Legal Issues: Page 97

Neb. dentist charged with stealing gold from VA

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A 57-year-old Nebraska dentist has pleaded not guilty to stealing nearly $17,000 worth of gold from the Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center in Omaha.

July 30, 2014

Scams played on dentists: Part 1

By Dr. Michael W. Davis

In a new three-part series, Dr. Michael W. Davis details some of the ways dentists and dental offices are vulnerable to scams. This first part will introduce the series and discuss embezzlement and scams that are played on vulnerable employee dentists.

July 29, 2014

Pa. parents charged with neglecting child's teeth

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The parents of a 6-year-old girl in Pennsylvania face criminal charges for neglecting to get dental care for the child, who had 14 abscessed teeth and a severe infection that could have put her life at risk.

June 25, 2014

Pa. dentist's license suspended for infection-control lapses

By Rob Goszkowski

A Northumberland County dentist's license has been suspended after a joint investigation by Pennsylvania's departments of health and state revealed egregious lapses in infection-control procedures. Among other issues, the practice had not tested samples from autoclaved instruments in a year and had only one handpiece onsite.

June 23, 2014

Dentists sue Comfort Dental over forced use of company labs

By Donna Domino

Two Colorado orthodontists are suing Comfort Dental, claiming they were forced to use inferior dental labs owned by the company. The dentists, who run clinics under franchise agreements with Comfort Dental, say they were threatened and intimidated when they used higher-quality labs.

June 19, 2014

Judge dismisses Biolase lawsuit against Fotona

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A federal judge in Orange County, CA, has dismissed all claims of Biolase's lawsuit against Fotona.

June 11, 2014

ITC grants ClearCorrect's motion to stay cease-and-desist orders

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) announced today it had stayed the cease-and-desist orders previously issued against ClearCorrect. The issue originated from a patent infringement dispute with Align Technology.

June 3, 2014

Conn. dentist has license suspended after patient dies

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A Connecticut dentist has had his license suspended for not monitoring a sedated patient who died after he allegedly ignored repeated warnings by dental assistants about the patient's falling oxygen levels.

May 15, 2014

Biolase wins patent infringement case in Germany

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Biolase has won its patent infringement case against Fotona after a German court found that Fotona's Fidelis dental laser system infringes on Biolase's European patent.

May 11, 2014

Lawsuit filed against Ga. dental board over teeth whitening

By Donna Domino

A lawsuit has been filed by a teeth-whitening entrepreneur and the Institue of Justice, a public advocacy group, challenging the Georgia Board of Dentistry's rule prohibiting nondentists from doing teeth whitening.

April 28, 2014

NY dentist gets prison sentence for filing phony tax returns

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

A former New York orthodontist was sentenced to more than eight years in prison for filing fraudulent U.S. tax returns seeking a total of $36 million in refunds, and was ordered to pay $200,000 in restitution.

April 21, 2014

Fla. dentist sues Heartland Dental over sale of practice

By Donna Domino

A Florida dentist is suing the Heartland Dental chain, claiming the company fired him after illegally taking over his practice through a complicated series of transactions and employment agreements. The suit is similar to a 2011 case in which a North Carolina dentist illegally sold his practice to Heartland.

April 20, 2014

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