Dentists

A Marina del Rey, Calif.-based dentist and licensed insurance agent allegedly used the personal information of her patients to take out life insurance policies on them, according to the California Department of Insurance and cited by KTLA.

SmileDirectClub filed its initial public offering Aug. 19, after weeks of rumors that the company would be going public, according to CNBC.

Nonprofit St. Vincent de Paul completed the renovation of a Glendale, Ariz., dental clinic that treats underserved patients.

The Academy of General Dentistry recognized more than 240 dentists who completed their fellowship, the Payson Roundup reports.

Scott David Cohen, DDS, owner of Trumbull (Conn.) Smiles Family Dental, was involved in two separate accidents on the same road Aug. 13, the newstimes reports.

Texas-based Ideal Dental opened its latest location in San Marcos, Texas, Community Impact reports.

A jury found Christopher Bereznak, DMD, guilty of prescribing controlled substances to the late Ashley Gammon, the Wyoming County Press Examiner reports.

Kimberly Zheng, DMD, will lead East Syracuse, N.Y.-based Aspen Dental's new practice in Hobbs, N.M. 

East Syracuse, N.Y.-based Aspen Dental will open a new office in New Bern, N.C., on Aug. 15.

A fire destroyed Larry Black, DMD's Quitman, Ga., office, leaving citizens of Brooks County without a local option for dental care, local CBS affiliate WCTV reports.