Legal Issues: Page 39

Dental hygienist responsibilities in coding dental claims

By Estela Vargas and Belle DuCharme

While most dental hygienists cannot legally diagnose dental disease, they still have a legal responsibility to properly code what they do. Coding expert Estela Vargas shares tips for coding common dental hygiene treatments.

January 31, 2023

CDA reminds dental employers about importance of meal and rest breaks

By Amerigo Allegretto

The California Dental Association (CDA) is reminding dentist employers about the importance of complying with employee meal and rest break rules following the state's recent clarification about monetary compensation for employees who are not afforded such breaks.

January 30, 2023

Mass. dentist cops to embezzling $1.2M

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A dentist and bookkeeper at a dental practice pleaded guilty to mail and wire fraud for his role in embezzling $1.2 million from his employer and defrauding a U.S. relief fund, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts.

January 26, 2023

12 charged for alleged practice scheme to defraud U.S. agencies

By Melissa Busch

A dozen Pennsylvania dentists, practice owners, and employees were charged with numerous crimes for allegedly operating a scheme that attempted to defraud Medicaid, U.S. immigration authorities, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, according to a justice department press release.

January 26, 2023

Patent suit between Sonendo's PIPStek, Biolase heats up

By Melissa Busch

PIPStek, a subsidiary of Sonendo, developer of the GentleWave root canal disinfection system, filed a lawsuit against Biolase claiming that Biolase's laser violates two of its patents. Biolase calls the claims against its Waterlase laser "meritless."

January 25, 2023

U.S. court rules dental therapists can receive Medicaid payments

By Melissa Busch

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently ruled that dental health aide therapists in tribal communities in Washington can receive reimbursements from Medicaid, reversing a last-minute decision by the Trump administration.

January 22, 2023

Week in Review: Dentist sued over YouTube video | CBCT on the rise for kids | NSAIDs shine in pain relief study

By Theresa Pablos

January 20, 2023

Dentist sued over online video that disparages snap-on veneers

By Melissa Busch

The owner of a snap-on veneers lab has filed a defamation lawsuit in U.S. court against a Missouri dentist who cautioned viewers in an online video about this type of temporary prosthetic. The story was published on January 15 in the Springfield News-Leader.

January 17, 2023

Week in Review: Align sues SmileDirectClub | Cuspies 2023 finalists | Practice ownership drops

By Theresa Pablos

January 13, 2023

Align Technology sues SmileDirectClub for false advertising

By Melissa Busch

Invisalign maker Align Technology has filed a lawsuit against SmileDirectClub claiming that the company misleads patients by advertising that its clear aligner treatment is provided under the care of dentists and orthodontists.

January 10, 2023

Aspen Dental to pay $3.5M to settle deceptive advertising case

By Melissa Busch

TAG - The Aspen Dental Group's dental service organization Aspen Dental Management has agreed to pay $3.5 million to Massachusetts to resolve claims that it cheated thousands of consumers in the state through bait-and-switch advertising.

January 8, 2023

Week in Review: Cancer therapy and jaw necrosis | Dispel halitosis with probiotics | Predicting pain

By Melissa Busch

January 6, 2023

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