Dentists

Anthem Blue Cross launched a tool that gives dentists access to integrated patient health histories in real time to better manage patients' chronic conditions, increase early detection, improve patient outcomes and reduce employers' costs.

Dentist George Zorawski, DDS, plans to sell his former office in Elizabethton, Tenn., to the city for $90,000, according to the Johnson City Press.

Henry Schein has acquired a majority equity stake in Cliniclands, a dental distributor that serves practices in Sweden, Denmark and Norway, according to an Aug. 5 news release.

Entrepreneur and dentist Anissa Holmes, DMD, uses social medical marketing to help dentists scale their practices by 30 percent to 50 percent annually, according to the CT Post.

Two dentists in Kent, Wash., pleaded guilty Aug. 2 to conspiring to avoid more than $460,000 in income taxes, according to the Kent Reporter.

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare partnered with a local dental group to integrate dental care into its preventive primary care model, according to an Aug. 1 news release.

SmileDirectClub plans to sell up to $1 billion in stock during an initial public offering, three people close to the matter confirmed to CNBC.

Dental educator and innovator Peter Dawson, DDS, 89, died July 27, according to Dentistry Today.

Here's the latest roundup of dental companies that have been in the headlines, including Aspen Dental and Oral Surgery Associates of North Texas.

A Greenly, Colo.-based dentist was sentenced July 29 to three years in prison for illegally prescribing opioids to employees, according to local Fox affiliate KDVR.