From awards and mergers to criminal sentencings, here are six dentists making headlines this week:
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The Wisconsin Legislature is considering bills that would authorize dental therapists and auxiliaries in the state.
A recently passed New Mexico mandate will require students who relocate to the state or are transferring to a new district or charter school to have had a dental exam within the past year before enrollment.
Sacramento, Calif.-based iSmile Dental Products has acquired Union City, N.J.-based Dental Savings International.
Researchers at Seattle-based University of Washington have developed a way to use smartphone images to identify potentially harmful bacteria in oral cavities and on the skin.
Edwardsville-based Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine Dean Bruce Rotter, DMD, announced his retirement June 11, effective December 2021.
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The California Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards board voted to withdraw revisions to its COVID-19 prevention emergency temporary standards, the California Dental Association stated June 10.
Martinsville, Va., dentist James Jordan, DDS, died June 9 of complications from COVID-19 at the age of 61, reports the Martinsville Bulletin.
William Armstrong, DDS, has merged his long-standing Elizabethton, Tenn.-based dental practice with Kingsport, Tenn.-based Martin Dentistry, according to a May 26 Facebook post from the dental practice.