Daly City, Calif.-based Campus Heights Dental Care dentist Amishi Patel, DDS, pled no contest and was sentenced to 20 months in jail for performing unnecessary dental work on eight patients, The Daily Journal reports.

Orillia, Canada-based dentist Joe Phillips, DDS, filed a $10 million lawsuit against the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit to reject allegations he used improperly sterilized instruments, according to Bayshore Broadcasting.

Virginia dentist Maryam Zarei, DDS, faces 30 months in prison after pleading guilty to Medicaid fraud last year, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports.

Henry Schein and Ortho Computer Systems entered an agreement to advance practice management software solutions to orthodontists.

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North Carolina's State Bureau of Investigation and local dentist Kirk Turner, DDS, settled a lawsuit where Dr. Turner claimed two SBI agents framed him for the murder of his wife, according to the Winston-Salem Journal.

Similar to many medical device manufacturers, Danaher approached General Electric about acquiring a piece of its life sciences division, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Glendale, Ariz., police arrested two women after learning they were operating an illegal dental practice, AZ Family reports.

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A former Dentist in South Dakota was sentenced to 12 years in prison for fraudulently marketing and selling medical devices, The Jamestown Sun reports.