Here are 23 recent dental industry updates in California, Florida and Texas:
California
1. An MB2 Dental property in Yuba City, Calif., was sold for $1.65 million.
2. Henderson, Nev.-based PDS Health opened two de novo offices in California.
3. A judge is considering whether a man charged with killing a California dentist and wounding two other practice employees in a shooting can continue to act as his own attorney.
4. James Standring, DDS, a dental practice in Crescent City, Calif., experienced a data breach that may have affected the information of 6,658 individuals.
Florida
1. Henderson, Nev.-based PDS Health opened two de novo offices in Florida.
2. Florida is among several states that have successfully advocated to push back against a recent change from Aetna that implemented a new administrative fee for out-of-network dentists who receive paper checks for claim payments.
3. Boca Raton, Fla.-based Sage Dental opened practices in Haines City and Clermont, Fla. The DSO also acquired nine practices in Florida from Monticciolo Family and Sedation Dentistry.
4. Chicago-based Aspen Dental opened a new location in Punta Gorda, Fla.
5. A St. Augustine, Fla., bookkeeper who allegedly presented a fake Vanderbilt University master’s degree to obtain her position was charged with stealing more than $63,000 from an endodontist
6. An oral surgery practice in Jacksonville, Fla., was damaged by an early morning fire.
7. A federal grand jury indicted Jon Christopher Williams, DMD, a dentist in Jacksonville Beach, Fla., on 16 counts related to tax evasion, failure to pay employment taxes and obstruction of an IRS investigation.
8. Little Rock, Ark.-based Rock Dental Brands partnered with TLC Pediatric Dentistry & Orthodontics in Tampa, Fla.
9. Effingham, Ill.-based Heartland Dental added Denta Smiles in Coral Springs, Fla.
Texas
1. Henderson, Nev.-based PDS Health opened a de novo office in Texas.
2. Franklin, Tenn.-based Specialized Dental Partners added a Texas practice to its network.
3. A Texas dentist retired after 43 years of serving patients.
4. An Affordable Dentures & Implants practice in Wichita Falls, Texas, was damaged after a car crashed into the practice and sparked a fire.
5. An orthodontic practice in McAllen, Texas, closed without warning.
6. Effingham, Ill.-based Heartland Dental added Dental Care at Harvest in Argyle, Texas.
7. Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Imagen Dental Partners added a Texas practice to its network.
8. Dr. Oluwabunmi Tokede, a researcher and associate professor at the UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry, was awarded a five-year, $3.54 million grant to develop OpenMouth, an AI-powered research platform.
9. Soniva Dental Care, a 14-location DSO based in San Antonio, disclosed a cybersecurity incident affecting up to 30,000 patients across several of its offices.
10. Nuvia Dental Implant Center opened a location in The Woodlands, Texas, on Aug. 5.
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