Dentists

A Charlotte, N.C., dentist was ordered to pay his former practice $864,000 for embezzlement, according to The Charlotte Observer.

New York City-based Plaza College has launched the newest dental hygiene program the city has seen in over 25 years, according to Patch Media.

Millions of medical records from private medical clinics in the U.S., including dental practices, are currently unprotected, according to a ProPublica investigation and cited by Consumer Affairs.

Students at Robbinsdale Elementary in Rapid City, S.D., are getting free dental check-ups from Delta Dental, KOTA TV reports.

Two-thirds of the 60 million people on Medicare don't have any dental coverage. In a brief published Sept. 18, The Kaiser Family Foundation offers five potential ways to make oral healthcare more accessible and affordable for those on Medicare.

The American Dental Association voted to adopt dental anesthesiology as the 10th recognized dental specialty, according to a news post by Los Angeles-based University of Southern California.

Coon Rapids, Minn.-based Apple Treat Dental has teamed up with Mayo Clinic Health System in Fairmont (Minn.) to improve patients' access to dental care, according to local news station KEYC.

The dental branch of Danaher Corp. Envista raised $589 million in its initial public offering, according to Bloomberg.

The Health Resources and Services Administration, which is part of HHS, allocated over $85 million to 298 health centers to expand oral healthcare via infrastructure enhancements, according to a Sept. 18 press release. 

Antitrust litigation firm Pomerantz announced Sept. 17 that it is investigating SmileDirectClub’s business practices on behalf of the company’s shareholders.