Dear DrBicuspid Member,
The North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners acted illegally in its efforts to bar nondentists from selling teeth-whitening products and services to consumers, according to an order issued by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on December 2.
Among other things, the FTC order requires the board to cease trying to block nondentists from providing these products or services and to stop saying that it is illegal for nondentists to provide them. Read more.
In other Cosmetics Community news, Missouri is not unique in its methods for determining who does and doesn't qualify for pediatric orthodontic care under Medicaid. But one attorney in the Show-Me State has made it her mission to ensure that Medicaid kids who really need braces get them. Read more.
And in the latest installment of our Leaders in Dentistry series, we talked with Dr. Roger Levin, CEO of Levin Group, to get his views on how the economic challenges of the past few years have changed the business of dentistry. Dr. Levin is optimistic about dentistry's future; click here to read why.
