News on the Go — June 4, 2026

Topics this week

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   North Carolina Dental Board Reform Bill (HB 1033)

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   Dr. Bell details North Carolina's HB 1033, explaining why the bill limits the dental board's authority to shut down unlicensed practitioners due to a landmark 2015 U.S. Supreme Court antitrust ruling.

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   Virginia Dental Workforce Legislation

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   Virginia has enacted two new laws allowing internationally trained dentists to apply for dental hygiene licensure and permitting qualified dental assistants to perform supergingival scaling and coronal polishing.

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   Illinois Provisional Supervision for Dental Graduates

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   Under a new Illinois law, recent dental graduates can practice dentistry under direct supervision while waiting for their official licensing applications to be processed.

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   ADHA Dental Hygiene Hiring Crisis Data

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   A report from the American Dental Hygienists' Association states that 91% of dentists find hiring hygienists extremely challenging, though dental hygiene school enrollment has increased 16% since 2020.

   In the BriefThe biggest challenges in dental hygiene recruiting

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