About 75 people gathered at Iowa City-based University of Iowa College of Dentistry Jan. 29 to call for more action on diversity and equity, according to the Iowa City Press-Citizen.
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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.
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.
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Nashville-based Delta Dental of Tennessee appointed Melissa Huschke as COO, according to a Jan. 26 news release.
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.