Dentists

Dentists are warning against a TikTok trend in which users are shaving down their uneven teeth with nail files, according to Insider.

Privately insured dental services fell 75 percent in March and 79 percent in April compared to the same months in 2019, according to a study by nonprofit FAIR Health.

Louis Surace, DDS, a former Lockport, N.Y. pediatric dentist, will face a prison sentence of up to five years after pleading guilty Sept. 15 to sexually assaulting a girl, according to The Buffalo News.

Yogish Suvarna, chief information officer at Aspen Dental Management, an East Syracuse, N.Y.-based DSO with more than 800 practices across 41 states, recently shared his predictions for the future of health IT with Becker's.

The American Dental Association is facing challenges "unlike any other year," the ADA board of trustees said in August after voting on the 2021 budget proposal.

A North Carolina dental practice with about 13,000 existing patients has filed for Chapter 7 liquidation amid the pandemic, according to The Business Journals.

The American Dental Association established its support of a bill that would give a tax credit to dentists purchasing personal protective equipment to protect patients and staff against COVID-19 transmission.

An Alaska dentist who extracted a patient's tooth while on a hoverboard received a 12-year prison sentence for dozens of charges, according to the Anchorage Daily News.

The Coronavirus pandemic has led to a renewed focus of how we can keep ourselves, our families, and of course, our patients as healthy as possible. To reduce the spread of this dreaded disease, we wear masks to cover our…

The California Dental Association recently advised dentists on how to best handle procedures regarding employee COVID-19 testing and exposure.