The Washington Dental Quality Assurance Commission slapped the owner of Vancouver-based Must Love Kids Pediatric Dentistry with a $5,000 fine following the death of a 4-year-old patient, according to The Columbian.
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Dental service organizations continue to grow rapidly. Some DSOs open de novo practices while others are expanding through partnerships and acquisitions.
Chicago-based Elite Dental Partners has named Gaurav Bhattacharyya CEO, according to an Oct. 17 news release.
East Syracuse, N.Y.-based Aspen Dental is opening a new location in Jacksonville, N.C., a dental health professional shortage area, according to an Oct. 17 news release.
On Oct. 11, Illinois Democratic House of Representatives member Robin Kelly proposed the Medicare Dental Act, a bill that would cover some dental services through Medicare Part B, a position 80 percent of Americans support, according to a news release.
A former employee at Keene (Tenn.) Dentistry and Implants said she will plead guilty to stealing thousands of dollars for the practice, according to the Union Leader.
A Federal Trade Commission judge ruled Oct. 16 that Patterson Companies and Benco Dental Supply Co. were guilty of conspiring against dental product buying groups, reports Newsday.
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Stanley M. Bergman, CEO and Chairman of Mellville, N.Y.-based Henry Schein, was awarded the National Network for Oral Health Access President's Award, announced in an Oct. 15 news release.