An Oklahoma orthodontist, along with his wife and son, were killed in a plane crash April 23, Fox affiliate KOKI-TV reports.
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Raul Escalante, DDS, a San Marcos, Calif.-based dentist, sees growth opportunities as new technologies and techniques emerge in dentistry.
Among 921 pediatric patients who were tested for COVID-19 upon arrival to their dental appointment, 2.3 percent tested positive, according to research published in the April edition of the Journal of the American Dental Association.
Forty-five percent of dental students and 23 percent of medical students said they were hesitant to get the COVID-19 vaccine, with bivariate analyses finding medical students 2.7 times more likely than dental students to get the vaccine, according to a…
From industry exits to staff shortages, here are the latest dentists making the news:
Irving, Texas-based U.S. Oral Surgery Management, a specialty management services company serving oral and maxillofacial surgeons, has partnered with Kingwood (Texas) Oral Surgery, USOSM announced April 20.
Dentists are excited about expanding their practices and seeing patients return for treatment after delays during the pandemic. But there is still concern about scaling up the business and making sure all patients are comfortable coming back into the office…
California has the highest number of professionally active female dentists, while Wyoming has the fewest, according to Kaiser Family Foundation data published April 20.
Chicago-based Aspen Dental has opened its 13th practice in the state of Maryland.
U.S. dental schools have fallen behind on efforts to attract and enroll Black students over the past 20 years, according to an article recently published in the Journal of Dental Education.