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A leaked draft of the Trump administration’s fiscal year 2026 budget proposal shows additional cuts to oral health-related programs. The document provides a look at potential changes to several health ...
The Iowa legislature passed a bill that requires at least 80% of students accepted into the University of Iowa dental and medical schools to have ties to the state, the Iowa Capital Dispatch reported ...
There were more than 240 transactions in the dental industry in 2024, the most out of 11 different physician specialties, according to VMG Health’s 2025 Healthcare M&A report.  Here are five notes: ...
General dentists in Cape Coral-Fort Meyers, Fla., have the highest average annual salary of any metropolitan area in the U.S., making $275,110 per year. The average salary for dentists in the Coast ...
A new study conducted by researchers at Penn Dental Medicine found a potential therapy to fight against periodontal diseases. The translation study targeted senescent cell burden as an effective ...
The American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine has released new guidelines for the use of teledentistry with oral appliance therapy. The AADSM said April 22 that its goal is to help dentists who treat ...
Increased flexibility, mobility and efficiency are three of the biggest benefits that dental professionals and organizations can expect from the Dentist and Hygienist Compact. The interstate compact ...
Dental schools in the U.S. differ on cost, program length, class size and more depending on the type of institution, according to data from the American Dental Association’s Health Policy Institute.
DSOs have kicked off 2025 with initiatives to bolster staffing and support their practice partners. Dental organizations have placed more emphasis on doctor satisfaction in recent years as competition ...
More than a dozen states have introduced legislation to implement a dental loss ratio so far this year.  Overall, 23 states have filed dental loss ratio bills since the start of 2023, according to an ...
A Maine lawmaker has introduced a bill to prohibit fluoride from being added to public water supplies, the Maine Morning Star reported April 22. Public water systems are legally able to fluoridate ...
The total tuition to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Dentistry, the top-ranked dental school in the U.S., is $153,400 for a resident and $291,400 for a non-resident.