A former patient is demanding a refund from Franklin, Tenn.-based Taylor Made Smiles after an independent dentist hired by Delta Dental deemed the dental work "unacceptable," local NBC affiliate WSMV reports.
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Six newly appointed members of the Nevada Board of Dental Examiners are scheduled to meet Jan. 17 to discuss whether two of the board's executives should be terminated, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Here's the latest roundup of dental companies that have been in the headlines, including Walmart Health and SmileDirectClub.
A former dental assistant at Milwaukee-based Precision Dental MKE alleges she was terminated after supporting for President Donald Trump in a comment on a Facebook post, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Irvine, Calif.-based Smile Brands announced Jan. 15 two new affiliate locations: Walnut (Calif.) Family Dental and Placentia (Calif.) Dental Studios.
The driver of a white SUV crashed into Lincoln, Neb.-based Dr. Zieg's Dental Office on the evening of Jan. 14, local news source 1011Now reports.
South Burlington, Vt.-based Timberlane Dental Group currently has 320 children who need urgent dental care but won't be treated for almost a year, the Burlington Free Press reports.
Walmart Health continues to expand its presence in Georgia with the opening of its second clinic that offers dental services, according to the company's website.
Healthcare brokerage and advisory firm Aptus Exchange marked Webster Dental Care as a strategic buy for dental practices.
Though dentists have one of the highest paying jobs in the country, dental assistants make around $39,000 on average annually, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and cited by Forbes.