Dentists

The Organization for Safety, Asepsis and Prevention launched the Journal of Dental Infection Control and Safety.

Here are five dentists making headlines.

The Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General visited the Adelanto (Calif.) Immigration and Customs Enforcement Processing Center for an inspection in May.

Albertson, N.Y.-based The Viscardi Center selected Barbie Vartanian to serve as the inaugural executive director for its Project Accessible Oral Health initiative.

Norwich, N.Y.-based UHS Chenango Memorial Hospital is terminating its dentistry services at the end of October, according to The Daily Star.

Here are five dental companies making headlines.

Mason Motz, 6, suffers from Sotos Syndrome, a genetic disorder that affects growth and development. His family associated his speech delays with the syndrome until visiting Amy Luedemann-Lazar, DDS.

An X-ray technician at Allure Dental in Passaic, N.J., is accused of unlawfully acting as a dentist to install braces on a teenage patient, according to Tap into Hackensack.

Here are five dental companies making headlines.

In August, the Pennsylvania Department of Health found sterilization problems at a Mouth Bethel Township, Pa., dental office and ordered Palmer Cotturo, DDS, to close its doors.