Here are 18 dental practice closures Becker’s has covered this year:
1. Family 1st Dental closed its offices in Plainview and Creighton, Neb., after struggling to find a new dentist.
2. The Smiling Face Company in Raleigh, N.C., suddenly closed earlier this month and is unable to continue providing orthodontic treatment.
3. Glendale Heights (Ill.) Family Dental temporarily closed its doors after a driver crashed their vehicle into the practice’s lobby.
4. The Harvard School of Dental Medicine permanently closed one of its dental clinics in Cambridge, Mass.
5. A Missouri dentist who was charged earlier this year with drug trafficking and unlawful use of a weapon was ordered by a judge to shut down his practice.
6. Valleygate Dental Surgery Center in Greensboro, N.C., was ordered to close six rooms after an inspection discovered several violations.
7. Cleveland-based MetroHealth closed one of its dental clinics Oct. 3 to cut costs amid financial challenges.
8. Dental Group Orthodontics in Dumas, Texas, closed its doors Aug. 5.
9. The office of Scott Ervin, DDS, closed temporarily in May after the sudden passing of Dr. Ervin.
10. The Orange County Health Care Agency closed its emergency dental clinic in Santa Ana, Calif., due to federal funding cuts.
11. Lewiston, Maine-based Community Clinical Services closed its pediatric dental clinic May 1 due to budgetary shortfalls.
12. A dental clinic in Bloomfield, Wis., was unexpectedly closed in April, but the building was left open.
13. Medgaus Dental Group in Monroeville, Pa., closed after the unexpected death of its owner, Carl Medgaus, DMD.
14. St. Paul, Minn.-based Hope Dental Clinic closed after its efforts to raise more funding failed.
15. A Connecticut orthodontics office closed March 20 after a car drove into its waiting room.
16. Patients were left with questions after The Kid’s Dentist in Liverpool, N.Y., temporarily closed without explanation.
17. My Community Dental Centers, a Michigan nonprofit organization serving underserved communities, closed six of its offices due to financial constraints.
18. Elmira, N.Y.-based Southern Tier Orthodontics abruptly closed this month due to personal and financial reasons.
