Dentists can be teenagers' first opioid providers. After wisdom teeth removal, young adults are often prescribed opioids, which studies suggest leads to addiction.

The suspect in an Iowa dental practice robbery died shortly after the owner of the practice discovered him, according to local NBC affiliate KWCQ.

Six dental companies making headlines:

Local commercial real estate firm Menlo Group negotiated the purchased Peoria, Ariz.-based Deer Valley Dental Village for $5.625 million.

Local Wisconsin dentists are challenging the state's effort to pass legislation to license dental therapists, according to NBC affiliate WJWF.

Henry Schein has acquired Lighthouse 360, a dental practice management and patient communication provider.

About 80 percent of dental students took on debt in 2018; and the average debt total exceeded that of medical students, according to a Nerd Wallet blog post.

DentaQuest signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire DCP Holding Co., the parent company of Dental Care Plus Group, a dental insurer provider in the Midwest.

The Delta Dental Foundation has appointed Holli Seabury, PhD, CEO of Fort Wayne, Ind.-based McMillen Health, to serve as its executive director, effective March 25.

Patients in the Raton Rouge, La., area will have access to free dental care thanks to a two-day popup dental clinic, according to local news station WAFB.