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.
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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.
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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.
The global dental implants market is predicted to experience a 6.63 percent compound annual growth rate through 2024, generating $7.97 billion in revenue, according to a Zion Market Research report.
As patients grow older their likelihood to receive dental care declines, according to a study by Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan and cited by Market Watch.