A Montgomery County, Md.-based dental surgical assistant was found guilty of sexually assaulting a minor patient who was undergoing wisdom teeth removal, according to local news station WTOP.
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Nadeem Karimbux, DDS, has been named the new dean of Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, effective July 1. He is the dental school's 17th dean.
A University of Nevada Las Vegas dentist was overpaid around $460,000 between 2009 and 2017, according to a memo written by an attorney at the university and cited by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Here is the latest roundup of dentists that made headlines for everything from discussing the future of dentistry to being awarded for patient care.
A federal judge ruled SmileDirectClub's digital scanning of patients' teeth does constitute the practice of dentistry or dental hygiene.
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Between closing million-dollar funding rounds and proposing plans to influence the opioid epidemic, dental companies and practices made headlines this week.
Touro Dental Health, an 81-chair clinic, plans to slash opioid prescriptions by 80 percent, according to The Journal News.
Maryland dental clinics will be able to apply for grants later this year after Gov. Larry Hogan signed a bill on May 13 aimed to expand patients' access to care, according to the Herald-Mail Media.
Between rent, car payments, daycare expenses and phone bills, dental and medical expenses can get lost in the pile of envelopes filled with monthly and weekly statement balances.
Pearl, a dental spinoff company devoted to artificial intelligence, closed an $11 million Series A funding round and is set to launch three new products.