City officials in Longview, Camas and Battle Ground, Wash., are currently considering ending water fluoridation in their communities as national debate about the practice continues, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported Jan. 28.
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A Virginia House panel voted down a bill to study the possibility of expanding Virginia Commonwealth University’s dental school into the southern part of the state.
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Here are three DSOs and dental groups that added practices in the Northeast, as reported by Becker's since Dec. 31:
Sarasota, Fla.-based Parkview Dental Partners added two practices in Florida to its network.
Dental supply company Henry Schein has received a strategic investment from KKR, a global investment firm, according to a Jan. 29 news release.
Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Ill., recently opened its Oral & Maxillofacial Head and Neck Associates center, The Reporter reported Jan. 28.
Resident dentists at the University of Buffalo in New York voted to unionize and negotiate for better training, staffing and pay, NBC affiliate WGRZ reported Jan. 28.
Competition has continued to increase in the DSO field as two more organizations entered the market in January.
While there are many positives of AI in the dental industry, there are still some risks associated with the technology, according to a Jan. 27 news release from the California Dental Association.