Melissa Busch[email protected]Legal IssuesImposter dentist sentenced to jailA woman who was given a chance to show she changed before she was convicted of illegally practicing dentistry was sentenced after it was discovered she reportedly continued giving people veneers without a license.December 23, 2024DSOThese are the top 10 DSOs in the U.S.DrBicuspid's 2024 list of top 10 dental service organizations (DSOs) in the U.S. include Heartland Dental and MB2 Dental.December 23, 2024Legal IssuesTroubled dental manager indictedA dental manager who was charged in May with falsely representing himself as a dentist faces new charges.December 20, 2024Legal IssuesOffice affair, labor violations lead to suit against dentistA dental assistant who reportedly engaged in a decades-long workplace love affair with a dentist filed a lawsuit against her paramour, claiming he fired her after his wife found out.December 19, 2024Legal IssuesDentist accused of prescribing pills to herself gives up licenseA dentist accused of using an alias to illegally prescribe thousands of pain pills to herself and family members has permanently surrendered her dental license.December 17, 2024Organized DentistryAAO to keep eye on microplastics in clear alignersThe American Association of Orthodontists (AAO) will monitor research about microplastics possibly being released from clear aligners.December 17, 2024MalpracticeSuit filed in healthy teen's 3rd-molar surgery deathThe parents of a healthy 17-year-old who died following anesthesia-related complications during a third-molar extraction procedure are suing his oral surgeon.December 16, 2024Legal IssuesPhony dentist accused of running kitchen apartment practiceA woman is accused of illegally operating a dental practice out of the kitchen of her one-bedroom apartment.December 13, 2024Legal IssuesPediatric dentist sentenced to prisonA pediatric dentist accused of having more than 2,700 images and videos of children, including some featuring kids younger than 12, was sentenced to prison.December 12, 2024Legal IssuesDentist accused of traveling for tryst with child, mom pleadsA dentist arrested in August at a Florida airport after allegedly flying there to meet a mother and her 8-year-old daughter for sex has pleaded guilty.December 12, 2024Previous PagePage 20 of 52Next PageTop StoriesLegal IssuesDentist will not be charged for patient’s deathCriminal charges will not be filed against a dentist who retired after a patient became unresponsive while under sedation for tooth extractions and later died.PodcastsPodcast: A big dental compact step taken, and what it could meanPeriodonticsHyaluronic acid may benefit patients with gum diseaseLegal IssuesEye-rolling dental therapist leads to cash settlementSponsor ContentJoin Us
