Connecticut and Massachusetts were recently ranked among the best states for dental health in the U.S.

St. Mary Health Center Medical and Dental Clinic in Wilmington, N.C., has begun to move out of its building after facing a legal battle with the Basilica of St. Mary, WECT reported Nov. 16.

Dallas-based Bravo Dental is leasing out space at JPS Health Network clinics to expand access to dental care, according to a Nov. 18 report by Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

Wagstaff Family Dental has opened its newly relocated practice in Wilmington, Ohio, according to a Nov. 18 report by The News Journal.

Morgantown-based West Virginia University School of Dentistry has received $12.6 million for an expansion and renovation project.

Smile Generation recently raised a record-breaking $800,000 to support the Pacific Dental Services Foundation’s special needs dentistry program. 

Here are 13 dental industry updates in California that Becker's has reported on since Oct. 5: 

Nashville, Tenn.-based Tend plans to open its second dental office in Arlington, Va., arlnow.com reported Nov. 15. 

Three dentists who are supported by the American Dental Political Action Committee were reelected to Congress. 

The minimum wage in California is set to increase Jan. 1, impacting dental practices, according to a Nov. 14 news release from the California Dental Association. 

Smile Studio Orthodontics, led by Leroy Venn, DDS, opened a practice in Carrollton, Ga.

Three Alaska dentists pleaded no contest to one misdemeanor count of medical assistance fraud, Alaska Public Radio reported Nov. 14.  

A Texas woman is accused of practicing dentistry without a license, according to a Nov. 14 report by Click2Houston.

The University of Michigan School of Dentistry in Ann Arbor was recently ranked as the best dental school in the world by ShanghaiRanking Consultancy.

Arkansas, Louisiana and West Virginia were recently ranked among the worst states for dental health in the U.S.

Sacramento, Calif.-based Children's Choice Dental Care has opened a practice in Bakersfield, Calif., according to a Nov. 13 report by Bakersfield.com.

The Washington Dental Quality Assurance Commission indefinitely suspended the license of Karen Sheppard, DDS, a dentist in Hawaii.

An Idaho man was recently sentenced for a hacking and extortion scheme that involved several organizations and businesses, including a Florida orthodontics office. 

A Texas dental clinic employee was sentenced to six years in prison for his role in a $6 million fraud and bribery scheme.

Fifty-two U.S. dental schools were recently ranked among the top 300 dental schools in the world by ShanghaiRanking Consultancy.