Here are five dentists who have recently opened practices or have plans to open practices this year:

The uptick in DSOs, rising dental school debt and the lack of reimbursement increases have resulted in fewer dentists remaining in independent or solo practices.

A companion bill to the Comprehensive Dental Care Reform Act of 2024 has been introduced to Congress.

An Illinois dental practice will be closing one of its locations and merging it with its other two offices, The Telegraph reported Sept. 17.

Penn Dental Medicine received a $620,900 grant to further advance dental care for individuals with disabilities.

A new report shows California has made little progress on improving oral health outcomes for children under the state's Medi-Cal program, the Los Angeles Times reported Sept. 17.  

Here are six updates on the dental industry in Illinois that Becker's has reported on since Aug. 15:

A periodontics practice is set to join a group of healthcare practices at a medical office property in Montvale, N.J., New Jersey Business Magazine reported Sept. 16. 

Frisco, Texas-based Stonebriar Facial and Oral Surgery will open a second location in McKinney Sept. 27. 

Exeter (N.H.) Hospital plans to discontinue its pediatric dental services along with two other services, seacoastonline.com reported Sept. 16. 

Here are three updates on dentistry in Pennsylvania, as reported by Becker's since Sept. 5:

The High Point (N.C.) University Workman School of Dental Medicine recently welcomed its first class of students. 

The University of Louisville School of Dentistry received six-year reaccreditation for seven dental programs from the Commission on Dental Accreditation.

Here are five statistics Becker's has reported on in recent months that could lead to more opportunities and growth in the dental industry:

A woman in Round Lake, Ill., has been charged with two counts of practicing medicine without a license and five counts of computer tampering, according to a Sept. 12 report by the Northwest Herald.

There are currently 75 dental schools in the U.S, up from 72 in 2023, according to data from the American Dental Association.

Here are three states that have passed several bills affecting dentistry and DSO activity:

The Washington Dental Quality Assurance Commission indefinitely suspended the moderate sedation with parenteral agents permit of Thi Nguyen, DDS.

An oral surgeon in New Hampshire closed his practice after providing care for more than 34 years, according to a Sept. 10 open letter from the surgeon published in The Keene Sentinel.

The American Dental Association joined 150 other trade organizations in a push for the passage of legislation that would delay the Corporate Transparency Act's filing deadline.