A lack of finances and business skills are keeping younger dentists from owning their own practices, according to Robert Trager, DDS.
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Here are four dental industry updates that have taken place in California since Oct. 20:
Dental artificial intelligence company Pearl has appointed a new COO and a vice president of clinical affairs.
Frisco, Texas-based Bond Orthodontic Partners recently added New Age Braces to its network.
Children’s Dentistry of Virginia is renovating a former restaurant in Richmond to host its new office, CBS affiliate WTVR reported Nov. 16.
Effingham, Ill.-based Heartland Dental has added two partner practices in Florida, according to recent posts on the company's LinkedIn page.
Dentists are finding it more difficult to own and operate private practices, leading to a decrease in practice ownership and increased consolidation under DSOs.
Forbes has ranked its top eight lenders for refinancing loans from dental school, naming the Rhode Island Student Loan Authority as the best choice, according to a Nov. 15 report.
There were 214,700 active dental hygienists in the U.S. in 2022, an increase of 64,820 hygienists since 2001, according to the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute.
The distribution businesses of dental supplier Henry Schein have been restored after experiencing a cybersecurity incident in October.