Dentists

A Los Angeles dentist was sentenced to 40 months in prison on June 6 for his role in a $3.8 million healthcare fraud scheme.

Align Technology's stock fell 12.4 percent in May with the decrease attributed to poor overall market conditions, according to a report from The Motley Fool.

Beam Dental, a dental insurer, has teamed up with Ease, a human resources and benefits software provider.

A Greensburg, Pa.-based dental group filed a lawsuit on June 6 against a patient who allegedly posted false statements about the practice on Facebook, according to the Tribune-Review.

Here's the latest roundup of dentists in the headlines this past week.

A new artificial intelligence system that uses natural language processing could be deployed at dental offices to craft patient treatment plans for dentists, according to VentureBeast.

Dentists who practice in the Western U.S. and urban areas are more likely to write unnecessary prescriptions to patients prior to dental procedures, according to a study by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Here is the latest roundup of dental companies and practices that have been in the headlines, including SmileDirectClub and UnitedHealthcare Dental.

The introduction of price transparency in the healthcare space comes with mixed emotions.

SmileDirectClub has increased its spending with Pinterest over the past year, according to DTC Daily.