Author: Ariana Portalatin

Here are 24 dental industry updates that have take place in Texas, California and New York since Feb. 14: 

The office of a North Carolina dentist whose license was suspended has closed indefinitely.

Roseville, Minn.-based Park Dental Partners recently promoted Brian Zard as the company's first vice president of operations. 

Dentists’ confidence in the state of the U.S. economy has trended upwards since early 2023, according to a report from the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute.

Dental assistants and hygienists remain the most challenging roles to recruit for dental practices, according to a report from the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute.

Chicago-based Dentologie is expanding out of the Chicagoland area with its first office in Seattle, the Capitol Hill Seattle Blog reported April 17. 

Here are six states that have increased reimbursement rates for dental services since 2021:

Fifteen percent of dentists reported being too busy to treat all people requesting appointments at their practices, according to a report from the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute.

The cost of living in Delaware, the highest-paying state for dentists, is $47,064 for a single adult with no children.

Six states have recently disciplined dentists for violations related to patient care, permit requirements and more.