Four dental organizations have requested more than $600 million in funding for oral health programs for fiscal year 2027, according to an April 8 news release from the American Dental Association. Here are five things to know:
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Healthcare organizations are navigating workforce strain while balancing financial constraints and evolving care demands. During this conversation, leaders from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Fairview Health and Penn State Health share how finance, HR and clinical teams are working together to…
May 19, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
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- Mamoon Syed, SVP and Chief People Officer Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA)
- Patrick Adams, VP of Finance & Chief of Staff Fairview Health
- Rita Barry, System Director of Workforce Management Penn State Health
- Enderson Miranda, Vice-President Strategic Accounts AMN Healthcare
Kirksville-based A.T. Still University Missouri School of Dentistry and Oral Health is expanding its number of students from 63 to 84, according to an April 9 report from KTVO. Dental students spend their first two years on the Kirksville campus…
From a new dental college in the works to industry collaborations, here are 22 dental education and dental school updates to know from the first quarter of 2026, as reported by Becker’s. Note: This list is not exhaustive.
Denver-based Elevate Dental Partners was ranked among the fastest-growing companies in the Inc. 5000 Regionals list for 2026. The ranking, which included nine dental companies, is based on companies’ percentage revenue growth between 2022 and 2024. Here are four facts…
Here are four DSOs that have made headlines in the last week: 1. Chicago-based Aspen Dental will close its office in Lockport, Ill., later this month. 2. Orange, Calif.-based Sonrava Health is integrating Overjet’s dental AI technology to its more…
Detroit-based Seva Dental Team has partnered with All About Smiles in Middletown, Ohio. All About Smiles is led by James Puccio, DDS, and Arshia Meyers, DDS. The practice offers preventive services, fillings, root canals and dentures. Seva Dental was launched…
Effingham, Ill.-based Heartland Dental expanded its network with seven practices in March, including five de novo locations. Here are the company’s newest de novo practices, according to an April 7 post from Heartland Dental: In addition to the new de…
Idaho had an 8.8% net migration rate of dentists between 2019 and 2024, the highest of any state, according to data from the American Dental Association. Among all active U.S. dentists in 2019 and 2024, 7.7% moved states. Dentists who…
Chicago-based Phase 1 Equity plans to focus on increasing practice capacity while continuing to expand into new markets this year. The DSO, which supports more than 20 practices, entered several states last year, including New Jersey, Ohio, California, Tennessee, Louisiana…