Dentists

As Florida struggles with a lack of dentists, a coalition known as the Floridians for Dental Access is looking to fix the problem, according to the Daily Commercial.

Washington Representative Eileen Cody, D, proposed a new bill to expand access to oral healthcare throughout the state, according to the State of Reform.

Delta Dental of Illinois welcomed four new members to its board of directors, according to the Daily Herald. Each board member will serve a three-year term.

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Dentsply Sirona and Carbon are teaming up to market a printable denture material system that will provide improvements to material benefits, laboratory process and patient function.

By the end of the month, all Philadelphia-based Penn School of Dental Medicine students will be trained to administer Narcan, a medication designed to reverse opioid overdoses, according to The Daily Pennsylvanian.

Former Los Angeles-based University of Southern California School of Dentistry professor Jucheng Chen, DDS, is suing his former employer, according to KNBC, an NBC affiliate.

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Being more than 30 days into the government shutdown, Philadelphia-based Temple University Kornberg School of Dentistry is offering furloughed federal employees free dental care, according to The Inquirer.

In Indiana, the American Dental Association reports 4.1 percent of dentists were African American in 2016 compared to 86.4 percent of white dentists, according to the Indianapolis Recorder.