Laila Hishaw, DDS, is pushing to bring more Blacks into dentistry through her nonprofit, which will hold its first youth summit in November, the Jacksonville Free Press reported Oct. 10.
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Illinois-based Smile Obsession has acquired Naperville, Ill.-based practice Maplebrook Dental, the multispecialty dental group said Oct. 10.
Dentulu and the Teledentists are partnering to create the largest dental network in the U.S. and are expected to fully merge in 2022, the teledentistry company said Oct. 11.
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.
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.