Melissa Busch

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Not enough dentists follow guidelines to address caries

U.S. pediatric dentists use pharmacological approaches like silver diamine fluoride to address early caries but rarely adopt other strategies like minimally invasive dentistry.

January 20, 2025

Boy Dentist Father

Flossing leads to firing

An assistant was fired after a video of her ignoring and flossing over the bedside of a patient with a serious heart condition went viral.

January 17, 2025

Dental Floss Fotoduets

Practice Trends

What dentists are really expecting in 2025

More than half of dentists reported feeling confident in the economic conditions in the next six months, but they anticipate challenges.

January 15, 2025

Dentist Man Smiling

Dentist files whistleblower suit citing neglect, retaliation

A dentist who worked at California prisons recently filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the state claiming she was unfairly fired after raising concerns that patients were neglected and more.

January 10, 2025

Whistleblower Lawsuit Victor Moussa

Wake up. Teething may not disrupt sleep.

Despite parents reporting that odontiasis affected their children's slumber, video showed teething may not increase sleep loss or cause fragmented sleep in infants, according to a new study.

January 10, 2025

Baby Biting Erllre

Dentist settles kickback ploy case

A dentist who previously pleaded guilty in a more than $2 million Medicaid kickback scheme has paid more than $600,000 to settle False Claims Act allegations.

January 9, 2025

Gavel Money Lawsuit

Woman accused of running $11M dental fraud scheme

A woman was arrested for allegedly operating an approximately $11 million scheme that defrauded dozens of patients through illegal dental practices.

January 8, 2025

Woman Handcuffs

Jailhouse dental care results in lawsuit

A man is suing a Pennsylvania corrections department and a health contractor for errors resulting from tooth extractions while he was in jail, according to a story.

January 7, 2025

Orthodontic treatment may increase the risk of teeth grinding

Nearly half of patients undergoing orthodontic treatment experienced teeth clenching and grinding, according to a study.

January 7, 2025

Man Jaw Tooth Pain

Proposed deal reached in alleged cyberattack coverup at practice

A dental practice in Indiana has agreed to a proposed agreement to settle allegations that it failed to report and tried to conceal a ransomware attack that exposed patient personal data.

January 3, 2025

Gavel Money Lawsuit

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Jail Hands

Woman hit with prison sentence for embezzling from dental employer

A woman accused of embezzling more than $240,000 from the dental practice where she worked was sentenced.

Researcher

Saliva testing may mark periodontitis progression

Boy Dentist Father

Not enough dentists follow guidelines to address caries

Roger Levin 400

Do's and don'ts for avoiding mistakes in your practice

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Woman hit with prison sentence for embezzling from dental employer

By Melissa Busch

A woman accused of embezzling more than $240,000 from the dental practice where she worked was sentenced.

January 20, 2025

Saliva testing may mark periodontitis progression

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine have found that measuring proteins in saliva may help monitor periodontitis progression, according to a press release from the university.

January 20, 2025

Not enough dentists follow guidelines to address caries

By Melissa Busch

U.S. pediatric dentists use pharmacological approaches like silver diamine fluoride to address early caries but rarely adopt other strategies like minimally invasive dentistry.

January 20, 2025

Boy Dentist Father

Do's and don'ts for avoiding mistakes in your practice

By Dr. Roger P. Levin

By honing in on certain key performance indicators and following certain steps, practices can thrive and flourish in 2025, writes Dr. Roger P. Levin.

January 20, 2025

Roger Levin 400

Flossing leads to firing

By Melissa Busch

An assistant was fired after a video of her ignoring and flossing over the bedside of a patient with a serious heart condition went viral.

January 17, 2025

Dental Floss Fotoduets

5 cybersecurity resolutions for your dental practice in 2025

By Tasha Dickinson, Michael Ventriello

By adopting these five resolutions in 2025, your dental practice can safeguard patient data, comply with regulations, and build trust with patients, writes Tasha Dickinson and Michael Ventriello.

January 17, 2025

Data Protection Nijat

How one dentist won the dental team over with waffles

By Tamela Jones

Whatever the reason, or even for no reason at all, finding ways to celebrate your dental team offers many returns for you and your practice, writes Tamela Jones.

January 17, 2025

Iowa Dental Board agrees to license woman who stole $81,000

By Clark Kauffman

The Iowa Dental Board has agreed to license a woman recently convicted of stealing almost $81,000 from Iowa businesses.

January 16, 2025

Executive Board

These obesity indicators may be linked to periodontitis

Certain obesity indicators may positively correlate with periodontitis and vary with age, according to a large study published in Scientific Reports

January 16, 2025

People prefer going to the dentist over this

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

This concern is now a bigger fear than root canals for many Americans, according to a TodayPay report.

January 16, 2025

COVID-19 affected antibiotic prescribing in dentistry

By Ava Barros

The COVID-19 pandemic likely caused a rise in antibiotic use in dentistry, disrupting a previous decline, as rates have since remained high, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Dental Association.

January 16, 2025

The importance of infection control documentation in dental practices

By Amanda Hill, RDH

If you don't write it down, it didn't happen, writes Amanda Hill, RDH. Here's why you should prioritize documentation in your dental practice.

January 16, 2025

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