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Dental exam administrator CDCA-WREB-CITA has merged with the American Board of Dental Examiners to create a single entity.  The governing bodies of both organizations approved the merger in August, according to a news release shared with Becker’s.  The new American…

The University of Pikeville (Ky.) received a loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to support the development of its new dental school. The Tanner College of Dental Medicine will be the first dental school in Eastern Kentucky and is…

U.S. Rep Jennifer McClellan recently visited a nonprofit dental clinic in Virginia to discuss the impact of Medicaid cuts on patient care, WCYB reported Aug. 28.  Four notes:  1. President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act July…

A woman in Yukon, Okla., is wanted for practicing dental hygiene without a license, according to a Sept. 2 report from KFOR. Christy Perkowski worked at Oklahoma Dental in Yukon. Her dental hygiene license expired in 2020, but she continued…

The American Dental Association is pushing state dental boards to remove stigmatizing questions related to mental health and substance use disorders from licensure applications.  The ADA recently sent letters to each board to share best practices and resources. The letters…

Incoming federal loan caps could worsen workforce shortages if fewer students pursue dental education, one DSO executive predicts. Barry Lyon, DDS, the dental director for Main Street Children’s Dentistry and Orthodontics and the chief clinical auditor for Dental Care Alliance,…

Las Vegas-based Absolute Dental provided notice of a data incident involving its information systems.  The dental practice discovered that an unauthorized party accessed some of its systems between Feb. 19 and March 5, according to the notice.  Third-party forensic investigators…