Sonrisa Family Dental opened a location in Chicago, its 10th practice.

The majority of dentists see workforce challenges, insurance reimbursements and increasing expenses as the biggest challenges facing their practices, according to a report from the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute.

A dental clinic in Minnesota is set to fully reopen after previously using a canoe for emergency visits, according to a July 8 report by FOX 9.

Here are five statistics Becker's has reported on recently that could lead to future roadblocks in the dental industry:

Several dental offices are closed and without power after Hurricane Beryl made landfall along the Texas coast July 8. 

Glen Rock, Pa.-based Blue Cloud Pediatric Surgery Centers plans to open an office in Cincinnati.

For some dentists, the end of the COVID-19 pandemic provided hope that some of the issues plaguing the dental industry would subside. 

A dentist in Elgin, Ill., was placed on probation by the Illinois Board of Dentistry for billing, records and conduct violations.

Springfield, Tenn.-based Gentle Dental has reopened in a new office after a tornado damaged its previous office in December, Smokey Barns News reported July 2. 

Loma Linda (Calif.) University School of Dentistry received a $4 million grant to develop a biomarker using artificial intelligence to identify patients with the highest risk of developing oral cancer.