From milestone FDA clearances to new DSO affiliations, here are five dental industry "firsts" that have taken place since Oct. 30: 

From a new implant-focused DSO to technology innovations, here are six updates on dental implants that have taken place since Sept. 25: 

Two Texas men were recently arrested and charged with running an illegal dental practice, abc13.com reported Dec. 5.

Dental companies and DSOs collaborated this year on initiatives focused on education, medical-dental integration, technology and more.

Chicago-based Dentologie recently opened its ninth location in the city.

Three people, including two dentists, were taken to the hospital after a semitruck crashed into a dental practice in White Bear Lake, Minn., NBC affiliate KARE11 reported Dec. 4.

A former employee of Frey Orthodontics in Algonquin, Ill., recently received probation after pleading guilty to stealing $35,000 from the practice, the Lake & McHenry County Scanner reported Dec. 2. 

Batesville, Ark.-based Lyon College still hopes to build its dental and veterinary schools at the Heifer International complex in Little Rock despite its property deal falling through last month, Arkansas Business reported Dec. 4.

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio School of Dentistry has opened a center for global and community oral health.

A California dentist was recently sentenced to one year of federal supervised release for providing drug dealers with prescriptions for opiate painkillers in exchange for cocaine, The Mercury News reported Dec. 1.