Dentists

Biolase appointed its CFO John Beaver to interim CEO. The company also asked Jonathan Lord, MD, board chairman, to lead the company’s expansion into Southern California.

Here are five dentists making headlines.

Dental receptionist Annie Vuong was sentenced to two to six years in state prison after investigators discovered she stole patient information from the dental practice she worked at, DataBreaches.net reports.

Henry Schein welcomed Mark Hillebrandt to serve as vice president of marketing, North American dental group, a newly created position.

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.

Here are five dentists making headlines.

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.