Face mask mandates were issued in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana and Montana within the last week, CNN reports.
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COVID-19 contractions that occur in California dental practices must be reported to the state's division of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration if the illness falls under the agency's serious illness reporting regulation.
Lexington-based University of Kentucky College of Dentistry has named Jeffrey Okeson, DMD, its dean, a decision made July 8 but still awaiting approval from the university's board of trustees.
A lawsuit dealing with a January 2019 ransomware incident at Boaz, Ala.-based Sarrell Regional Dental Center for Public Health has been dismissed by a federal judge due to lack of evidence that data was misused.
Seventy-five hand sanitizers are on an updated FDA list of products to avoid because of potential toxicity.
A Virginia man who was charged in March with the sexual assault of a minor and practicing unlicensed dentistry now faces 11 more charges, according to CBS affiliate WUSA.
The American Dental Association, along with the Organized Dentistry Coalition and some state dental associations, is urging Congress to provide relief to dental practices in the upcoming pandemic relief package.
Up to half of opioids given out by U.S. dentists are unnecessary and inappropriate, according to University of Pittsburgh data cited by NPR.
A federal judge has ruled that SmileDirectClub can't move forward with its antitrust challenge to the Dental Board of California's efforts to classify its storefronts as illegal dentistry, Bloomberg Law reports.
Staff at San Jose, Calif.-based Indian Health Center of Santa Clara Valley believe the dental and health clinic is the target of racist messages, according to CBS affiliate KPIX-TV.