Colorado Springs, Colo.-based Peak Vista Dental is alerting 27 patients that they may have been exposed to disease after equipment was improperly sterilized, according to local CBS affiliate KKTV.
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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso was granted another $20 million in state funding to develop its Woody L. Hunt dental school, according to the El Paso Times.
A Mebane, N.C., dentist has agreed to pay $728,450 to settle Medicaid fraud allegations, according to the local newspaper News & Record.
Along with the rest of the healthcare industry, dental manufacturers, practice owners and dental service organizations are turning to artificial intelligence to improve patient care.
The Las Vegas fire department ruled a fire started at a local dental office on May 30 was caused by arson, according to CBS affiliate KLAS.
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There is an alarming gap in dental care for older Americans, as only 29 percent of adults age 65 and older had dental insurance in 2017, a CDC report found, according to U.S. News & World Report.
Here is the latest roundup of dentists making the news this week.
A former office manager for a Little Rock, Ark.-based dentist was sentenced to 12 years in prison for stealing $218,000 from the dental practice between 2013 and 2018, according to the Arkansas Democrat Gazette.
Dental companies and organizations made headlines this week for relocating and ranking as top-performing stocks, among other things.
The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry has updated its 2016 guidance for when pediatric patients undergo deep sedation.