Author: Ariana Portalatin

Chicago-based DSO Aspen Dental has partnered with dental product company The Ivoclar Group to launch its Signature Elite Denture. 

Dental procurement company Dentira has acquired CureMint.

Irving, Texas-based U.S. Oral Surgery Management has added three partner practices in California and Pennsylvania. 

Chicago-based The Aspen Group is seeing their consumer-focused investments pay off, and is ready to double down on those initiatives for continued growth this year. 

DSOs are facing a new challenge as patients are exposed to an increasing amount of misinformation online.

The North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners put out a warning about people posing as dental professionals and performing unlicensed dental work in unsafe locations, wral.com reported Feb. 12. 

A Texas dentist was recently arrested on charges of invasive visual recording at a dental office, valleycentral.com reported Feb. 12. 

The North Dakota Legislature is considering two bills that aim to increase dental care access for low-income and under-represented populations in the state, the North Dakota Monitor reported Feb. 12. 

Pocatello-based Idaho State University has requested additional funding from the state to expand the Idaho Dental Education Program, idahoednews.org reported Feb. 11. 

The Oral Health Products Inclusion Act was introduced Feb. 11 to increase access to oral care items that can be purchased with flexible spending accounts and health savings accounts.