Dentists

Two dental groups landed multi-practice acquisitions in February:

Blue Cloud Pediatric Surgery Centers was acquired by The Rise Fund, an investment company of private equity firm TPG.

The Florida Dental Association Foundation will host the seventh annual "Florida Mission of Mercy" event in Tallahassee, Fla., giving 1,000 residents free dental care, according to a Feb. 28 report from ABC news affiliate WTXL Tallahassee.

Two dentists who earned awards for their commitment to oral health and five other dentists who made the news last week:

Below are the three most-read Becker's Dental + DSO Review stories for the week ending Feb. 25.

Dental schools across the U.S. are regularly granted funding by the National Institutes of Health to support oral health research.

Michael DiTolla, DDS and George Zehak, DDS, were presented Feb. 25 with the Gordon J. Christensen Lecturer Recognition Award and Chicago Dental Society Foundation Vision Award, respectively, at the Chicago Dental Society Midwinter Meeting.

New York City-based Diamond Braces recently opened six offices in New York and New Jersey.

From a COVID-19 national emergency extension to the CDC's updated vaccination schedule guidance, below are five COVID-19 updates:

Investigators have found new details surrounding a Virginia woman charged with illegally running a dental practice inside her husband's veterinary clinic, Wavy reported Feb. 23.