Here's this week's roundup of dentists making headlines.
- California dentist Donald Montano, DDS, will ride his bike 3,400 miles across the U.S. to raise money for a nonprofit organization that helps increase dental care access among children and young adults.
- Jeffrey Okeson, DMD, was named as the new dean of the Lexington-based University of Kentucky College of Dentistry.
- Alaska dentists Kevin Gottlieb, DDS, Thomas Kovaleski, DDS, and Clay Crossett, DMD, were fired after their practice conducted an investigation of their record falsifications.
- Maryland dentist Edward Buford III, DDS, allegedly paid kickbacks to recruit patients and obtained millions in Medicaid payments for services that weren't always delivered.
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