Dentists

Ageless Dental has entered an expansion deal with American Development Partners to open 750 clinics over the next 10 years. 

The UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry received a $9.8 million grant to study new painkiller medicines that could be alternatives to opioids.

Marquette University School of Dentistry in Milwaukee received a $1 million gift from the We Energies Foundation to increase scholarship funding and enhance its clinics. 

California, New York and Texas have the most active dentists in the U.S. Here are six dental updates from these states that Becker's has reported on since Jan. 9:

Three dental companies were recently named top workplaces for diversity by Newsweek.

A Pennsylvania dentist said he plans to relocate his practice out of downtown Pittsburgh after several violent incidents that have taken place in the area, ABC affiliate WTAE reported Jan. 20. 

A Florida dentist recently pleaded no contest to six misdemeanor battery charges for allegedly inappropriately touching female patients, the Pensacola News Journal reported Jan. 20. 

Police are investigating a burglary that took place at a Boston dental practice, CBS News Boston reported Jan. 20.  

A dental school dean who announced his retirement and nine other dentists who have made headlines since Jan. 18.

From dental schools receiving grants to organizations backing the Resident Education Deferred Interest Act, here are 10 dental education updates Becker's has reported on since March 23: