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The FDA announced a Class II recall of more than 4 million tubes of fluoride toothpaste Oct. 19. Pritam International…
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Tampa, Fla.-based Coast Dental has agreed to a settlement of up to $3.84 million to resolve a class action lawsuit alleging that it sent marketing texts and calls to consumers who had asked to opt out, classaction.org reported Oct. 13.…
Boynton Beach, Fla.-based EKOS Dental Group recently launched its 20th practice. The company opened Modern Dentists of Deltona Lakes in Florida, according to an Oct. 20 news release. The practice provides general dentistry, periodontal care and cosmetic dentistry. It is…
Most AI implementations don’t fail because of the technology. They fail because organizations focus on deployment instead of behavior change. Clinicians don’t resist innovation — they resist disruption that doesn’t clearly improve patient care or make their day easier. In…
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U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson will lead the effort to pass the Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act in the next Congress. The bill would repeal the statutory exclusion that currently prohibits Medicare from covering most dental, vision and hearing…
Here are six recent updates that have led to optimism and skepticism in the dental industry: Good news Graduation rates increase The total number of dental school graduates has increased by 20.7% since 2015, according to data from the American…
The workforce shortages that have defined the last several years are expected to continue into 2027, but technological advances could alleviate some of the pressure on dental practices. Two dentists recently spoke with Becker’s to discuss the workforce challenges they…
Correspondence never stops arriving in the revenue cycle: remittance advice, explanation of benefits forms, denial letters, refund requests and patient payments. They arrive by mail, fax and a single bank file. Your team opens each one, identifies it, hunts across…
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Artistic Smiles, a dental practice in Longmont, Colo., has provided notice of a data breach, according to a recent post on the practice’s website. The practice discovered unauthorized access to its network that occurred between June 14 and June 21,…
Morgantown-based West Virginia University School of Dentistry has received a $15 million Congressionally Directed Spending award. The funding will be used for the dental school renovations and purchasing equipment, according to an Oct. 20 news release from Sen. Shelley Capito,…
The $30 billion VA dental contract recently awarded to Optum is the latest signal that payers and large health systems are no longer circling dentistry — they’re moving in. Optum will manage dental benefits for eligible veterans under the 10-year…
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