Author: Cameron Cortigiano

Fifty-one percent of new dentists who are part of an affiliated private practice plan to move to a different practice setting, while 93% of new dentists in unaffiliated private practices plan to stay, according to research from the American Dental…

Stacey Poole, a dental assistant who worked in Allegheny County, Penn., has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the county, according to a Nov. 7 report by Pennsylvania Record.

Three retail pads in Wareham, Mass., that include an Aspen Dental location have sold for $7.6 million, according to a Nov. 7 report by REJournals.

Irving, Texas-based Specialized Dental Partners has been expanding its network of practices in the past two weeks, according to recent posts on the company's LinkedIn page. 

Platinum Dental Services partnered with CureMint to implement CureMint's spend management platform.

Align Technology opened its annual research award program for 2024, which provides up to $300,000 in grants. 

The Pacific Dental Services Foundation and Smile Generation partnered to raise more than $650,000 for the foundation's special needs dentistry program. 

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.