From a Japanese dentist using an in-mouth camera to reduce his exposure to aerosols to a Wyoming dentist facing three years of probation for releasing asbestos when renovating his office, here are the dentists making headlines this week.
- New York dentist Yanfang Ren, DDS, PhD, explained how his practice remained open for emergency services even when other practices had to shut down amid a statewide COVID-19 surge.
- Japanese dentist Hidehiro Fujie has been affixing a camera in patients' mouths during procedures to reduce his contact with aerosols amid the pandemic.
- Arthur Dugoni, DDS, the first and only person in the country to have a dental school named after them while holding the position of dean, died Sept. 23 in his Palo Alto, Calif., home at age 95.
- Kentucky dentist Wayne Mortenson, DMD, who founded Mortenson Dental Partners with his wife, retired from the DSO.
- Richard Cutler, DDS, was sentenced to probation for knowingly exposing workers to asbestos when he was renovating the building he now uses for his Cheyenne, Wyo.-based practice.
- The man who stabbed California dentist Xuan Liu, DDS, PhD, to death in 2015 was convicted of first-degree murder.
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