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This is Manhattan with the
Becker's Dental Past. So podcast.

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Here's your daily industry news
briefing for today, April 26th.

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First, former ADA
president, Dr. Howard Jones,

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died March 4th at the age of 80. Dr.

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Jones practiced general
dentistry dentistry for 50
years in Georgia and served

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as the ADA's president
from 2002 until 2003.

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He is also a past president of
the Georgia Dental Association.

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During his presidency,

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the ADA and two of the organization's
member dentists sued several insurers

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under the federal Racketeer influenced
and Corrupt Organization Act,

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and other state laws for
abuses against dentists.

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According to an April 25th news release,

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second Pacific Dental Services has
opened 19 practices since the start of

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2023. The new locations are in
California, Colorado, Florida,

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Idaho, Minnesota, Nevada,
Oregon, South Carolina,

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Tennessee, and Virginia.
According to an April 25th,

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new email shared of Beckers.

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Among these practices are Queens Ridge
Healthcare and Queens Ridge Modern

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Dentistry in Orthodontics in Las Vegas,

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which offer integrated
primary and oral healthcare.

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P DS now has more than 930
locations across 25 states.

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