Here are 21 acquisitions that took place in the dental industry during the first quarter of 2023:

A Florida dentist recently pleaded guilty to one count of tax evasion and one count of failing to file a tax return. 

Here are 13 things to know about dentistry in Missouri:

The Envista Smile Project, a nonprofit organization created by dental supply company Envista, donated $50,000 to the Dr. Robert Tanner Freeman Scholarship.

The staff at a Connecticut oral surgery practice was recently given a Life Saving Award from the West Hartford Fire Department after saving a man's life using CPR and an automated external defibrillator, we-ha.com reported April 4. 

A Utah dental practice was recently damaged after a car crashed into it April 4, NBC affiliate KSLTV reported.

Here are five updates that have taken place in the dental industry since Feb. 7:

Dr. B Dental Solutions, founded by Lorin Berland, DDS, received more than $5 million during its seed funding round. 

Patient cancellations and no-shows were the top barrier preventing dental practice schedules from being 100 percent full in March, according to a poll by the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute. 

More than 40 percent of dentists indicated they were "somewhat confident" in the economic recovery of their dental practices and the dental care sector as a whole, according to a recent poll by the American Dental Association Health Policy Institute. 

Teresa Poorman-Maaske, DDS, retired from the Tooth Fairy Pediatric Dental Clinic in Kearney, Neb., according to a March 31 report by Kearney Hub.

Here are four acquisitions that took place in the dental industry in April:

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. 

A car crashed into a California dental practice during the evening of March 31, onscene.tv reported April 2. 

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

A California oral surgeon accused of sexually assaulting multiple patients has relinquished his license, NBC affiliate KCRA reported March 30. 

The Whitney M. Young Jr. Health Center in Albany, N.Y., received a $499,999 grant to create a dental residency program, according to a March 27 report by ABC News 10. 

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott appointed Chris Cramer, DDS, and reappointed Nancy Evans, DDS, and Amanda Richardson to the state's dental review board.

The dental industry has not been immune to the suffocating effects of inflation.