Author: Cameron Cortigiano

Irving, Texas-based Specialized Dental Partners expanded its network with a practice in Colorado.

For this implant-focused DSO, providing top-notch patient care is one of the biggest factors in its success, according to its CEO. 

Here are 17 milestones from DSOs and dental organizations, including entering new states, adding specialty services and hitting practice benchmarks, that Becker's has reported on in 2024:

The University of Illinois Chicago appointed Susan Rowan, DDS, as dean of its dental school.

The American Dental Association is showing its support for legislation to assist licensing authorities in states that are part of an interstate compact.

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Dental365 opened a new dental facility in Norwalk, Conn.

Saliva diagnostic biotech company Spectrum Solutions released SimplyPerio for periodontal and gum disease.

One person was hospitalized after a landscape truck crashed into a dental practice in Elk Grove, Calif., according to a March 20 report from CBS affiliate KOVR.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed Senate Bill 22 into law earlier in March, making Virginia the fifth state to join the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact.

Dental AI company Overjet recently received more than $53 million in funding, the largest investment in dental AI to date, and launched a pediatric AI program.