Dentists

Here's this week's roundup of dentists making headlines.

Most dentists didn't enter the field just because they liked working on people's teeth, but rather to create positive changes in their community's health and overall well-being.

The FDA awarded a three-year, $1.5 million grant to the American Dental Association's Science & Research Institute to improve the way dentists approach acute pain management.

Below are four key points about paying for dental school and the dental industry, as reported by Fox Business.

The deadline for dental providers to apply for funding from the HHS' Provider Relief Fund Payment Portal was extended to Sept. 13.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently announced the appointment of Alicia Montell, DDS, to the Dental Board of California.

Some children are starting school in the same place as their parents: Madisonville, Ky.-based Pebble Creek Family Dentistry, according to ABC affiliate WEHT.

Boston-based Tufts University School of Dental Medicine on Aug. 25 disclosed its plans to lay off or furlough nearly 20 percent of its employees, according to The Boston Globe.

April Patterson, DDS, has reflected on the lack of representation she has witnessed as a Black woman in the dental industry and is using her position as a successful practice owner to empower other Black women in the field, according…

Denver Tackett, DMD, owner and operator of McDowell, Ky.-based Tackett Family Dentistry, has pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud, according to an Aug. 25 release from the U.S. Attorney's Office Eastern District of Kentucky.