Dentists

Walmart Health is planning to open four centers in the Oklahoma City area in 2024 to expand access to dental care. 

Lake Placid, N.Y.-based Adirondack Health Dental Care could close its doors April 28 after grappling with staffing shortages and financial challenges, the Adirondack Daily Enterprise reported April 27.

A dentist who led several organizations and pioneered oral AIDS research died March 31 at 85.

The Doctors of Community Act was introduced by U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone to permanently authorize the teaching health center graduate medical education program. 

Former ADA president Howard Jones, DMD, died March 4 at the age of 80.

Marquis Center in Wichita Falls, Texas, has been renamed to Doctors Implants after being in practice for nearly 50 years, according to an April 25 report by CBS News Channel 6.

Washington, D.C., is the worst large city to start a business while Daytona Beach, Fla., is the worst small city to start a business, according to personal finance site WalletHub.

Here are five recent updates on dentistry in Massachusetts that Becker's has reported on since Feb. 27:

Orlando, Fla., is the best large city to start a business while Washington, Utah, is the best small city to start a business, according to personal finance site WalletHub.

Two dental practices that closed and five other dental practice updates that have taken place since April 10: