Only 72.5% of dentists in private practice are owners in 2023, down from 84.7% in 2005, according to a November report from the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute. 

Jim Armbruster, DMD, has retired after practicing dentistry for 47 years, according to a Nov. 9 report by the Journal-Advocate. 

Here are 12 things to know about dentistry in Ohio:

Construction was recently started to build a new location for Jones County Family Dentistry in Anamosa, Iowa, eastcentraliowanews.com reported Nov. 9. 

Dentists who graduated dental school between 2013 and 2022 are more confident in the economic recovery of their own practice, the dental care sector and the U.S. economy than dentists who graduated before 2013, according to a poll from the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute.

The office manager of Giegerich Orthodontics in Galloway, N.J., was recently arrested and charged with stealing $109,000 from the practice. 

Jasper Comprehensive Dentistry has opened a new 8,000-square-foot practice in Jasper, Ala., according to a Nov. 6 report by The Walker Leader.

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 Association's Health Policy Institute. 

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.

A Florida dentist and her husband were recently arrested and accused of participating in a Medicaid fraud scheme.

Here are six updates on the dental industry in Pennsylvania that Becker's has reported on since Oct. 18: 

The Washington State Department of Health's Dental Quality Assurance Commission recently suspended the license and moderate sedation permit of a dentist charged with unsafe practices leading to the death of a patient. 

Sura Dabbagh, DDS, and Hayder Kafaji, DDS, partnered to open Bayshore Family Dental in Dunedin, Fla. 

A former dental technician was sentenced to one year of probation and ordered to pay back restitution for theft of government property. 

Earnings are the top reason why new male dentists plan to change practice settings, while workplace culture is the most important reason for new female dentists, according to research from the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute. 

Apple Valley Smiles and Orthodontics, a dental practice in Apple Valley, Calif., was hit by a car, according to a Nov. 1 report from Victor Valley News Group. 

More than 30% of dental practices have changed the way the workload is divided among dentists and other staff members compared with how they operated before COVID-19, according to a survey from the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute. 

Here are two acquisitions that took place in the dental industry in November: 

Stories about court cases, dental insurance and dental school tuition were among the most-read articles covered by Becker's this month. 

From DSO office openings to a new dental school, here are four dental industry updates that have taken place in North Carolina since Sept. 5: