Author: Cameron Cortigiano

Brident Dental & Orthodontics, a Sonrava Health brand, opened a practice location in Keller, Texas. 

A dentist in Florida who patients believed had gone missing was arrested on probation violation, according to a March 31 report by NBC News Channel 8.

The University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center School of Dentistry in Memphis received a $52.9 million grant to increase the number of dentists and access to dental care in the state. 

Dental Innovation Alliance made its first investments in dental technology companies UptimeHealth and Relu.

Affordable Care, a DSO based in Morrisville, N.C., continued its expansion in 2023 with the opening of an Affordable Dentures & Implants location in Arizona. 

Dental coverage for adults on Medicaid in New Hampshire have been expanded through the New Hampshire Smiles Adult Program. 

Los Angeles-based Our Best Life Companies, a dental management organization, recently expanded into Indiana, its second state. 

Dental practices are still having trouble hiring dental hygienists and assistants, with 33.7 percent of practices actively recruiting the positions, according to a poll from the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute.

Dental practice schedules were 86.3 percent full in March, according to a poll from the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute.

There is a shortage of dental hygienists and assistants as dental practices are facing trouble hiring, creating high demand.