For those in the dental industry, the rise of dental service organizations is nothing new. These groups can range from 10-office DSOs to those with up to 750 offices.
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An Aspen Dental in Mount Pleasant, Ill., will relocate less than half a mile west of its current location April 22 to improve patients' experience.
Marietta, Ga.-based Benevis has appointed Rich Beckman to serve as CEO, effective immediately.
G Square Healthcare Private Equity purchased a majority stake in London-based Dental Care Group.
East Syracuse, N.Y.-based Aspen Dental Management has selected Abhinav Shukla to serve as the dental service organization's COO.
New York City-based NexHealth, which automates patient appointments and other tasks for doctors and hospitals, has aligned itself with Great Neck, N.Y.-based DSO The Smilist.
Amid national controversy for alleged Medicaid fraud and misconduct, Kool Smiles in Tupelo, Miss., has changed its name to Sunnybrook Dentistry in Mississippi, according to the Daily Journal.
Waltham, Mass.-based 42 North Dental has partnered with two-practice dental organization Southern Connecticut Dental Group.
Effingham, Ill.-based Heartland Dental opened a nonclinical support office in St. Louis.
East Syracuse, N.Y.-based Aspen Dental opened a new scheduling center in Chandler, Ariz.