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The Massachusetts Attorney General's Office said in a Jan. 5 news release that it has reached a settlement with Aspen Dental to resolve claims that the DSO used deceptive advertising campaigns on thousands of Massachusetts consumers.

Here is a snapshot of five of the most important numbers affecting the dental industry today:

A Maine dental practice that purchased a clinic to prevent its closure and three other acquisitions that took place in the dental industry in December:

In 2022, Heartland Dental supported the merger of three Canadian DSOs — 123Dentist, Altima Dental and Lapointe Group — to create the largest DSO in the country.

A Florida university that announced plans for a new dental school and three other dental education updates that have taken place since Dec. 19: 

Dentists' income satisfaction increased nearly 17 percent while dissatisfaction decreased nearly 13 percent from 2021 to 2022, according to DentalPost's 2023 "Dental Salary Survey" annual report.

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