Leslie Soto has stepped down from her role as vice president of operations at Fort Worth, Texas-based Five Point Dental Specialists. Ms. Soto first joined the company as the director of support operations in November 2021. She served as the…
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Franklin, Tenn.-based Specialized Dental Partners recently added a North Carolina endodontic practice to its network. The DSO partnered with KOS Endodontics in Hickory, N.C., led by Alexander Kutuza, DMD, according to the company’s LinkedIn page. Specialized Dental Partners supports more…
A research team led by Case Western Reserve University’s School of Dental Medicine has received a five-year, $2.93 million grant to develop a noninvasive chairside test that could help clinicians determine whether an oral lesion needs a biopsy. The test,…
Roughly 70 percent of medical decisions depend on lab results but lab spending remains one of the least scrutinized lines in a health plan’s budget. That blind spot is getting more expensive. Routine testing spend is climbing faster than the…
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The Academy of General Dentistry is opposing two new insurer policies and has asked regulatory bodies to prohibit restrictive payment rules. Six notes:
A court in China has issued a judgment in favor of Tempe, Ariz.-based Align Technology in its clear aligner patent infringement battle against Shanghai-based Angelalign Technology, according to an Aug. 11 news release from Align. On Aug. 10, 2026, the…
DSOs are facing a new hurdle this year as states look to increase oversight of their activity and transactions or ban their practice ownership altogether, threatening their ability to affiliate with practices and expand access to dental care. Several states…
A federal grand jury indicted Jon Christopher Williams, DMD, a dentist in Jacksonville Beach, Fla., on 16 counts related to tax evasion, failure to pay employment taxes and obstruction of an IRS investigation. According to the indictment, Dr. Williams filed…
States are increasingly stepping in to hold dental insurers accountable, and the latest wave of legislative activity is changing how dentists get paid and what patients can expect from their coverage. Massachusetts made history as the first state to enforce…
More than thirty dental companies were included on the 2026 Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. The rankings are based on a company’s revenue growth over a three-year period. Here are the dental companies included…