A Maitland, Fla.-based dentist has been locked out of his accounting files due to a ransomware attack where the hackers demanded $10,000, according to clickorlando.com.
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Dental equipment manufacture A-dec has acquired Dean Dental Systems, effective July 16.
A Spokane, Wash.-based dentist was sentenced July 22 to 15 months of home confinement and three years of probation for illegally prescribing opioids to a former patient, according to The Spokesman-Review.
A person was injured after a car left the road and crashed into an Easley, S.C., dental practice on July 20, according to NBC affiliate WYFF.
An Ottumwa, Iowa, dentist office was damaged by a fire on July 19, according to local news station KTVO.
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A new law limits the number of opioids a dentist can prescribe to a patient, according to The Kansas City Star.
The American Dental Association announced July 11 that it had sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission arguing concerns over various aspects of SmileDirectClub's marketing and sales.
For the second quarter of 2019, Danaher Corp. saw its sales increase 3.5 percent year over year, according to the company's financial statement released July 18.
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After a Valley, Ariz., dentist applied for a restricted permit to practice dentistry, the dental board decided to suspend the dentist's license and re-open an investigation, according to ABC15.