Department of Health

Minnesota Dental Clinics at Risk of Permanent Closure

Many dental clinics in Minnesota, particularly clinics in rural areas, are at risk of...

Irish Dentists Frustrated by Government’s Lack of Response to COVID-19

General dentists in Ireland have signed a letter to the editor to The Irish...

Dentist Agrees to License Suspension After Bacterial Endocarditis Cases

Dr. John Vecchione has agreed to a five-year license suspension and $293,500 in penalties...

New Jersey Names Hayes Dental Director

The New Jersey Department of Health has named Darwin K. Hayes, DDS, MHA, the...

NJ Dental Practice May Be Site of Measles Exposure

The New Jersey Department of Health is warning people who visited the Center for...

General Anesthesia Permit Restricted Following Patient Death

The Washington State Department of Health Dental Quality Assurance Commission has restricted the general...

More Dentists Screening for Blood Pressure in Maryland

Thanks to a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), dentists...

Dental Therapy: A Joker in the Stacked Deck of Access to Care

There exists no universal definition for the term “access to care.”1,2 Meanings are all...

Breaches Lead to 15 Infections and One Death at NJ Practice

Breaches of infection prevention practices at a practice located in Morris County, NJ, have...

Dental Therapist Classification Established in Vermont

On June 2, Governor Peter Shumlin of Vermont signed S. 20 into law, which...