Author: Ariana Portalatin

Sarasota, Fla.-based Dental Care Alliance will be adding Patient Prism's artificial intelligence-backed conversational intelligence platform across its network. 

Here are six dental industry updates that have taken place in Texas in July:  

West Temple (Texas) Orthodontics recently reopened in a new office after its previous facility was damaged by a tornado. 

A Texas dental clinic operator was recently sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for defrauding the state's Medicaid program. 

Chicago-based Aspen Dental has seen the great potential of artificial intelligence after using it across its nearly 1,100-practice network for the last several years. 

Montclair, N.J.-based Freedom Dental Partners has generated more than $44 million in wealth for dentists so far in 2024. 

Here is how the networks of five specialty DSOs compare so far in 2024:

Irving, Texas-based U.S. Oral Surgery Management was recently awarded the Association for DSO's 2024 Emerging Award. 

Effingham, Ill.-based Heartland Dental recently added a Washington dental practice to its network. 

Heartland Dental has a busy agenda for the rest of 2024 to continue its success as the largest DSO in the U.S.