Dentists

A Federal Trade Commission judge ruled Oct. 16 that Patterson Companies and Benco Dental Supply Co. were guilty of conspiring against dental product buying groups, reports Newsday.

Here's the latest roundup of dental companies that have been in the headlines, including Dental365 and SmileDirectClub.

Stanley M. Bergman, CEO and Chairman of Mellville, N.Y.-based Henry Schein, was awarded the National Network for Oral Health Access President's Award, announced in an Oct. 15 news release. 

Boston University's dental school will install and use two surgical robotic devices for dental implant surgeries, becoming one of the few U.S. dental schools to do so, according to the American Dental Association. 

As dentistry becomes more robust, dentists continue to look for ways to stand out, including becoming their own entrepreneurs.

Corpus Christi, Texas-based Timon's Ministries, a nonprofit that helps low income and homeless people get dental care, is in need of volunteer dentists and hygienists, according to local CBS affiliate KZTV.

Biolase announced Oct. 15 that its Waterlase dental lasers have received regulatory clearance in the U.S. and Canada for crown and veneer removal. 

The North Carolina Dental Society will implement Desktop Defenders Cybersecurity, a program provided by Charlotte, N.C.-based Square Clover, announced in an Oct. 15 news release. 

Wisconsin dentists are asking the state’s Dentistry Examining Board to reject a proposal that would increase the cost of dental services that require oral sedation, announced in an Oct. 15 news release.

Hawthorne-based Touro College of Dental Medicine at New York Medical College is one of the few programs training students with some of the newest dental innovations and techniques, according to The New York Times.