Dentists

Since making greater strides to enter the healthcare space as a whole a few years ago, Walmart has made an effort to pursue dentistry.

Yun Sup Kim, DDS, of Emerald Terrace Dental in Swansea, Ill., pleaded guilty Feb. 14 to a Medicaid fraud scheme that spanned three years, according to the Belleville News-Democrat.

A judge denied an Albuquerque, N.M.-based dentist's motion to have his insurance fraud charges dropped, according to local news station KRQE.

Nashville, Tenn.-based SmileDirectClub says an NBC investigation into its employee practices misrepresents the teledentistry company, according to a Feb. 14 statement.

A dental assistant at Tampa Bay (Fla.) Institute of Oral Surgery has been arrested and charged with sexual battery after a patient alleged the dental assistant assaulted her during a procedure, according to ABC Action News.

Here's the latest roundup of dentists making headlines.

Houston-based Stella Dental Care abruptly shut down near the end of 2019, and some patients are seeking dental records and the completion of care, NBC affiliate KPRC reports.

To modernize healthcare practices, laws and regulations limiting dental therapists should be revised, according to a perspective piece published Feb. 12 in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Delta Dental examined existing literature to evaluate gaps in oral health literacy and determine methods to help individuals make more informed oral health decisions, according to a white paper published Feb. 13.

Residents of Glen Dale, W.Va., are debating whether to allow Heather Taylor, DDS, to remodel a vacant building for use as a dental office, according to local NBC and FOX affiliate WTOV.