Melissa Busch[email protected]Legal IssuesPractice owners to pay $500K to settle kickback caseA Connecticut dental practice and its dentist owners agreed to pay nearly $500,000 to settle kickback allegations.May 13, 2025Legal IssuesSwallowed implant driver leads to major lawsuitA man claims negligence led him to swallow a dental implant driver that required surgery and led to disfigurement.May 12, 2025Legal IssuesHealthy boy dies while sedated for dental treatmentA boy died May 6 while under sedation for a dental procedure at a practice in Oklahoma.May 9, 2025Legal IssuesTexas investigating illegal marketing of fluoride toothpastesThe attorney general in Texas has launched investigations into Colgate-Palmolive and Procter & Gamble for illegally marketing fluoride toothpaste.May 9, 2025Legal IssuesWoman enters plea in fatal shooting of dental directorThe woman accused of fatally shooting a dentist and dental director during a dispute over loud music at an apartment complex in Wisconsin entered a plea.May 7, 2025Legal IssuesDental patient files suit over gouged tongueA man is suing a health center and other unnamed individuals, claiming that part of his tongue was gouged out during a dental procedure.May 6, 2025HomeYe accuses dentist of hooking him on nitrous oxide, plans to sueYe, best known as Kanye West, and Bianca Censori, his wife, intend to file a malpractice lawsuit against his ex-dentist, claiming that he got the rapper addicted to laughing gas.May 2, 2025OpioidsTaking the ache out of talking pain with dental patientsDental leaders discuss how to discuss touchy pain management topics with patients.May 2, 2025Legal IssuesOral surgeon accused in $3M loan scheme acquittedAn oral surgeon accused of orchestrating a $3 million fraudulent loan scheme has been acquitted following a jury trial.May 1, 2025Legal IssuesDental manager sentenced for tax offense at wife’s practiceA dental office manager who oversaw his wife’s practice in Ohio was sentenced for a tax offense.April 30, 2025Previous PagePage 10 of 52Next PageTop StoriesPeriodonticsGum disease may be linked to prostate changes like cancerResearch recently published in The Prostate suggests men with gum disease may have an increased risk of developing prostate conditions, including enlarged prostate, prostate cancer, and chronic prostatitis.Dental HygieneLeveraging LinkedIn for career growth in dentistrySmile DesignDr. Tom Giacobbi ranks popular dental treatments ... do you agree?Office ManagementWant to make a dentist smile? Try print management in the practiceSponsor ContentJoin Us
