Here are five dentists making headlines for the week of May 1, 2015:
Michael D. Stern, DDS, and a team of volunteers performed routine extractions, teeth cleaning and fillings for free at Smile Brighter Willoughby Hills in Ohio.
Dr. Peter P. Emily, DDS, was featured in The New Yorker as 'the lion dentist' for his veterinary dental work with lions, tigers and bears.
Dr. Devi Vijay, DMD, of Cascade Dental Care is asking the city of Lacey, Wash., to deny a business license to a hookah bar next door.
Ira Novsam, DDS, of Westport, Conn., will retire after 42 years in dentistry.
After Kanye West's quote about being sedated at the dentist blew up around the world, his dentist, Kevin B. Sands, DDS, spoke with Styleite about the effects of anesthesia and how "grillz" or studded mouthpieces can cause bacteria and chip teeth.
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