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Here are five dental industry mergers and acquisitions that took place in August:

Here are four dental industry updates that have taken place in Ohio since Aug. 20:  1. Chicago-based Phase 1 Equity continued its 2025 expansion with its first Ohio practice. 2. New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Dental365 acquired six dental practices in…

Irving, Texas-based Rodeo Dental & Orthodontics is planning to open the 50th practice location in its network.  The organization is opening the practice Oct. 27 in Lubbock, Texas, and is accepting new patient appointments, according to a Sept. 4 news…

Danbury, Conn.-based Archway Dental Partners recently added its first New York practice. The DSO partnered with Advanced Dentistry of Scarsdale and Advanced Dentistry of Chappaqua, according to a news release from the company. The offices are led by Steven Brisman,…

Chicago-based Aspen Dental opened an office in Waynesville, N.C., Sept. 4.  The new office is led by practice owner Joshua Cardinal, DDS, according to an email sent to Becker’s. Aspen Dental is one of the largest DSOs in the U.S.,…

Phoenix-based Salt Dental Partners has added Lineberry Orthodontics to its network.  Lineberry Orthodontics has two practices in Boise and Mountain Home, Idaho. Salt Dental Partners recently celebrated achieving 300% growth over the last two years, hitting more than 150 offices…

Teledentistry provider Dentulu has begun offering Viome’s at-home cancer saliva test nationwide. The CancerDetect salivary diagnostic test uses RNA sequencing and AI-driven insights to identify biomarkers in saliva associated with oral and throat cancers. The test can detect early-stage oral…

Class-action law firm Lynch Carpenter is investigating a recent data breach that took place at a Nevada dental practice.  Las Vegas-based Absolute Dental, which has more than 50 locations across the state, discovered that an unauthorized party accessed some of…

Oral healthcare leaders are working closely with policymakers to protect Medicaid coverage and community water fluoridation in their states after recent updates at the federal level. Matthew Steele, the director of state and local advocacy, recently joined the Becker’s Dental…