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Shreveport, La.-based Ochsner LSU Health has opened its relocated Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Institute in Shreveport.  The expanded clinic provides oral services including dental extractions, wisdom teeth removal, dental implants, facial cosmetic surgery, corrective jaw surgery and treatment of TMJ…

Increased practice profitability and more favorable economic conditions predicted by experts is leading many investors to be optimistic about M&A activity for dentistry. Barry Lyon, DDS, dental director for Main Street Children’s Dentistry and Orthodontics and Dental Care Alliance, recently…

Here are three dental leadership moves that have taken place since Dec. 2: 1. Dental membership platform Clerri appointed Jim Higgins as its next CEO. 2. Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Imagen Dental Partners appointed Samantha Adams as its next COO. 3. Dual-specialty…

Here are six dentists who have made headlines in the last week:

Effingham, Ill.-based Heartland Dental has selected Dentira as the enterprise lab management platform for its network of supported practices.  The DSO will integrate the full Dentira lab suite, which will help its practices unify lab procurement, digital case routing, workflow…

A grand jury indicted a man in Atlanta for performing cosmetic dental procedures without a dental license, according to a Dec. 11 report from WSB-TV 2 Atlanta.  Brandon Dillard, who called himself a “top veneer specialist” was arrested in 2024…

Petoskey-based North Central Michigan College has unanimously approved a dental hygiene degree, the school’s first for-credit dental offering.  The three-year program will have one year of general education and introductory dental coursework and two years of classroom and clinical instruction,…

A dentist in Follansbee, W.Va., is planning to retire at the end of the year after more than 40 years of service, according to a Dec. 15 report from The Intelligencer.  Michael Pipo, DDS, opened his first dental practice in…

Maine Rep. Anne-Marie Mastraccio has prefiled a bill for the 2026 legislative session that would expand the scope of practice for independent dental hygienists If passed, the would allow independent hygienists to administer local anesthesia or nitrous oxide analgesia as…

Integrated oral healthcare provider Smile Generation and Delta Dental of Massachusetts are seeing early positive results for their saliva testing collaboration.  The initiative offers chairside, saliva-based assessments to DDMA members at participating dental practices in Massachusetts.  The saliva assessment measures…