A Battle Ground, Wash.-based dentist has been charged with unprofessional conduct by the Washington State Department of Health's Dental Quality Assurance Commission due to a patient death, according to The Columbian.

An Albuquerque, N.M., dentist has turned himself in to the police after being accused of treating patients without a license, local CBS and Fox affiliate KRQE reports.

Amarillo, Texas-based Class 1 Dental is offering free dental services to cancer survivors and patients in October, according to local CBS affiliate KFDA. 

The Missouri Health Department is opening its first dental clinic in Dade County Oct. 15, according to local NBC affiliate KY3 News. 

Swift Health Systems, makers of INBRACE, announced Oct. 8 that the company has raised $45 million in a third round of funding for the commercialization of the new brand of invisible braces.

There is a "very low probability" that the August ransomware attack on hundreds of dental practices compromised patient information, according to an Oct. 4 Wisconsin Dental Association Insurance and Services Corp. report and cited by the American Dental Association. 

As opioid addiction, vaping and oral cancers rise, oral health is of the utmost importance, Timothy Ricks, DDS, chief dental officer of the U.S. Public Health Service and U.S. assistant surgeon general, told Tennessee dental students, according to The Daily…

The owner of West Hills, Calif.-based Smile Haus Mustapha Hotait, DDS, launched a new website to improve the patient experience, according to an Oct. 8 news release.

With $36 million in funding, Tend, a dentistry startup, opened its first location Oct. 7 in New York City, according to Fast Company. 

SmileDirectClub, a private startup valued at over $1 billion, has an uncertain future as investors critique it as a "unicorn" startup, which includes companies with little governance and big losses, according to Axios.