Patient volume at dental practices across the country is leveling off, but many dentists are still struggling financially, according to the American Dental Association Health Policy Institute's latest poll.
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Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealthcare has been awarded a seven-year contract to provide dental and vision benefits to federal employees.
Arthur Dugoni, DDS, the first and only person in the country to have a dental school named after them while holding the position of dean, died Sept. 23 in his Palo Alto, Calif., home at age 95, according to ADA…
Most California employers will have to alert employees of potential virus exposure within one business day and, if experiencing a COVID-19 outbreak, must now provide workers' compensation benefits, according to the California Dental Association.
From a New York dentist's alleged illegal opioid use to a California practice owner sharing his frustrations about the vandals who filled his office's water fountain with bubbles, here are the dentists making headlines this week.
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Bubbles in an outdoor water fountain is the latest instance of vandalism that has plagued a Salinas, Calif., cosmetic dental practice several times a month, according to local CBS affiliate KION.
Former family dentist Adam Slatniske, DMD, received a one-year prison sentence and must register as a sex offender after pleading guilty to a child pornography charge, according to Carroll County Times.
A New York dentist has been arrested for allegedly dispensing oxycodone without a legitimate medical purpose, according to a news release from the Northern District of New York's Department of Justice.
Texas Dentists for Medicaid Reform wrote a post on its website Sept. 23 pointing out that the state's HHS Office of Inspector General has given "a lion's share of attention" to dentists despite the many other Medicaid health professions represented…