DENTIST

An Illinois man inhaled a drill bit during a routine dental visit — and then ended up at the hospital, where doctors removed it with a rare medical procedure.

A dentist was arrested and charged with second-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend who overdosed. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports police believe he provided her with sedatives and anesthetics.

A dentist in Montgomery County, Maryland, is accused of giving his girlfriend controlled substances in the months leading up to her overdose death. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

Dr. James Ryan, an oral surgeon with a practice in Germantown, Maryland, was arrested Tuesday and charged with the second-degree murder of Sarah Harris.

A mobile dental office in Virginia’s Bailey’s Crossroads community is providing free teeth cleanings and other dental services to those in need. News4’s Molette Green reports..

Fortis College in Landover, Maryland, has a dental clinic where hygiene students get the hands-on training they need, and patients get full preventative care at a lower cost. You can call 301-459-3650 or 240-639-5237 to make an appointment. News4’s Megan McGrath reports.

Today, Vo lives with his fiancé, Marcus in Costa Mesa, California, works as a pediatric dentist and earns roughly $200,000 per year.

An Anchorage dentist captured on video extracting a patient’s tooth as he rode a hoverboard was sentenced to 12 years for Medicaid fraud and other crimes, NBC News reports.

The coronavirus has hit the dental industry hard. Models last month from the American Dental Association’s Health Policy Institute predict dental spending could be down by as much as 38% by the end of 2020 and 20% in 2021.

The World Health Organization released updated coronavirus guidelines which recommend that all non-urgent dental visits be postponed until after the pandemic to reduce the spread.

Is it safe to visit the dentist during the COVID-19 pandemic

NBC Bay Area Investigation finds some dental offices reopening even though serious infection dangers may persist.

A dentist in Northwest D.C. who donated thousands of faces masks to help health care workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic now finds himself in need. “I’m really frustrated because I feel unprotected,” said Dr. Adam Schwartz, a dentist at Brandywine Dental Care. Schwartz says his office has been busy with emergency dental work like root...

Hospitals and dentist offices in Virginia opened Friday to provide non-emergency services after they closing to safeguard against the coronavirus. Virginia’s Dental Association President Dr. Elizabeth Reynolds said they’ve been preparing over the last month and half to address issues with access to PPE and liability for healthcare workers. “The longer dental practices remain closed to preventative and non-emergency...

Helping your kids keep their teeth clean and healthy could improve the overall health of their teeth as adults. News4’s Aaron Gilchrist reports.

An Alaska dentist accused of fraud and unnecessarily sedating patients also performed a procedure while riding a wheeled, motorized vehicle known as a hoverboard, authorities said. Prosecutors charged 34-year-old Seth Lookhart with felony Medicaid fraud and reckless endangerment. A former patient testified Wednesday at his trial that she was angered when an investigator showed her an unauthorized 2016 video of…

Robert Evans, the protean, fast-living Hollywood producer and former Paramount Pictures production chief who backed such seminal 1970s films as “Chinatown,” ”The Godfather” and “Harold and Maude,” has died. He was 89. Evans publicist, Monique Moss, confirmed that Evans died on Saturday. No other details Monday were immediately available.

The Xfinity Center at the University of Maryland has turned into a giant dental clinic this weekend. Aimee Cho reports about 1,000 dentists, hygenists and others teamed up with Catholic Charities to offer free full service dental care for underserved and uninsured people in Maryland.

Seven months after the Texas Department of Criminal Justice announced plans to launch a start-of-the-art denture clinic in response to a Houston Chronicle investigation, inmates from across the system are starting to get some of the first sets of 3D-printed teeth ever made inside a U.S. prison.