Author: Ariana Portalatin

The average annual salary for dental assistants increased by 5.9% between 2023 and 2024, while inflation is currently down by 19.5%.

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

Dental leaders are growing increasingly concerned about the impact the Medicaid redetermination process could have on patient care and accessibility.

Springfield, Tenn.-based Gentle Dental has reopened in a new office after a tornado damaged its previous office in December, Smokey Barns News reported July 2. 

An SUV crashed into the office of Robert Gittelman, DDS, in Marietta, Ga., 11alive.com reported July 2.

An Oklahoma dentist plans to retire this month after 41 years of practicing dentistry.

Here are six dental practice closures Becker's covered during the second quarter of 2024: 

Despite experiencing a less active first half of the year than planned, U.S. Oral Surgery Management has big plans to expand its network later this year, including entering new states and recruiting more surgeons.

Oral surgery is seeing an increase in female providers entering the field, and one MSO is capitalizing on the trend. 

The DSO field is preparing for a more active second half of the year as executives look to a potentially more optimistic economy, according to Henry Moomaw, CFO at Irving, Texas-based U.S. Oral Surgery Management.