The Smilist Management recently added five dental practices in New York and New Jersey to its network.

Affordable Care opened an Affordable Dentures & Implants practice in Oak Ridge, Tenn.

Little Rock, Ark.-based Rock Dental Brands recently secured another $45 million in debt financing from its lending partner, Twin Brook Capital Partners.

Here are three fast facts on Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Imagen Dental Partners:

From a private equity deal to several acquisitions, here are 18 DSO stories Becker's has reported on since Sept. 1:

Here are four things to know about Florham Park, N.J.-based Select Dental Management:

Here are three moves from Affordable Care that Becker's has reported on since Aug. 5:

Multispecialty health and wellness company Sonrava Health made a name for itself in 2022 by acquiring some of the biggest DSOs in dentistry.

Here are five moves from Smile Brands that Becker's has reported on since July 25:

Here are eight moves from Dental Care Alliance that Becker's has reported on since July 6:

Here are five moves from The Aspen Group, parent company of Aspen Dental, that Becker's has reported on since July 15:

We’d be lying through our teeth if we said that dental practices and DSOs weren’t feeling the pain of soaring costs from record inflation. Practices are having to fork out more money to retain scarce talent while also getting slapped with higher equipment costs. The net effect is slimmer profit margins. The good news is that leveraging the right technology can help you surmount these obstacles and equip you with the tools to boost revenue while giving your staff some breathing room.

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Dental365 added a New Jersey dental practice to expand its network.

Carrollton, Texas-based MB2 Dental recently added seven dental practices to its network. 

Here are four DSOs that were formed in 2022 that Becker's has reported on since Feb. 2:

The dental industry is a fascinating space with regional and national dental service organizations growing rapidly.

The Pacific Dental Services Foundation has given a total of $70,000 to 17 dental assisting students from eight states.

Irvine, Calif.-based Pacific Dental Services and Chicago-based Aspen Dental reached major milestones this week with the expansion of their networks. 

There’s no “universal approach” when developing a strategy for building a successful, scalable dental service organization (DSO). De novo or acquisition, branded or not, there are a range of factors to weigh to determine what makes a certain DSO a good fit for a dental practice owner and what, conversely, makes a specific practice a good candidate for acquisition from a DSO’s perspective.

Gen4 Dental Partners has acquired Bay Area Dental, a multilocation practice in the San Francisco Bay Area.