Dentists

Here are eight dental companies making headlines.

The Delta Dental Plans Association elected three new officers to its board of directors.

A former employee of the Dental Associates of the Southwest in Durango, Colo., pleaded guilty to stealing $500,000 from the practice, according to The Durango Herald.

Keystone Dental signed a definitive agreement to merge with Paltop Advanced Dental Solutions, an Israeli-based dental implant company.

Various Dentsply Sirona shareholders allege the dental manufacture inflated stock prices, according to Legal News Line.

Two former Bakersfield, Calif.-based Landmark Dental employees allegedly filed 27 fraudulent insurance claims, according to ABC23.

Investigators claim former Atlanta-based Carestream Dental employee Essence Boatwright used her access as an account manager to embezzle $85,000, according to the Marietta Daily Journal.

A ransomware attack at the Dental Center of Northwest Ohio in Toledo left patients' and employees' personal information at risk, according to 13 ABC.

A Maryland family paid their local orthodontist $3,000 upfront for braces. However, since the braces were placed two years ago, the patient has not seen the orthodontist, according to Fox 5.

Police arrested Innocent Bradley, 27, alleging he installed a hidden camera at a Phoenix dental office, according to azfamily.com.