The FBI and the Lubbock Police Department conducted a raid of Lubbock, Texas-based Jason White Dentistry Jan. 14.

The Eastman Institute for Oral Health at the University of Rochester (N.Y.) has started a new program to address the growing shortage of dentists and dental assistants, something the pandemic is exacerbating, reports ABC affiliate WROC.

Dental coverage was the third most common policy that Americans decided to scale back or drop in 2020, according to a survey from ValuePenguin.

Colgate-Palmolive and Boston-based Harvard School of Dental Medicine established a scholarship to support underrepresented dental students, according to a Jan. 13 news release.

Michael Tillery, DDS, warned against a TikTok trend showing off "total mouth rehab," CBS4 Indy reported Jan. 12.

Nobel Biocare launched two new dental implant surfaces, Xeal and TiUltra, in the U.S., according to a Jan. 12 news release.

Edwardsville-based Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine named Cornell Thomas, DDS, as chief diversity officer and director of the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, according to a Jan. 12 press release.

A California dentist is recommending saliva tests for patients to combat COVID-19, according to a Jan. 12 news release.

From arrest warrants to DIY TikTok trends, here are the dentists making headlines in the past week:

 A dentist is warning the public after a TikToker made DIY dentures out of InstaMorph beads in a viral video, according to a Jan. 11 report from Insider.