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.
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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.
The Westbrook (Maine) Fire Department cited a light in the ceiling at a local dentist's office as the cause of an explosive fire, according to WGME.
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Dentistry is constantly evolving and changing as new technology and business structures are introduced. Here are six trends to keep an eye out for in 2019, according to Space Coast Daily.
Dental supplies manufacturer Dentsply Sirona was issued a class action lawsuit by Boynton Beach General Employees' Pension Plan.
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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, R, and the state's legislator passed a bill to authorize dental therapists, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
In August, Krista Szewczyk was arrested for allegedly practicing dentistry without a license and writing illegal prescriptions, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Now, Ms. Szewczyk and her husband face two counts under the state's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act.