Experts project a widening in oral health disparities amid the pandemic, according to U.S. News & World Report.
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Procuring personal protective equipment is still a volatile and uncertain process for Rhode Island dental practices, according to The Providence Journal.
Waco, Texas-based Stonehaven Dental and Orthodontics is being sued for $200,000 to $1 million by a local couple who claim the practice deceived them about insurance coverage for tooth extraction and replacement procedures, according to the Waco Tribune-Herald.
Melville, N.Y.-based Henry Schein saw sales drop 31 percent in the second quarter as Americans stayed home to prevent the spread of COVID-19, according to Yahoo Finance.
Jan Kippax, DMD, claims the Maine Board of Dental Practice "has pursued a relentless course to publicly tarnish" his reputation for years, according to an Aug. 4 court filing cited by the Sun Journal.
Two Colorado dental practices have been tied to COVID-19 outbreaks, CBS affiliate KKTV reports.
The old adage "you cannot manage what you cannot measure" is true in every business, and the dental industry is no different, Melissa Marquez, chief operating officer of Dallas-based Jarvis Analytics, told Becker's.
Connecticut has the lowest percentage of adults who did not go to the dentist within the past year, while Mississippi had the highest, according to a WalletHub analysis.
Twenty-eight new codes will be added to the CDT Code, effective Jan. 1, 2021, according to the American Dental Association.
Washington, D.C., has the most dentists per capita, while Louisiana has the fewest, according to a WalletHub analysis.