Dentists

The pandemic accelerated many businesses' efforts to adopt digital payment methods, and consumer attitudes indicate they will continue to prefer these payment options long after social distancing subsides. According to the team at Rectangle Health, dental practices should implement digital…

Boston-based teledentistry company Virtudent entered a partnership in which it will offer its teledentistry services to Guardian's approximately 7 million members, the companies said Oct. 27.

A woman from Idaho Falls, Idaho, has been arrested and charged with stealing a relative's identity to pay for dentures that cost more than $3,000, East Idaho News reported.

Oak Bluffs, Mass.-based Martha's Vineyard Hospital is set to close its dental practice Nov. 20, following the departure of its dentist, according to The Martha's Vineyard Times.

About half of U.S. dentists have experienced verbal or reputational aggression from patients in the past year, according to a study published in the October issue of the Journal of the American Dental Association.

The University of Illinois Chicago College of Dentistry recently opened a pediatric outpatient center that is set to serve 1,000 children annually.

From the American Dental Association's inauguration of a new president to a Michigan dentist speaking out against the latest do-it-yourself dental trend on TikTok, here are the dentists making headlines this week.

A 2-year-old child was hospitalized after what was expected to be a routine dental cleaning at Children’s Dentistry of Huntsville (Ala.), according to local NBC affiliate WAFF.

Ninety-eight of the 100 counties in North Carolina have been designated by the federal government as a dental health professional shortage area, according to Carolina Public Press.

Bountiful, Utah-based Page Family Dentistry experienced a 50 percent decline in patient volume during September and October, the practice's co-owner told local CBS affiliate KUTV.