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Metropolitan and especially rural areas in Arizona are facing a shortage of dentists and lack of dental care coverage, according to AZ Big Media.

Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Aetna and the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons partnered to create a program designed to reduce the number of opioid tablets prescribed to patients undergoing wisdom tooth extractions.

ProHEALTH Dental entered into a clinical and academic affiliation agreement with the Mount Sinai Health System and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, both in New York City.

The Dentacoin Foundation, a company focused on blockchain solutions for the global dental industry, launched its pilot crytpocurrency clinic, F3T, in Stratford, London.

The opioid epidemic continues to surge with increasing numbers of prescriptions being written for pain medication and dentists continue to write millions of prescriptions each year, according to NPR.

Results from the University of Michigan National Poll on healthy aging found 28 percent of middle-aged Americans don't have dental coverage.

Delta Dental in Pennsylvania, Florida and Texas launched two new individual PPO plans.

Lead by Catalyst Investors, Weave Communications, a patient communication technology platform for dental offices, completed a $17 million Series B-1 funding.

Western Dental acquired 14 California offices from Kids Dental Kare.

Inc. 5000 recognized Pacific Dental Services on its list of American's fastest growing private companies.