Here are 19 headlines and moves from Morrisville, N.C.-based Affordable Care that Becker's reported on in 2023:
1. The DSO opened an Affordable Dentures & Implants office in Nashville, Tenn.
2. Affordable Dentures & Implants, a brand of Affordable Care, announced plans to open 30 more offices in 2024.
3. Affordable Care opened an Affordable Dentures & Implants office in Roanoke, Va.
4. Affordable Care opened two new Affordable Dentures & Implants locations in Virginia and Ohio.
5. The company appointed Jumoke Adedoyin, DDS, and Daniel Fenton, DMD, as its chief clinical officers.
6. Affordable Care added a practice location in West Valley City, Utah.
7. The DSO opened an Affordable Dentures and Implants location in Nampa, Idaho. The Advanced Dental Implant Center network, which is supported by Affordable Care, added Amherst (N.H.) Village Dental.
8. Affordable Care opened an Affordable Dentures & Implants location in Hammond, La.
9. In August, the company added four additional practices to its network.
10. Five lawsuits stemming from accusations of unlicensed dental work being provided to patients were filed against Affordable Dentures & Implants.
11. Affordable Dentures & Implants opened two Virginia locations over a two-week span with practices in Midlothian and Fredericksburg.
12. Affordable Dentures & Implants opened a location in Fishers, Ind.
13. Morrisville, N.C.-based Affordable Care opened practices in North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas.
14. A patient filed a lawsuit against Affordable Dentures & Implants and Christopher Ryan Bugg, DDS, after allegedly receiving treatment from an unlicensed dental technician.
15. Affordable Care opened an Affordable Dentures & Implants practice in Sanford, N.C.
16. The DSO opened an Affordable Dentures & Implants location in Brunswick, Ga.
17. An Affordable Dentures & Implants office in South Burlington, Vt., closed suddenly, leaving patients unable to receive treatment.
18. Affordable Care opened an Affordable Dentures & Implants office in Bradenton, Fla.
19. The company opened its first Affordable Dentures & Implants practice of 2023 in Spring, Texas.