Many Americans today unfortunately do not have dental insurance, and see oral health as a luxury, which has implications on the population's overall health. Quality Dental Plan, a program based in Reno, Nev., has developed a plan aimed to help people afford dental care.

Dental administration company Scion Dental, based in Menomonee Falls, Wis., has appointed healthcare industry business leader Gail Buenger, JD, to the position of vice president of operations.

The Academy of Osseointegration has issued an open letter to dental graduates, with 10 main tips for the graduates as they move into the dental world.

  Western Dental, one of the largest providers of the California state dental program Denti-Cal, has cited low reimbursement and increased demand as reasons they will stop seeing new Denti-Cal patients, reports Sacramento Business Journal.  

  DentaQuest, the largest oral health enterprise within Medicaid, has appointed Sarah Dirks, DDS, and Kathleen Betts to its board of directors, according to a release.  

Ted Greenlee, DDS, and James Chapko, DDS, launched Schaumburg, Ill.-based ImplantWide, a teaching implant surgicenter for dentists, with the concept to deliver fully integrated dental implant services to patients. According to a release, the new center will address six roadblocks facing dentists who want to integrate comprehensive implant services.

Lowering the transaction cost of credit card utilization, bank interest rates and fees, and the proportion or percentage of total sales devoted to any particular expense activity is a long-standing best practices method of managing dental entities whether in a solo or a group practice setting.  Only recently has the same argument applied to the time point when the owner decides to exit and sell his or her practice or group. 1

Temple University's Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry in Philadelphia, and Henry Schein, announced the Henry Schein Digital Center of Excellence.

Stanley M. Bergman, chairman of the board and CEO of Henry Schein, gave commencement addresses at three elite dental schools, where he challenged the graduates to advance their careers by asking: "why not?"

The University of Utah School of Dentistry officially opened the Ray and Tye Noorda Oral Health Sciences Building last month, with the goal of becoming a top dental school in the country, according to Glen R. Hanson, DDS, PhD, professor of dentistry at University of Utah, quoted in a Desert News report.

Here are seven dentists making headlines for the week of May 11, 2015:

Here are eight recent news updates on dental device and practice management companies

William Hiltz is a professional investigator for fraud committed against general dentists and specialists, and claims he has the ability to determine the likelihood of fraud by simply asking a few questions.

Here are five dentists making headlines for the week of May 1, 2015:

Here are eight recent news updates on dental device and practice management companies.

Here are six dentists making headlines for the week of April 23, 2015:

As new director of interprofessional practice at the DentaQuest Institute, Sean G. Boynes, DMD, will guide program development and research, as well as develop new delivery models that address the needs of underserved populations.

Here are seven recent news updates on dental device and practice management companies.

Here are five dentists making headlines for the week of April 16, 2015.

Here are seven recent news updates on dental device and practice management companies.