Dentists

On July 14, a shooting occurred outside of Westminster, Colo.-based Comfort Dental, leaving one person dead, according to The Washington Post.

After a year of negotiating payment rates, Delta Dental of Massachusetts and state dentists agreed to changes in the insurer's coverage plans, according to The Boston Globe.

Henry Schein entered into a partnership with the International College of Dentists, becoming the exclusive partner for ICD's centennial anniversary.

Here are five dentists making headlines.

After spending years at odds, representatives supporting dentists and dental hygienists in Massachusetts are backing a bill to licensing dental therapists, according to The Heartland Institute.

Madison-based More Smiles Wisconsin is fighting to manage and treat the 90,000-plus people eligible for care at the nonprofit clinic, according to WKOW.

Charlotte, N.C.-based Carolinas Center for Ambulatory Dentistry broke ground on an 11,000-square-foot dental surgery center, according to the Charlotte Business Journal.

Here are five dental companies making headlines.

New Philadelphia, Ohio-based dentist Victor Nguyen, DMD, pled guilty to a second degree and fourth degree felony charges after he drugged and sexually assaulted a woman, according to the Times Reporter.

While dentists and orthodontists make some of the leading salaries in the U.S., the six figures salaries don't often make up the difference for the large sums they pay in student loans.