Chicago-based Aspen Dental has opened a full-service practice in Missoula, Mont., led by Trevor Given, DMD. Dr. Given independently owns and operates the practice, with Ryan Sylvester, DDS, serving as ...

Phoenix-based SALT Dental Partners entered Illinois and Indiana in Q3, adding a multi-site pediatric dentistry and orthodontic practice as its 12th partnership of 2026. The company highlighted its ...

Nine in 10 voters support Medicare dental benefits, according to a national poll conducted by the CareQuest Institute for Oral Health. The organization partnered with Marketing for Change to create ...

Amassing locations is no longer the guaranteed path to growth it once was for dental organizations. Now the question is less about how fast a group can expand and more about whether a new location or ...

Several dental practices and clinics have closed or announced plans to close over the last few weeks. Six updates: 1. Hoffman Stone, a dental practice in Springfield, Mo., closed abruptly, leaving ...

DSO affiliation among U.S. dentists has more than doubled since 2015 — from 7.2% to 16.1% — as practice ownership has dropped to a 20-year low of 73%, according to TUSK Practice Sales’ Q4 2026 Dental ...

Here are six of the largest DSOs that have expanded their networks in the last month: 1. Dental Associates of Florida, a practice supported by Sarasota, Fla.-based Dental Care Alliance, opened a new ...

A dentist in Galena, Ill., has retired after more than four decades in dentistry, according to an Oct. 13 report from Galena Gazette.  Robert Chorak, DDS, purchased a dental practice in 1981. He sold ...

Benjamin Nero, DDS, an orthodontist who practiced for more than five decades and an education advocate, died Sept. 27 at the age of 89, according to an Oct. 9 report from The Philadelphia Tribune.  In ...

Cleveland-based Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine has received a $15 million gift to create an oral health center for individuals with special healthcare needs.  The R. William ...

Zug, Switzerland-based vVardis, a dental medtech company, has filed for a U.S. initial public offering, according to an Oct. 9 report from Investing.com. The company reported a net loss of $27.8 ...

The business of running a dental practice has always been shaped by payers, but the relationship is shifting in new ways, according to one dental CEO. According to a March 2026 report from the U.S.