Dentists

Seattle-based Neighborcare Health warned 1,250 people who were treated at several of its dental clinics to get tested for hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV after staff failed to properly sterilize dental equipment at dozens of local schools, according to…

Ventura, Calif.-based dentist and periodontist Homayoun Zadeh, DDS, is accused of bribing University of Southern California officials to get his daughter admitted, according to the Ventura County Star.

Straumann Group subsidiary ClearCorrect and Align Technology have reached a settlement over patent disputes in the U.S., U.K. and Brazil.

After allegedly abusing nitrous oxide at a Snohomish County, Wash., dental practice, a dental assistant has been suspended by the Washington Department of Health, according to Patch.

The Texas House of Representatives passed a funding bill March 27 to build a dental school in El Paso, according to NBC affiliate KTSM.

Dental manufacturer 3M agreed this week to pay $32.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that alleged its Lava Ultimate dental crowns were defective, according to Mass Device.

Other medical fields have seen improvements by implementing value-based reimbursement models. Now it's the dental industry's turn to use them, an Arizona State University professor says.

Seven dentists making headlines:

Dental hygienist students at the Eagan, Minn., campus of the abruptly shuttered Argosy University are scrambling to find programs that will accept their transfer credits, local news station Fox 9 reports.

Two Vancouver, Wash.-based dentists agreed to pay a $1 million to settle allegations that they submitted fraudulent claims to the state's Medicaid program, according to The Columbian.