Rachel Crabb, an Iowa dental hygienist who continued working while she knowingly was infected with COVID-19, agreed to pay a $100 fine and had her license suspended for five days, according to a settlement with the Iowa Dental Board.
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Waltham, Mass.-based DSO 42 North Dental appointed its director of clinical affairs, and a South Carolina dentist was added to the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Board of Directors.
In a letter written "to the dentists advocating Medicare coverage of dentistry" and published by The Wall Street Journal Oct. 7, Richard Levy, DDS, urges dentists to resist the proposed Medicare expansion.
A dental startup organization is working to provide digital educational tools while promoting oral health, the group said Oct. 8.
Newark, N.J.-based the ChildSmiles Group has entered the Pennsylvania market with its acquisition of Smiles 4 Keeps, the dental group said Oct. 7.
California dental professionals with licenses expiring in October now have until March 28, 2022, to renew their licenses under a Sept. 28 waiver from the state's Department of Consumer Affairs.
Patient data at Professional Dental Alliance of Indiana in Valparaiso may have been compromised after its administration and technology support services provider were hacked, The Times of Northwest Indiana reported Oct. 6.
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A patient's family members are suing an Illinois dentist after the patient died following a tooth surgery for which he was sedated, according to a lawsuit filed Oct. 6 and cited by WREX.