Dentists

Here are five dental industry mergers and acquisitions that took place in August:

Here are four dental industry updates that have taken place in Ohio since Aug. 20:  1. Chicago-based Phase 1 Equity continued its 2025 expansion with its first Ohio practice. 2. New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Dental365 acquired six dental practices in…

Class-action law firm Lynch Carpenter is investigating a recent data breach that took place at a Nevada dental practice.  Las Vegas-based Absolute Dental, which has more than 50 locations across the state, discovered that an unauthorized party accessed some of…

The University of Pikeville (Ky.) received a loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to support the development of its new dental school. The Tanner College of Dental Medicine will be the first dental school in Eastern Kentucky and is…

A woman in Yukon, Okla., is wanted for practicing dental hygiene without a license, according to a Sept. 2 report from KFOR. Christy Perkowski worked at Oklahoma Dental in Yukon. Her dental hygiene license expired in 2020, but she continued…

Las Vegas-based Absolute Dental provided notice of a data incident involving its information systems.  The dental practice discovered that an unauthorized party accessed some of its systems between Feb. 19 and March 5, according to the notice.  Third-party forensic investigators…

Empower Dental Group has opened a new practice location in Upland, Calif. The new practice is led by Tigran Gyokchyan, DDS, Kevin Khachatryan, DDS, and Artur Arkelakyan, DDS, according to an Aug. 29 news release from Empower Dental.  Services provided…

David Brannen, DDS, a dentist in Luling, La., is planning to retire at the end of the year, according to an Aug. 28 report from St. Charles Herald. Buddy Trauth, DDS, purchased Dr. Brannen’s practice earlier this year, and renamed…

Kyrslyne Thomas, DMD, has opened Elora Dental Studio in Pearland, Texas, according to an Aug. 25 report from Community Impact. Dr. Thomas is an active member of the American Dental Association, the Academy of General Dentistry and the American Academy…

A dental practice in Roseburg, Ore., was damaged in a fire, according to an Aug. 26 report from KEZI 9. Upon arriving at Eden Dental, firefighters were able to quickly extinguish the fire to prevent any further damage.  According to…