI raid to thought leadership in the dental industry, here are the dentists making headlines in the past week:

Former California Dental Association President Charles Wilson, DDS, died Dec. 23 at 96, according to a Jan. 14 announcement from the organization.