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Billings, Mt.-based Brewer Dental Center added Brent Leggett, DDS, according to Billings Gazette.

A Muskie School of Public service found dental problems were the number one cause for emergency room visits by adults without insurance or with MaineCare coverage, leading many officials to propose legislation to extend dental coverage, according to BDN Maine.

  Here are seven dentists making the news this week.

Dental and medical professionals will administer care for the homeless in Gresham, Ore., according to Oregon Live.

Florida's state Senate approved a bill in an eight to one vote that may remove dental services from the Medicaid managed-care plans, according to CBS Miami.

Here are five updates on dental companies from the last week.

Marquee Dental Partners completed its third acquisition and entered into an affiliation agreement with Winfree and Denton Cosmetic General Dentistry, a dental practice in Hermitage, Tenn.

The Rochester (Minn.) Salvation Army's Good Samaritan Dental Clinic is partaking in the 14th annual "Give Kids A Smile" event, according to PostBullentin.com.

The Federal Trade Commission charges Henry Schein Practice Solutions, a dental practice office management software company, falsely advertised the level of encryption it used to protect patient data. Now, the company has settled the charges with a $250,000 payment.

  Dentists may prescribe antibiotic prophylaxis to patients at high risk for bacterial infection, according to News-Medical.