Here are some notable New York–related dental news items and resources from June 2025:
- NYC Health Dept. radiation rules affecting dentists – The Second District Dental Society highlighted a compliance alert: the NYC Health Department created fixed penalties for radiation-control violations (Article 175 of the NYC Health Code), with fines taking effect July 12, 2025. This directly impacts dental X-ray practices in NYC.
- Workers’ Compensation Board proposes new Dental Fee Schedule – The New York State Dental Association reported that the NYS Workers’ Compensation Board proposed regulatory amendments to the state Dental Fee Schedule on June 30, 2025, which could change how dentists are reimbursed for workers’ comp cases.
- Research from NY universities on dental care
- NYU College of Dentistry published a June 9, 2025 study showing that two topical treatments applied in schools can stop most children’s cavities from progressing for years.
- The NYS Academic Dental Centers newsletter (June 2025) featured work from Eastman Institute for Oral Health on adding zinc before silver diamine fluoride to reduce tooth discoloration in cavity treatment.
- Policy & access-to-care debates in NY – Advocacy groups and op-eds in New York pushed for legislative fixes to the state’s oral-health access crisis, including bills to expand hygienists’ scopes of practice and make at-home fluoride varnish easier for Medicaid kids.
- Events for New York dentists in June 2025 –
- A roundup of June 2025 events for New York dentists (district meetings, CE programs, etc.) was published by MLMIC, a major malpractice insurer.
- There was also an International Conference on Dentistry (ICD) scheduled in New York in June 2025, focusing on digital presentations and current research.
Sources: Local: NY – Second District New York , State: NY – New York , New York University , NYS Downtown Communities , Schuyler Center , MLMIC Insurance Company , Conference Index
