Dental Practice: Page 497

Dentist pleads guilty in paper clip fraud case
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A former Fall River, MA, dentist has pleaded guilty to Medicaid fraud charges for inserting pieces of paper clips into patients' mouths as posts in root canals instead of using standard posts made of stainless steel.
January 23, 2012
CDA examines workforce, access-to-care issues
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The January issue of the Journal of the California Dental Association continues to examine issues relating to the dental workforce and address barriers to oral healthcare by featuring studies commissioned by the California Dental Association (CDA) that helped shape the recommendations made in a three-phase access report filed by the 2011 CDA House of Delegates.
January 19, 2012
Align Technology responds to Ortho Caps allegations
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Align Technology has issued a response to a January 18 press release by Ortho Caps relating to a patent infringement lawsuit Align filed against Ortho Caps on December 21, 2011.
January 19, 2012
UBC program emphasizes practice management
By Rosemary Frei, MSc
The University of British Columbia (UBC) is offering a continuing dental education program taught primarily by business school professors that is tailored to dentists' specific needs as entrepreneurs and small-business managers.
January 18, 2012
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Pa. dentist charged with $5M in insurance fraud
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A Pennsylvania dentist and his daughter have been charged with submitting $5 million in false medical bills to 15 private insurance companies for a radiofrequency procedure they claimed could alleviate chronic pain.
January 18, 2012
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Ortho Caps challenges Align European patents
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
In response to a patent infringement lawsuit filed by Align Technology, Ortho Caps, a German maker of orthodontic aligners, is challenging Align's European patents.
January 17, 2012
Univ. of Hawaii hygiene students get scholarships
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Four University of Hawaii Maui College students have been given scholarships designed for dental assistants who are pursuing careers in dental hygiene and intend to live and work on Maui upon graduation.
January 15, 2012
eDossea upgrades online dental file-sharing service
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
eDossea, a provider of online tools for handling patient data, has expanded its secure online file-sharing service eDossea 1.0.
January 12, 2012
Ind. dentist accused of Medicaid fraud, patient kickbacks
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Fraud charges could be brought against an Indianapolis dentist accused of performing unnecessary procedures to collect Medicaid payments, according to an article in the Indianapolis Star.
January 10, 2012
Can electronic health records erase disparities?
By Reuters Health
(Reuters Health) - Switching to electronic health records might help close health gaps between black and white Americans, researchers suggest in a new study in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
January 10, 2012
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Pa. dental association endorses Demandforce
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The Pennsylvania Dental Association has endorsed Demandforce as its provider of online patient communications and marketing.
January 9, 2012
1-800-DENTIST uses SiteSpect to enhance Web optimization
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
1-800-DENTIST has selected SiteSpect to enhance its Web optimization efforts with a nonintrusive multivariate testing and behavioral targeting platform.
January 9, 2012
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