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Berkeley, Calif.-based Aloha Pediatric Dentistry will be closed for a few months after a fire caused extensive damage, administrator Mahi Amerino told the Berkeleyside.

A Battle Ground, Wash.-based dentist has been charged with unprofessional conduct by the Washington State Department of Health's Dental Quality Assurance Commission due to a patient death, according to The Columbian.

An Albuquerque, N.M., dentist has turned himself in to the police after being accused of treating patients without a license, local CBS and Fox affiliate KRQE reports.

Amarillo, Texas-based Class 1 Dental is offering free dental services to cancer survivors and patients in October, according to local CBS affiliate KFDA. 

The Missouri Health Department is opening its first dental clinic in Dade County Oct. 15, according to local NBC affiliate KY3 News. 

Swift Health Systems, makers of INBRACE, announced Oct. 8 that the company has raised $45 million in a third round of funding for the commercialization of the new brand of invisible braces.

There is a "very low probability" that the August ransomware attack on hundreds of dental practices compromised patient information, according to an Oct. 4 Wisconsin Dental Association Insurance and Services Corp. report and cited by the American Dental Association. 

As opioid addiction, vaping and oral cancers rise, oral health is of the utmost importance, Timothy Ricks, DDS, chief dental officer of the U.S. Public Health Service and U.S. assistant surgeon general, told Tennessee dental students, according to The Daily…

Aspen Dental stopped in Austin, Texas, Oct. 8 on its nationwide mobile dental tour that’s offering free services for veterans, local NBC affiliate KXAN reports. 

With more than 35 years of executive experience, Richard Hall has been leading the U.S. Oral Surgery Management's expansion as president and CEO.