Here are 20 dental industry updates that have taken place in California, Florida and Texas since March: California 1. A California orthodontic practice with five locations unified under a single coordinated care model. 2. Dentists have filed class-action lawsuits against…
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Enterprise imaging is at a tipping point, and legacy infrastructure models are struggling to keep up. As imaging volumes surge and AI adoption accelerates, healthcare leaders must rethink how their platforms scale, secure data, and support clinical performance. This whitepaper…
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Delta Dental of Wisconsin’s recent acquisition of Cherry Tree Dental has led to a new wave of payer scrutiny in dentistry, with several providers and organizations calling for increased oversight to prevent vertical integration and conflicts of interest. Delta Dental…
Healthcare organizations are under intensifying pressure to control operational costs without compromising patient experience or clinical outcomes. Language services sit directly inside that tension — often treated as a back-office expense, yet tied to patient access, throughput and care quality.…
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Here are six trends and statistics showcasing how private practice dentistry is evolving: 1. Increased competition from DSOs has led dentists to rethink their approach to private practice to optimize success, including taking advantage of opportunities to enhance patient care…
Hospitals are facing the same equation from every direction: expenses are rising faster than reimbursement, patient demand keeps climbing and the workforce to meet it is shrinking. The traditional response — add beds, hire more staff, build new towers —…
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Several of the largest DSOs in the U.S. have recently added new locations and technology, gained new investments and launched partnerships with other organizations to enhance patient care. Thirteen updates since April: Heartland Dental (Effingham, Ill.) 1. S&P Global Ratings…
Nearly one in 10 surgeons leave active clinical practice within eight years, and the rate is much higher for oral and maxillofacial surgeons, according to a new study from the American College of Surgeons. In the study, published in the…
There are more than 16,000 active general dentists in California, nearly double that of the next highest state, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Across the U.S., there are a total of 124,390 general dentists, with…
City health officials have closed a dental practice in Philadelphia and suspended the owner’s license over unsanitary conditions that may have exposed patients to several diseases, CBS Philadelphia reported May 20. Smiles at Rittenhouse Square was shut down, while the…