Some Florida dentists are working to convince the public it's safe to visit amid the pandemic, with industry reports indicating business remains down from last year for many practices statewide, according to The Palm Beach Post.
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Boston-based teledentistry company Virtudent entered a partnership in which it will offer its teledentistry services to Guardian's approximately 7 million members, the companies said Oct. 27.
Western Dental promoted Patricia Himpelmann to senior vice president of specialty services, the DSO said Oct. 27.
The pandemic has not slowed Heartland Dental's growth, as the Effingham, Ill.-based DSO has added more than 100 new dentists in 2020.
A woman from Idaho Falls, Idaho, has been arrested and charged with stealing a relative's identity to pay for dentures that cost more than $3,000, East Idaho News reported.
Oak Bluffs, Mass.-based Martha's Vineyard Hospital is set to close its dental practice Nov. 20, following the departure of its dentist, according to The Martha's Vineyard Times.
About half of U.S. dentists have experienced verbal or reputational aggression from patients in the past year, according to a study published in the October issue of the Journal of the American Dental Association.
The University of Illinois Chicago College of Dentistry recently opened a pediatric outpatient center that is set to serve 1,000 children annually.
From the American Dental Association's inauguration of a new president to a Michigan dentist speaking out against the latest do-it-yourself dental trend on TikTok, here are the dentists making headlines this week.
Amid the new wave of the pandemic, some dental practices are still struggling to obtain enough personal protective equipment.