Dentists

Back in March, Bartonsville, Pa.-based Smiles 4 Keeps sent a patient's parent a letter threatening to report the parent to child protective services for not scheduling the patient's dental care.

New Albany, Ind., dentist David Lapsey, DMD, was arrested on drug charges after the dentist failed to stop at a stop sign, according to WBIW.

Westchester, N.Y., dentist Jeremy Wertman, DDS, 38, was found dead in his car, according to New York Daily News.

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Silverthorne, Colo., police and federal agents raided Comfort Dental in Silverthorne after receiving tips of possible prescription drug fraud, according to The Denver Post.

Peter Delaney, DMD, spent the last year at Northern Correctional Institution in Somers, Conn., after investigators arrested the dentist for illegally prescribing opioids, the Hartford Courant reports.

Armen Megerdichian, DDS, is accused of conspiring to set fire to his dental practice to claim property insurance payouts, accord to Patch.

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Henry Schein and Internet Brands formed a joint venture designed to deliver integrated dental technology to improve practice management, marketing and patient communication.

Dentsply Sirona signed a definitive agreement to acquire OraMetrix, a 3-D orthodontics technology solutions provider .