Sixty-one percent of dentists reported patient volume lower than their pre-pandemic level during the week of Nov. 2, according to the American Dental Association's latest iteration of its COVID-19 economic impact survey.
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New Hampshire dental offices are unlikely to suspend nonessential care again even as COVID-19 cases continue to surge at alarming rates, New Hampshire Dental Society Director Michael Auerbach said in a Nov. 12 Concord Monitor report.
New York City-based NYU College of Dentistry on Nov. 12 opened a new practice in City Point, a commercial and residential complex in downtown Brooklyn.
The American Dental Association vows to advocate for dentists' best interest, which often involves urging the federal government to adopt policies that serve them.
The American Dental Association joined more than 60 organizations in an effort to prohibit menthol-flavored tobacco products, as the flavoring increases the number of Americans who make themselves susceptible to smoking-related oral health issues.
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Customer satisfaction with dental plans decreased slightly in 2020, influenced mainly by declining satisfaction with reimbursement and customer service, according to consumer insight firm J.D. Power's annual dental plan satisfaction report.
Though most Medicaid dental providers do honest and ethical work, Medicaid fraud is one of the most lucrative business models in U.S. dentistry, according to a report published Nov. 5 in the Journal of Insurance Fraud in America.
A man who operated a makeshift dental clinic out of his home in Sterling, Va., since 2016 is facing more criminal charges, according to local NBC affiliate WDVM.
Investors are hopeful more patients will soon resume scheduling nonessential procedures after Pfizer said its COVID-19 vaccine was 90 percent effective in preventing the disease, according to a Nov. 9 Bloomberg report.
From a Georgia dentist helping save a man from a burning vehicle outside his practice to five dentists being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, here are the dentists making headlines in the past seven days.