Dentists

Bend, Ore.-based Kemple Memorial Children's Dental Clinic announced Feb. 4 that it will shut down July 1.

Patients gathered around a Maryland dental office Feb. 3 to confront the dentist, claiming he owes them money after abruptly closing the practice, the Capital Gazette reports.

Dental spending in the U.S. totaled $136 billion in 2018, representing 3.7 percent of the total healthcare spending, according to a report released Feb. 4 from the American Dental Association Health Policy Institute.

Though several court cases against dentists and dental companies were settled in January, others are just getting started. Below are seven updates on court cases involving dentists and dental organizations.

The Dental Board of California is warning dentists to be cautious of scammers posing as board members to obtain information or demand money from them, according to an announcement from the California Dental Association.

Oregon legislators are attempting to rectify the state's lack of access to dental care for many children, rural residents and low-income families, the Mail Tribune reports.

Nearly 49 percent of dental practices said they had experienced employee theft, and about 46 percent of those said it happened more than once, according to a survey conducted by the ADA Council on Dental Practice.

An affiliated Mayo Clinic hospital in Mankato, Minn., will offer patients dental services at its Eastridge Clinic, according to local news station KTOE.

An anonymous University of California San Francisco School of Dentistry alumnus has donated to the school $10 million, the largest donation in the school's history.

Here's the latest roundup of dentists making headlines.