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.
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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.
An Orange County man was convicted of first-degree murder Oct. 1 in the stabbing death of California dentist Xuan Liu, DDS, PhD, according to the Orange County Register.
Many companies are modernizing their business models by tailoring their platforms to meet consumer needs. Dental practices have an opportunity to do the same thing by implementing seamless and contactless methods that can ultimately yield increased payment collections.
The COVID-19 rapid antigen tests to which the FDA has granted emergency use authorization are not sufficient ways for dentists to decide which patients they can treat, because negative tests require confirmation from a polymerase chain reaction test, according to…
New dentistry startup Tend raised $37 million in a Series B round that will help the company's aim of making dental visits a positive experience, reports Forbes.
Below are some of the latest updates from dental support organizations.
Dental practices using Microsoft Windows Server as a domain controller should apply the security update Microsoft issued in August to avoid a cybersecurity incident, according to ADA News.