Dentists

A Rhode Island dental employee allegedly sexually assaulted a teenage patient who was under anesthesia, NBC's WJAR reports.

A man allegedly stole a U.S. Army flag while vandalizing an Ohio dental office, according to The Daily Jeffersonian.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina will keep its expanded reimbursement plan for virtual visits throughout 2020, according to a June 18 news release.

Timothy Wilson, DDS, was indicted on tax charges June 17 by a federal grand jury, according to the Department of Justice.

A former family dentist in Maryland pleaded guilty June 15 to promoting and/or distributing child pornography, according to the Carroll County Times.

A Chicago dentist is accused of selling at-home COVID-19 antibody testing kits that are not approved by the FDA, according to CBS' WBBM-TV.

The American Dental Association decided June 12 to cancel the in-person gathering of the ADA Florida Dental Convention Annual Meeting set for October 2020.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee declared June 15-19 the state's fifth annual Smile Power Week, according to a June 15 news release.

California dental facilities without an amalgam separator must install one by July 14, according to a June 16 announcement from the California Dental Association.

Indiana dentist Elizabeth Simpson, DMD, encouraged dentists to ask themselves "the hard questions" about racial health and income disparities in a June 11 blog post she wrote for the American Dental Association.