As the dental industry continues to evolve, dentists are increasingly joining dental service organizations, according to a Dentist's Money Digest report.
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Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler fined Dental Health Services $300,000 and order the provider to develop a compliance plan to resolve customer concerns, according to the seattle pi.
Paramount Health Care acquired Indiana-based dental benefit provider Dental Health Options by Health Resources.
Henry Schein is participating in Dentsply Sirona World, a conference of oral health professional sharing best practices in cone beam computer technology and computer aided design and manufacturing applications.
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Metropolitan and especially rural areas in Arizona are facing a shortage of dentists and lack of dental care coverage, according to AZ Big Media.
Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Aetna and the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons partnered to create a program designed to reduce the number of opioid tablets prescribed to patients undergoing wisdom tooth extractions.
ProHEALTH Dental entered into a clinical and academic affiliation agreement with the Mount Sinai Health System and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, both in New York City.
The Dentacoin Foundation, a company focused on blockchain solutions for the global dental industry, launched its pilot crytpocurrency clinic, F3T, in Stratford, London.
The opioid epidemic continues to surge with increasing numbers of prescriptions being written for pain medication and dentists continue to write millions of prescriptions each year, according to NPR.