Here are eight acquisitions that took place in the dental industry in January:
1. Tempe, Ariz.-based Gen4 Dental Partners acquired Nashville (Tenn.) Aesthetic Dentistry.
2. P&R Dental Strategies acquired sister companies Dentistat and go2dental.com to improve its services and options for customers.
3. Sarasota, Fla.-based DSO Dental Care Alliance was acquired by Mubadala Investment Co., a sovereign investor based in the United Arab Emirates.
4. Cincinnati-based DSO Cordental Group acquired Cincinnati-based Rogers Family Dentistry and St. Louis-based Dr. Allan Link DMD.
5. New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Premier Care Dental Management added Newton, Mass.-based Vast Dental to its network, its 12th location in the state.
6. Dental billing company eAssist Dental Solutions, a subsidiary of medical and dental supplier Henry Schein, acquired a majority stake in Unitas PPO Solutions.
7. Dental software company Planet DDS acquired Cloud 9 Software from investment firm Accel-KKR.
8. Medit, the third-largest 3D dental scanner manufacturer in the world, was acquired by South Korean private equity firm MBK Partners in a $1.9 billion deal.