Storrs-based University of Connecticut dental students and orthodontic professor Flavio Uribe, DDS, are facing backlash after taking a selfie with two severed heads at a training workshop, according to the Hartford Courant.
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Shawn Michael Kerby, a former Iowa dentist, was sentenced to 20 months in prison for obtaining opioids through patient prescriptions, according to the Des Moines Register.
Three New York City dental offices partnered with Dentacoin to accept the dental cryptocurrency as payment for services and equipment.
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Ilya Babiner, DDS, of General Dentistry Number One in Feasterville, Pa., is charged with Medicaid fraud, according to the Bucks County Courier Times.
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Danaher released its 2017 fourth quarter and year-end financial results.
Henry Schein plans to donate $250,000 over the next two years to the America's Dentists Care Foundation.
Dentsply Sirona acquired Cleverdent, a dental technology company based in Munster, Germany, according to Zenopa.
Former Rapid City, S.D. dentist Larry Lytle pled guilty for fraudulently marketing and selling his medical laser QLaser, according to the Rapid City Journal.
A Tucson, Ariz. chiropractor was found guilty of disguising an illegal dental practice run out of his chiropractic clinic, according to Tucson News Now.