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Miami-based United Dental Corporation has named Elise Nussbaumer as the DSO's next COO.

Here are 22 updates on dental Medicare and Medicaid that Becker's reported on in 2023:

National dental expenditures were $165 billion in 2022, a decrease of 6.3% compared to 2021, according to data from the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute.

DSOs may need to make some changes to their growth strategies in a more competitive market for specialty services next year, according to Barry Lyon, DDS.

Several DSO leaders spoke with Becker's this year about topics such as economic challenges, recruitment, patient care and technology. 

Here are 25 notable DSO acquisitions from the last year: 

Here are five C-suite updates that have taken place in the dental industry so far in December: 

Two Ohio legislators have introduced a bill that would prevent dental patients from being denied Medicaid coverage solely because of their age, the Statehouse News Bureau reported Dec. 26. 

Former employees of the now-defunct SmileDirectClub are dealing with the aftermath of losing their jobs due to the company's closure.

MB2 Dental and Dental Care Alliance are two of the largest DSOs in the U.S. that have made notable progress in their expansion efforts in recent years.