Author: Cameron Cortigiano

Effingham, Ill.-based Heartland Dental is planning to open at least 90 de novo practices and affiliate with 60 to 80 additional practices in 2024.

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Dental365 added Dynamic Growth, a group with six dental practices throughout Pennsylvania.

Here are three practice additions, acquisitions and openings from DSOs and other dental organizations in the Midwest that Becker's has reported on since Jan. 8:

Dental hygienists and dental assistants were both included on the best 28 healthcare support jobs list by U.S. News & World Report.

Chris Villanueva, DMD, founded Dallas-based MB2 Dental in 2007 and has helped the dental partnership organization grow to support more than 660 total practices. Here are four things to know about the company's founder. 

Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Legacy Dental Group added Lookout Valley Dental to its network of practices, according to a Jan. 27 report by chattanoogan.com.

The former owner of dental practices in Austin, Texas, has been sentenced to 36 months in federal prison for wire fraud.

The Georgia General Assembly is weighing a bill that would provide a tax break to dentists and doctors that move to rural areas of the state, according to a Jan. 28 report by Rome News-Tribune.

Here are 10 additions, acquisitions and partnerships made by DSOs and dental organizations in the South that Becker's has reported on since Jan. 5:

Laura Koch, DMD, has taken over as owner of Dentistry of Norcross (Ga.) after acquiring the practice in March 2023.