Specialized Dental Partners has been the most acquisitive private equity-backed DSO since 2021, according to PitchBook’s “Healthcare Services Report” for the first quarter of 2025. The report analyzes ...

Chicago-based Aspen Dental opened a new location in Garner, N.C., on May 15. The new office is led by Practice Owner Mohammad Spouh, DDS, and Managing Clinical Director Kristen Fields, DDS. Aspen ...

Five dental companies were recently included in Newsweek‘s list of the greatest workplaces for women in 2025. Newsweek partnered with data research firm Plant-A Insights Group to create this year’s ...

Here are 10 federal updates from the last 30 days that dentists should know: 1. The HHS Department announced May 13 that the FDA would begin removing ingestible fluoride prescription drug products for ...

Large group practices and corporations dominating the dental industry may be an irreversible trend at this point, according to one dentist and CEO. The environment is currently much more difficult for ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis authorized a bill May 15 that makes Florida the second state to ban fluoride from being added to public water supplies. Three notes: 1. Senate Bill 700, dubbed the “Florida ...

The dental industry is expected to continue experiencing consolidation, but the pace of mergers and acquisitions is subject to a few conditions. Interest rates, the aging dental workforce and the ...

Researchers from the Indiana University School of Dentistry and the Regenstrief Institute in Indianapolis have created an app to help connect dentists and medical providers with patient health ...

An Illinois dentist has warned that patients will face higher treatment costs if the FDA removes ingestible fluoride products from the market, 25News Now reported May 14. The HHS Department announced ...

The Iowa Dental Board recently ordered a dentist to undergo remedial training after allegedly practicing dentistry in a manner harmful to the public, the Iowa Capital Dispatch reported May 14. The ...

Heartland Dental and Leixir Dental Laboratory Group have agreed to a four-year extension of their strategic partnership.  Through the partnership, Leixir will continue to serve as a laboratory service ...

Three people in Emporia, Kan., have been charged with practicing unlicensed dentistry, KSNT reported May 14. In addition to the unlicensed dentistry charges, one of the suspects was also charged with ...