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.
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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.
Five dentists were elected to Congress Nov. 3, as reported by the Advisory Board and the American Dental Association.
A New Jersey dentist faces up to three years in prison for failing to report more than $114,500 from his practice's income, reports NJ.com.
Staff members at Midway (Ga.) Family Dental are being credited with saving a man's life after two vehicles collided in front of the practice Nov. 4, according to local Fox affiliate WTGS.
From appointments to retirements to deaths, here are the leadership changes Becker's Dental Review has reported since Sept. 1.