Dentists

Dismissed University of Missouri Kansas City School of Dentistry student Afsaneh Momtahan is suing the institution for readmission or $1.75 million, according to the St. Louis Legal Record.

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.