Becker’s Dental Review - DSO + Dental News

Here are seven federal government and policy updates affecting dentistry from the last 30 days: 1. The American Dental Hygienists’ Association shared concerns that the Education Department’s proposed loan changes will create additional financial barriers for students. 2. The HHS…

MB2 Dental is one of the largest DSOs in the U.S., supporting more than 800 practices in the U.S. Here are seven updates on the company from this year: 1. MB2 Dental most recently partnered with DS Family and Cosmetic…

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 who has been accused of 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”…

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…