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The Environment Protection Agency has determined that routine dental procedures are responsible for more than half of all mercury found in public water treatment plants, according to a National Journal report.

There are approximately 10,151 professionally active orthodontists in the U.S., according to a recent Kaiser Family Foundation report.

Porterville, Calif.-based Family HealthCare Network named Karthik Raghuraman, DDS, its new interim dental director, according to a report by The Porterville Recorder.

Euless, Texas-based Brident Dental & Orthodontics opened a new location in McAllen, Texas.

Ashfaq Ahmad, DMD, has opened a new practice, New Smile Dental, in Ridgefield, Conn., according to a report by The Ridgefield Press.

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.