From two married Louisiana practice owners rebuilding their office after hurricane damage to the Alaska dentist who removed a patient's tooth while on a hoverboard being sentenced to prison, here are the dentists making headlines this week.
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SmileDirectClub said it will be developing a $34 million manufacturing facility in Columbia, Tenn., along with 600 new jobs, according to CBS affiliate WTVF.
John Begg, DDS, allegedly sexually assaulted some of his patients, according to NBC affiliate WJAR.
Santa Clarita, Calif.-based Yapi, a company that makes software for dental offices, has received an investment from a Boston venture capital firm.
One in 10 older dental patients were prescribed opioids when they were already taking a medication associated with increased harm risks when taken in combination with opioids, according to a study published in Pharmacotherapy.
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Dentists are warning against a TikTok trend in which users are shaving down their uneven teeth with nail files, according to Insider.
Privately insured dental services fell 75 percent in March and 79 percent in April compared to the same months in 2019, according to a study by nonprofit FAIR Health.
Louis Surace, DDS, a former Lockport, N.Y. pediatric dentist, will face a prison sentence of up to five years after pleading guilty Sept. 15 to sexually assaulting a girl, according to The Buffalo News.
Yogish Suvarna, chief information officer at Aspen Dental Management, an East Syracuse, N.Y.-based DSO with more than 800 practices across 41 states, recently shared his predictions for the future of health IT with Becker's.
The American Dental Association is facing challenges "unlike any other year," the ADA board of trustees said in August after voting on the 2021 budget proposal.