Dentists

Security cameras caught a wild black bear trying to break through the front door of Forest Avenue Dental in Chico, Calif., according to UPI.

Dentistry remains an evolving field, with new technology being developed and new models of practice being introduced to dentists.

At the Dentsply Sirona World meeting Sept. 3, in Orlando, Fla., Dentsply Sirona unveiled its new digital platform to connect patients with dentists, Dentistry.com.

A Flourtown, Pa.-based Celebrity Smiles employee pled guilty to stealing more than $100,000 from the dental office, according to The Mercury.

Sergey Berenshteyn, DDS, and his team at Albany, N.Y.-based Adirondack Orthodontics is partnering with nonprofit Smiles Changes Lives to provide free dental work to kids in need, News10 reports.

A dentist's office in Mount Bethel Township, Pa., was shut down Aug. 23, after the Pennsylvania Department of Health found several sterilization problems, Lehigh Valley Live reports.

David Crouse Sr., DDS, 81, passed away Sept. 2, SouthsideDaily.com reports.

A Marietta, Ga., woman performing unlicensed dentistry operations was arrested again for allegedly posing as a dentist, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports.

While dental care remains a luxury for some communities, others are seeing expanded access to care.

Abilene, Texas-based orthodontist Victor Lee, DMD, was charged with possession of a controlled substance by fraud, according to San Angelo Live.