Author: Ariana Portalatin

There are several factors contributing to staffing shortages at dental practices across the U.S., and pay is no longer enough to recruit and retain talent, according to one dentist. 

Dallas-based Pearl Street Dental Partners recently received a $115 million senior credit facility from Oxford Finance.

Irving, Texas-based U.S. Oral Surgery Management recently added four practices in three states. 

Elk Grove-based California Northstate University will expand its College of Dental Medicine with a new facility in Sacramento. 

Dental robotics company Neocis received FDA 510(k) clearance for the use of its dental implant robot for bone reduction. 

Great Neck, N.Y.-based The Smilist Management recently added its first Connecticut practice to its network. 

Georgetown, Texas-based Smile Doctors recently partnered with CureMint for supply procurement at its offices nationwide.

CMS recently established a payment code for dental surgeries performed in hospital operating rooms. 

Here are three federal government and policy updates from the last 30 days for dentists to know:

A Las Vegas dentist who added a dental implant robot and five other dentists who have made headlines since Nov. 10: