DSO & DPMs

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.

East Syracuse, N.Y.-based Aspen Dental added three more practices to its network of more than 750 offices.

Irvine, Calif.-based Smile Brands added Seattle-based Gateway Dental to its network of practices.

Boston-based private equity firm Abry Partners made a strategic investment in Framingham, Mass.-based Dr. Dental Management.

Effingham, Ill.-based Heartland Dental is now affiliated with six Menasha, Wis. -based RLJ Dental practices.