Executive Moves

Morrisville, N.C.-based Affordable Care recently appointed a new CEO.

Jeff Ballard has taken over as the fourth CEO of Delta Dental of Tennessee.

Miami-based United Dental Corporation has named Elise Nussbaumer as the DSO's next COO.

Here are five C-suite updates that have taken place in the dental industry so far in December: 

Muhammad Ali Shazib, DMD, was recently appointed dean of High Point (N.C.) University's new Workman School of Dental Medicine.

Fluent, a dental analytics, research and insights company, has named Sean Carroll as its next CEO.

University of Rochester (N.Y.) has appointed David Linehan, MD, as dean of the School of Medicine and Dentistry.

Liberty Dental Plans appointed Jian Yu to serve as the company's next CFO and chief actuarial officer.

Here are more than 100 dental leadership moves that have taken place this year from DSOs, dental groups, dental technology companies and more:

Here are 11 dental schools that appointed deans this year: