Dentists

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

Many Oklahoma dentists and dental hygienists across the state say business is booming, according to The Enid News & Eagle.

A Maryland dentist, along with two others, allegedly paid kickbacks to recruit patients and obtained millions in Medicaid payments for services that weren't always delivered, according to a release from the United States Attorney's Office District of Maryland.

U.S. dental care spending could decline by up to 66 percent in 2020 and 32 percent in 2021, according to a model by the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute.

A car plowed into a Hawthorne, Calif.-based dental office after hitting a fire hydrant July 22, resulting in one hospitalization, according to Daily Breeze.

Clear aligner therapy company OrthoFX raised $13 million to roll out a new digital care platform, a dentist-centric financial model and emergency aligners.

As dental practices reopen to treat nonemergency patients, some dentists may feel overwhelmed navigating the process of COVID-19 infection control compliance. Dentists have been inundated with mandates, guidelines and recommendations outlining the measures to take regarding personal protective equipment, procedural…

Only 12 percent of dental therapists in Minnesota said they were working either full time or on a reduced schedule, according to a recent survey cited by nonprofit Pew Trusts.

Southcentral Foundation, an Anchorage, Alaska-based nonprofit healthcare provider, fired three dentists after conducting an investigation of their record falsifications, according to Alaska Public Media.

COVID-19 contractions that occur in California dental practices must be reported to the state's division of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration if the illness falls under the agency's serious illness reporting regulation.