Minneapolis-based University of Minnesota has requested $100 million in funding from the state to upgrade and expand its dental school. The funding would be used to partially renovate the Malcolm Moos Health Sciences Tower by building modern dental clinical spaces…
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Here are 14 notable DSO moves that are part of larger dental industry trends, including state expansions, de novo openings and technology investments:
Children are increasingly visiting hospital emergency departments nationwide for dental issues amid shrinking access to pediatric dental care, KFF Health News reported March 10. Five notes: 1. ED visits for dental issues unrelated to physical trauma increased by 57.9% among…
Chicago-based The Aspen Group’s dental brands, Aspen Dental and ClearChoice Dental Implant Centers, continued its expansion in 2025, driven by investments in clinical training, AI tools and digital infrastructure. Here are 10 stats on the growth of the dental brands…
A coalition of dental organizations has called on the Department of Education to modify implementation dates for upcoming student loan changes. Five notes: 1. Several federal student loan changes were established under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, including new…
Across hospitals, quality outcomes are often influenced by a relatively small number of patients with shared clinical and operational complexity. These micro-cohorts — defined by factors such as comorbidities, discharge pathways, infection risk or length-of-stay patterns — frequently drive disproportionate…
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The South has been a hotbed for dental group and DSO activity within the past few weeks, with numerous organizations expanding their networks through new partnerships and affiliations. Here are eight DSOs making additions in the South, as reported by…
The Hands Off Kids Health coalition recently delivered more than 6,000 petitions urging California Governor Gavin Newsom to protect Medi-Cal dental funding, Spectrum 1 News reported March 9. Four notes: 1. The state has proposed $362 million in dental funding…
Here are seven dental leadership changes that have taken place since Feb. 12: 1. Cleveland-based Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine appointed Denver Jenkins, DDS, as director of its advanced education in general dentistry program. 2. Dental AI…
Ketan Sukkawala, DDS, a pediatric dentist in College Station, Texas, filed a CON application for a dental ambulatory surgery center in Hartford, Conn., according to a March 9 news release from Hartford Business Journal. The ASC will specialize in general…