DSO + DPMs

Practice management software developer Planet DDS released its Launchpad Program to support emerging dental and orthodontics groups.

Jonesboro, Ark.-based GPS Dental recently added its first New Jersey office. 

Cal Dental USA recently added NBA Champion and ESPN Sports Analyst Kendrick Perkins as a partner at their Cal Dental of Atlantic office in Bell, Calif. 

Great Neck, N.Y.-based The Smilist made its first affiliation in Maryland by adding 23 practices.

As the DSO space becomes increasingly congested, bringing a unique aspect and value proposition is crucial to recruiting and retaining dentists, oral surgeons and patients.

Here are 11 updates on Dallas-based MB2 Dental that Becker's reported on in the first half of 2024:

Dallas-based Beacon Oral Specialists recently added Vero Beach (Fla.) Surgical Arts to its network. 

Texas, California, and Florida Dominate DSO Headquarters Location Preferences, with strongest growth seen in the Small/Emerging markets.

Effingham, Ill.-based Heartland Dental recently added a Mississippi practice to its network. 

Here are seven updates on Henderson, Nev.-based PDS Health, formerly known as Pacific Dental Services, that Becker's has reported on so far through the first half of 2024: