Fred Leviton, president and CEO of Dental Lifeline Network, will retire at the end of 2021, reports the American Dental Association.

From advocacy to new programs, here are 16 updates by the American Dental Association so far this year:

Edwin Michael Thomas, DDS, the co-founder and former president of the American Academy of Dental Group Practice, died Aug. 29 at the age of 99.

The Roseman University College of Dental Medicine in South Jordan, Utah, was approved by the American Dental Association's Commission on Dental Accreditation to shorten its doctor of dental medicine program and enroll more students, the school said Sept. 8.

Robert Coleman Westcott, DDS, former president of New York's dental association, died Sept. 2.

The American Dental Association asked dentists Sept. 8 to contact members of Congress to oppose dental benefits being considered under Medicare Part B.

DentalPost introduced a feature to its dental jobs board Sept. 7 that allows employers to size up candidates without viewing their names and photos to reduce unconscious bias in the screening process.

Northeast Ohio Medical University in Rootstown could open a dental school using $2 million allocated to the school in the state's two-year budget, according to Sept. 6 Record-Courier article.

From an Arizona dentist owner who closed his practice to CMS' first chief dental officer, here are four dentists who made headlines last week:

Paul Mullasseril, DDS, was named dean of the University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry In Oklahoma City Sept. 2, pending approval of its board of regents.