Dentists

Transcodent launched the Transcodent Painless Steel Dental Injection Needle, a disposable and sterile needle for anesthetic delivery.

Irvine, Calif.-based Smile Brands opened an affiliated Bright Now! Dental office in Kennewick, Wash.

Former Cleveland-based MetroHealth dentist Sari Alqsous, DDS, hired Alan Dershowitz to represent him on appeal after being convicted on a slew of corruption charges, according to Cleveland.com.

Henry Schein teamed up with CareCredit to implement CareCredit's financing tool into the company's dental practice management software solutions.

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Henry Schein's board of directors authorized the repurchase of up to $400 million of the company's common stock.

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Luis Omar Vargas, an unlicensed dentist, was found guilty in a $2 million Medicaid fraud scheme, according to NJ.com.

The Supreme Court of Virginia ruled against the state's use of Freedom of Information Act exemptions, according to Southside Daily.

Clinician's Choice rolled out its new continue education platform — Hands-OnLine Live — to give dentists the chance to participate in hands-on learning in their own practices.