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California Governor Jerry Brown has signed into law a bill that requires dental plans to disclose the amount of money spent on direct dental services designed to improve care, according to a Sacramento Business Journal report.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry has awarded Kent Palcanis, DDS, the Outstanding Periodontal Educator Award.

Over-all health may be closely linked with dental health, according to the Delta Dental Oral Health and Well-Being Survey. Here are nine statistics on oral health in the United States.

Glendale, Ariz.-based OnCall Dental Urgent Care plans to open offices in Tempe, Ariz., and Mesa, Ariz., next month, according to a Phoenix Business Journal report.

Currently, there are approximately 7,069 professionally active oral surgeons in the U.S., according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Approximately a third of people in the United States do not schedule annual dental visits, and more than 800,000 emergency department visits each year are due to preventable dental issues, according to a report by The Atlantic.  

How does dentist income change with age? Here are 21 statistics on mean income by dentist age, according to the American Dental Association 2010 Survey of Dental Practice report.

Dayton, Ohio-based Preferred Family Dental added Priyanka Watwe, DDS, to its medical team.

  Elmhurst (Ill.) Dental celebrated its 40th anniversary in September, according to a Suburban Life report.

The American Dental Association and American Dental Hygienists' Association have joined the Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging and Image Gently Alliance campaign, according to a Dentistry iQ report.