Sacramento, Calif.-based iSmile Dental Products has acquired Union City, N.J.-based Dental Savings International.
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Researchers at Seattle-based University of Washington have developed a way to use smartphone images to identify potentially harmful bacteria in oral cavities and on the skin.
Edwardsville-based Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine Dean Bruce Rotter, DMD, announced his retirement June 11, effective December 2021.
Here are 33 of the biggest news items from dental support organizations so far in 2021:
The California Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards board voted to withdraw revisions to its COVID-19 prevention emergency temporary standards, the California Dental Association stated June 10.
Martinsville, Va., dentist James Jordan, DDS, died June 9 of complications from COVID-19 at the age of 61, reports the Martinsville Bulletin.
William Armstrong, DDS, has merged his long-standing Elizabethton, Tenn.-based dental practice with Kingsport, Tenn.-based Martin Dentistry, according to a May 26 Facebook post from the dental practice.
Recently, Kaiser Health News published an expose of sorts on “pushy dentists” and the public perception of pushing high-cost – and perceived unnecessary – treatments on their patients.
The American Dental Association will present Rear Adm. Timothy Ricks, DMD, with its Distinguished Service Award, the organization announced June 10.
A 34-year-old man has been found guilty on two counts of criminal mischief with hate crime enhancements for scrawling racist slurs on vehicles and placing nails in a dentist's family driveway, reports The Daytona Beach News-Journal.