From dental practice expansions to new leadership appointments, here are 12 recent 'firsts' in dentistry covered by Becker's:
The Latest
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Below are some of the latest updates from dental support organizations occurring this September.
The Alabama Board of Dental Examiners has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it unreasonably excluded online and teledentistry providers from competition, according to a Sept. 28 news release.
All dentists will soon be required to comply with an information-blocking rule that prohibits providers from inhibiting patients' access to certain health records, the California Dental Association said Sept. 29.
Updated CDC interim COVID-19 infection control guidance for dental healthcare personnel garnered the most attention this month.
Ronald Redden, DDS, a professor at the Houston-based University of Texas Health School of Dentistry and former president of the Texas Dental Society of Anesthesiology, died Sept. 23 of cancer.
Teledentistry software company Virtual Dental Care will begin servicing Humana members next year, the company said Sept. 29.
One Houston-based dental practice has been operating with a quarter of its staff out, and other practices in East Texas are experiencing similar staff shortages during the pandemic, KLTV, an ABC affiliate, reported Sept. 28.
There are 4,429 endodontists practicing in the U.S., according to data from the Kaiser Family Foundation, a health policy nonprofit.