From a dentist accused of prescribing opioids with a suspended license to another who allegedly submitted millions of dollars in false claims, here are the latest making the news:
1. Mouhab Rizkallah, DDS, was accused of fraudulently submitting millions of dollars in false claims to Massachusetts' Medicaid program.
2. The Michigan Periodontal Association recently elected Allan Padbury Jr., DDS, president.
3. Paul William Yaggie, DMD, was charged with illegally prescribing hydrocodone and oxycodone after being suspended by the Kentucky Board of Dentistry.
4. Oral implantologist LeRoy Horton, DDS, outlined how he is working to change the lack of Black representation within the dental field.