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Friday, April 28, 2017

Texas State Board of Dental Examiners Loss of Investigators and Staff, is Michael Melanson’s Gain

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  By: Debbie Hagan   Reports abound this week about the Texas State Board of Dental Examiner’s finding insufficient  of wrong doing by Dr. ...
Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Texas State Board of Dental Examiners: Decaying Rapidly Under Direction of Executive Director Kelly Parker

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By: Debbie Hagan DTM has learned that in recent weeks the following people have submitted letters of resignation or already ended their emp...
Saturday, March 18, 2017

Texas State Board of Dental Examiners Refers Investigation to Local Police Departments. Should People Just Call 911 Bypassing the Board Completely?

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By: Debbie Hagan Last week, News 4 in San Antonio, Texas ran a story about how the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners farms out it’s duti...
Friday, March 17, 2017

Facts Reveal ALEC “Overregulation Threatens Market-Driven Solutions in Dentistry” Study is Pure Crap!

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By: Debbie Hagan The below story was posted on Group Dentistry Now; the propaganda machine for the Dental Support Organization(DSO) industr...
Monday, March 13, 2017

Comfort Dental Agrees to Washington State Permanent Cease and Desist

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  By: Michael W Davis, DDS, Guest Contributor Dr. Michael W. Davis maintains a general dental practice in Santa Fe, NM. He serves as chai...
Thursday, March 09, 2017

Lawyers battle over whether dental procedure was necessary for child who died

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By: Jennifer Kendall Posted: Mar 08 2017 10:28PM CST Updated: Mar 08 2017 10:28PM CST Wednesday, lawyers argued in district court about ...

Whistleblower claims Dental Authority used Restrictive Advertising Guidelines to try to Curb Overzealous Cosmetic Training Program

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Special Report: Did a Canadian Dental Authority have serious concerns about a training program that promoted Cosmetic Over-treatment of Pa...
Sunday, March 05, 2017

Significance of Criminal Indictment to Dr. Edward R. Hills

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Significance of Criminal Indictment to Dr. Edward R. Hills By: Michael W. Davis, DDS, Guest Contributor Dr. Michael W. Davis maintai...
Friday, March 03, 2017

Lawsuit Filed Against Dr. Michael Melanson et. al. Over Death of 14 Month Old Daisy Lynn Torres

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      Thursday, March 02, 2017 09:26AM AUSTIN, TX (KTRK) -- The family of the 14-month-old girl who died after a visit to the dentist...
Saturday, February 04, 2017

Corporate Healthcare: Important Contracts

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January 1, 2017 Written by Michael W. Davis, DDS There exist 3 common contracts doctors sign with corporate dentistry. These include employ...
Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Put dental patients’ care ahead of corporate profits

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By Jennifer King  Jan 30, 2017 Debate in Olympia regarding operation of corporate dental chains might seem to matter only to those direct...
Monday, January 30, 2017

WTH! DentaQuest Texas Offer’s $10 Walmart Gift Cards

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DentaQuest Texas, yes the same one that ran for the hills just two years ago is back and offering $10 WalMart card to patients! Besides bein...
Thursday, January 26, 2017

In 2011 the MB2 Dental Solution clinics brought in roughly $50,000,000.00 seeing roughly 350,000 patients.

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Maybe they just didn’t have this sign up at the time.  The hotline number could be the direct line to payroll to request a bonus check too, ...

Excluded and Unlicensed New Jersey Dentist Who Assumed Identity of Another Dentist Agrees to Settlement of $1.1 Million and 50-Year Exclusion to Resolve Civil Monetary Penalty Case

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January 23, 2017 Contact: HHS OIG Media Communications Media@OIG.HHS.GOV Washington, DC - Unlicensed New Jersey dentist Roben Brookhim agr...
Tuesday, January 24, 2017

3rd Grader’s Teeth Removed at School by Mobile Dental Clinic; Then Had to Walk Home!

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Outrageous? Indeed it is! Sadly I still hear these stories about children, in essence, tortured by unexpectedly having teeth removed by thes...
Monday, January 23, 2017

Washington State Senator Ann Rivers Working Hard to Legalize the Already Operating DSO’s in Her State with SB 5158

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It appears Washington State’s Senate Healthcare chairperson Senator Ann Rivers (R) is trying to legalize the illegal activity already taking...
Friday, January 20, 2017

MB2 Dental Solutions Alaska Operations

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After the settlement with MB2 Dental Solutions and Chris Villanueva, DDS et. al . I noticed a couple of states not mentioned: Alaska and Ten...
Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Dr. Jason Hirsch Talks Changing the Approach in the Treatment and Care of Childhood Caries

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Interview with Dr. Jason Hirsch By: Michael W. Davis, DDS Dr. Michael W. Davis maintains a private general practice in Santa Fe, NM. He ...

Frank conversation with Florida dentist Dr. Michael Barr

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  Frank conversation with Florida dentist Dr. Michael Barr by Dr. Michael W. Davis Dr. Michael W. Davis maintains a private general practi...

Corporate Dentistry, Dental Insurance, Dental Academia, Professional Associations: Dental Professionals Game of Musical Chairs

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Dr. Michael W. Davis maintains a private general practice in Santa Fe, NM. He also advocates for disadvantaged citizens, and provides expert...
Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Excerpts from the recently unsealed False Claims Action against Dental Professionals of Texas, (MB2), Dr. Chris Villanueva and his pack of cohorts

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Keep in mind they admitted no guilt to the claims but agreed to pay $8.45M to settle the issue. They are currently still in operation and op...

Byron’s Lens: Dental Kickbacks The Story Behind The $8.45 Million Dentists’ Settlement

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There’s a McDonald’s on Garland Road in Dallas near the old Lochwood Mall, almost across the street from what used to be Galaxy Dental.  Ga...
Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Haunting Headline: “Hands-On Training Helps DSO’s Profit from Pediatric Dentistry”

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“Hands-On Training Helps DSO’s Profit from Pediatric Dentistry” Boy, that’s a headline at Group Dentistry Now (GDN) that grabbed my full at...
Monday, January 09, 2017

TEXAS: Chris Villanueva, DDS and others finally NAILED! Sadly they are not JAILED

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, January 9, 2017 Texas Dental Management Firm, 21 Affiliated Dental Practices, and Their Owners and Marketing...