Author: Cameron Cortigiano

Here are six updates on the dental industry in Pennsylvania that Becker's has reported on since Oct. 18: 

Dental assisting training and apprenticeship programs have been approved at the state level in Montana and Utah to help combat workforce shortages.

Dentists that are affiliated with DSOs are more concerned with staffing shortages than dentists that are not DSO-affiliated, according to a survey from the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute.

Align Technology has plans to buy back $100 million of its common stock through open market repurchases.

Parkview Dental Partners, a Sarasota, Fla.-based DSO, has gained investment from private equity firm Cathay Capital. 

Boca Raton, Fla.-based Sage Dental opened a practice in Jacksonville, Fla., according to a recent LinkedIn post from the company. 

Sura Dabbagh, DDS, and Hayder Kafaji, DDS, partnered to open Bayshore Family Dental in Dunedin, Fla. 

Here are eight updates on dental Medicare and Medicaid that Becker's has reported on since Oct. 13:

The American Dental Association Foundation appointed Julie Frantsve-Hawley, PhD, to its board of directors. 

A former dental technician was sentenced to one year of probation and ordered to pay back restitution for theft of government property.