Only 11.7 percent of dentists are "very confident" in the economic recovery of the general dental sector, according to a poll from the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute.
Author: Cameron Cortigiano
Irving, Texas-based U.S. Oral Surgery Management partnered with Ace Southern to supply its practices with oral surgery and biomaterial products.
From the development of a new dental implant technology to financial reports, here are 14 dental technology headlines that Becker's reported in August:
A 32-year-old Los Angeles man was arrested for pretending to be a dental hygienist, according to an Aug. 30 report by The Rogersville Review.
With Kentucky's recent Medicaid expansion to cover dentures for adult patients, dentists in the state are having trouble keeping up with demand, according to an Aug. 30 report by The Sentinel Echo.
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Four Corners Property Trust acquired three newly built properties, one of which is an Aspen Dental, for $5.2 million.
Irving, Texas-based Specialized Dental Partners added eight practices in the past two months, according to posts from its LinkedIn page.
Cortino Sukotjo, DDS, PhD, and Christos Takoudis, PhD, researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago, have partnered to create a new bone regrowth material.
Geelsu Hwang, PhD, a researcher at Philadelphia-based Penn Dental Medicine, received a $2.6 million grant to develop dental implant technology.
Sutton Dental in Bridgeport, Conn., supported by Benevis, reopened with the addition of a full-time dentist.