Dental school students graduated with an average of $280,700 in debt in 2023, according to data from the American Dental Education Association.
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There has been a 16.9% decrease in the number of dental assisting programs in the U.S., according to data from the American Dental Association.
There were more than 8,600 first-year students enrolled in dental hygiene programs during the 2022-23 academic year.
Suncoast Career Academy opened a training facility in Brandon, Fla., to help alleviate the state's dental assistant shortage, according to an April 18 report by ABC affiliate WFTS.
Private equity has played a major role in the dental industry over the past few years, with more private equity-backed DSOs and other dental organizations popping up across the U.S.
Here are 24 dental industry updates that have take place in Texas, California and New York since Feb. 14:
The highest-paying metropolitan area for dental hygienists is the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, Calif., region, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The office of a North Carolina dentist whose license was suspended has closed indefinitely.
Roseville, Minn.-based Park Dental Partners recently promoted Brian Zard as the company's first vice president of operations.
Dallas-based MB2 Dental expanded its network by partnering with eight dentists across four practices, according to a recent LinkedIn post from the company.