A Fort Dodge, Iowa, dentist -- accused of incompetence for a “chaotic” procedure in which he mistakenly extracted a patient’s healthy tooth without painkillers -- has agreed to surrender his license.

The updated lineup includes a connected dental chair, a delivery system, and an LED light to improve workflow, ergonomics, reliability, and patient comfort through human-centered design. These systems ...

The body on the floor? Profitability. The suspect? $100-an-hour hygiene wages. But the wage didn't kill your margins. Your model did. Across the country, practice owners are staring at hygiene payroll ...

Recently, states in the U.S. made a new unlicensed dental auxiliary designation and instituted other changes that affect dental assistants, according to the Dental Assisting National Board's (DANB) ...

The list of the top 10 largest dental service organizations (DSOs) in the U.S. looks a lot like our list from 2022, with Heartland Dental, TAG - The Aspen Group, and Pacific Dental Services holding on ...

DrBicuspid's 2024 list of top 10 dental service organizations (DSOs) in the U.S. include Heartland Dental and MB2 Dental.

Oral cancer screening is now integral to a patient's routine follow-up, as well as new patient evaluations. Spurred by the rise in oral cancer cases, this examination must be performed more frequently ...

Dental service organization (DSO) Salt Dental Partners added World of Smiles Pediatric Dentistry, located in Oregon, as a new partner. Founded in 2008 by Dr. Michelle Stafford, the Greater ...

"Both severe periodontitis and edentulism are highly prevalent globally, imposing a significant burden on individuals and societies," wrote the authors, led by Gustavo Nascimento of the Duke-NUS ...

A dentist in North Carolina who was in danger of having her license yanked for the second time in three years voluntarily surrendered her license permanently for having dirty conditions at her ...

While dental service organizations (DSO) Heartland Dental, TAG - The Aspen Group, and Pacific Dental Services maintained their stronghold as the top three largest DSOs in the U.S., respectively, they ...

Editor's Note: This is the first of a series in which we will ask dental experts to evaluate the smiles of celebrities and well-known individuals from all walks of life. U.S. Health and Human Services ...