Here are 13 dental updates in California, New York and Texas, including practice openings, DSO acquisitions and legislation moves:
California
1. A retail center in Fairfield, Calif., that includes an Aspen Dental practice location was sold.
2. Seven new laws have gone into effect in the past year that California dentists and practice owners should be aware of.
3. SF Dental Group, alongside a strategic buyer, launched a new dental platform.
4. Empower Dental Group opened a new practice location in Upland, Calif.
5. Welcome Dentistry Group, which has four locations in California, experienced a data breach affecting more than 1,000 individuals.
New York
1. Danbury, Conn.-based Archway Dental Partners added its first New York practice.
2. Chicago-based Aspen Dental opened a location in Selden, N.Y.
3. Michael Markiewicz, DDS, MD, a professor and endowed chair at the University of Buffalo (N.Y.) School of Dental Medicine, performed a sleep apnea procedure on the youngest patient ever.
Texas
1. Southlake, Texas-based Allied OMS expanded into the Greater Austin market by partnering with Heart of Texas Oral Surgery.
2. Colgate-Palmolive agreed to update its marketing and packaging for children’s toothpaste products after an investigation from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
3. Irving, Texas-based Rodeo Dental & Orthodontics is planning to open its 50th practice location in Lubbock, Texas.
4. Kyrslyne Thomas, DMD, opened Elora Dental Studio in Pearland, Texas.
5. Chicago-based Aspen Dental opened a location in Humble, Texas.
