Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Representative Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) have introduced the Comprehensive Dental Reform Act aimed at expanding dental coverage through Medicare, Medicaid, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Department of Veterans Affairs, according to a VT Digger report.

During a Feb. 26 webinar hosted by Becker's Dental Review Bart Walker, a partner with law firm McGuireWoods; Geoffrey Cockrell, head of the McGuireWoods private equity group; and Karan Garg, a vice president with Houlihan Lokey, discussed the state of the dental practice management market and where the field is headed.

The U. S. Supreme Court ruled the North Carolina dentistry licensing board acted illegally by excluding non-dentists from providing teeth whitening services, according to a USA Today report.

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Senate Bill 2354 aimed to address the dentist shortage in North Dakota by allowing dental hygienists to provide a greater scope of care, but the bill has died, according to a report by The Jamestown Sun.

The Hawaii State Department of Health has established a new dental surveillance program focused on third grade students, according to a khon2 report.

Cantel Medical has acquired MRLB International for $10 million.

Delta Dental Foundation has awarded the Miami County Dental Clinic in Troy, Ohio a $5,000 grant, according to a tdn-net.com report.

Over the Mountain Dentistry has opened a new family dental practice office location in Mountain Brook, Ala.

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Oral surgeon Juan Carlos Arroyo, DMD, has joined Gallardo & Lamas Periodontics & Implant Dentistry in Miami.

Jason Champagne, DDS, a managing member of Champagne Family Dentistry in Sparks, Nev., has joined the Entrepreneur's Organization Reno-Tahoe, according to a Reno Gazette-Journal report.

Michigan Governor Rick Snyder (R) announced a budget proposal that includes a provision for the expansion of the state's Healthy Kids Dental program, according to a Public News Service report.

Kansas Mission of Mercy has opened a mobile dental clinic, according to an Eyewitness News 12 report.

There are 146,800 dentists in the United States in 2012, and the number is expected to grow, according to the United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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The Michigan Dental Association has named Senator Jim Stamas (R-Midland) its 2014 Legislator of the Year, according to a Midland Daily News report.

Robert DeRosso, DMD, and his staff at Today's Family Dental office in Washington, N.J., have joined the Warren County Community College as mentors, according to an nj.com report.

Lorain (Ohio) County Health & Dentistry has opened a new clinic location, according to a report by The Morning Journal News.

Senate Bill 2354 would allow advanced dental hygienists to provide a greater scope of care in North Dakota in an effort to expand dental care in rural areas of the state, according to a report by The Bismarck Tribune.