SmileDirectClub received patents for its electric toothbrush and Bluetooth-powered aligner case, the Nashville, Tenn.-based teledentistry company announced Oct. 6.
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Nearly half of all dental practices in the U.S. have experienced theft from staff members, according to a survey conducted by the American Dental Association.
As use of teledentistry spikes amid the pandemic, all dentists must understand the following facts, per the American Dental Association's teledentistry policy.
Embezzlement is the most common type of employee theft that occurs at dental practices, according to the California Dental Association.
Tonawanda, N.Y.-based dentist Tiberiu Sfintescu, DDS, was arraigned in court on one charge of forcible touching, a class A misdemeanor, according to local ABC affiliate WGRZ.
The National Institutes of Health and the CDC outlined a COVID-19 vaccine allocation framework that identified dentists and dental hygienists as essential healthcare workers who should be given early access, according to ADA News.
A Connecticut dentist must pay a $300,000 settlement after allegedly overbilling for services and allowing uncertified dental assistants to perform procedures they were not qualified to do, according to an Oct. 1 news release from the state's attorney general.
A Santa Fe, N.M.-based dental practice reopened after closing for nearly two weeks when the dentist contracted COVID-19, reports the Santa Fe New Mexican.
From a Japanese dentist using an in-mouth camera to reduce his exposure to aerosols to a Wyoming dentist facing three years of probation for releasing asbestos when renovating his office, here are the dentists making headlines this week.
The National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research has granted $459,000 to Jirun Sun, PhD, a scientist with the American Dental Association Science & Research Institute, to develop self-cleaning dental material.