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Delta Dental of Missouri recently launched a pilot program with two Missouri dental schools to boost dental care access for uninsured and underinsured individuals, KCTV reported Sept. 22. The University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry and the Kansas City…

Dentists ages 45 to 54 made up the largest share of the U.S. dental workforce in 2001. In 2025, they accounted for less than a quarter of it, as the profession has grown both younger and older at the same…

With staffing shortages and workforce challenges continuing to create problems for dental practices, more offices are turning to a combination of temporary and permanent staff members, according to a new report from Cloud Dentistry, a dental staffing platform.  The company’s…

A group of dental schools have received nearly $2 million from the NIH to co-lead a national training center exploring whether pulpotomies could be performed more routinely in general dental practices as an alternative to root canals. The National Dental…

Although executives have varying opinions on who is best positioned to win the next era of dentistry, they do largely agree on what will separate the winners from the rest: financial discipline, a solid operational foundation and a model built…

Although artificial intelligence often gets credit as the trend that will define dentistry’s future, some executives aren’t so sure. Some say the real advantage over the next few years will come from somewhere else entirely. Four dental executives joined Becker’s…

The Kingsport (Tenn.) Dental Clinic of the Appalachian Highlands is applying for a $10 million grant to expand access to dental services, according to a Sept. 22 report from WJHL.  The grant would allow the clinic to add more operatories,…