Effingham, Ill.-based Heartland Dental
- Heartland Dental is opening a practice at a new shopping center in St. Johns, Fla.
- The company provided more than $2.3 million in dental services during its fourth annual companywide free dentistry day.
- The DSO partnered with Albertville (Neb.) Family Dental, led by Patrick Becicka, DDS.
- Heartland Dental added Smiles by Design in Apopka, Fla., led by Steve Milios, DDS
Chicago-based Aspen Dental
- Aspen Dental reached the 20-year milestone of its Practice Ownership Program.
- Aspen Dental and Royal Philips partnered to bring Philips Sonicare products to Aspen Dental’s network of practices.
- The DSO opened a practice location in a newly constructed retail plaza in Mansfield, Conn.
- The company opened a practice location in Culpeper, Va.
- Aspen Dental opened a practice location in Mansfield, Texas.
- The Aspen Group named Lauren Svoboda vice president of learning optimization.
Henderson, Nev.-based PDS Health
- Patterson Dental and PDS Health reached an agreement in principle to extend their existing partnership through 2027.
- PDS Health celebrated national dental hygiene month by highlighting the role dental hygienists can play in medical-dental integrated healthcare.
- PDS Health added 10 new partner practices in October.
- Boston-based Perceptive and PDS Health finished the first successful clinical study of a 3D intraoral optical coherence tomography dental imaging system.
- The company held its 14th annual Smile Generation Serve Day, donating more than $16.5 million in dental services.
- PDS Health added three de novo practice locations.