Dentists

SmileDirectClub released its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, reporting a 45 percent year-over-year revenue loss.

A dentist was arrested for allegedly co-hosting a massive party in Nashville, Tenn., amid the pandemic, The Tennessean reports.

The state of Texas on Aug. 10 ordered Dallas dentist Richard Malouf, DDS, to pay roughly $16.5 million for violating the Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act.

The Drug Enforcement Administration's recent announcement that it will increase its prescriber registration fee has elicited some backlash from the dental community, but not all dentists need to register, according to the California Dental Association.

The American Dental Association Board of Trustees has adopted an interim policy stating dentistry is essential healthcare to help guide advocacy amid the pandemic.

Frequently wearing a face mask could lead to gum disease in individuals who maintained good oral health before the pandemic, a dentist told upstate New York radio station WYRK.

The American Dental Association sent an email Aug. 6 to members enrolled in its Legislative Action Center, urging them to ask their legislators to back certain provisions in the next federal COVID-19 relief bill.

A Connecticut dentist must pay $149,000 in a settlement related to claims he submitted to the state's Medicaid program for administering anesthesia to patients after his permit had expired, according to an Aug. 7 release from Connecticut Attorney General William…

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

The American Dental Association sent a letter to the Drug Enforcement Administration Aug. 6 asking it to delay its prescriber registration fee schedule one year.