A dentist in Michigan was arrested on October 9 and arraigned for criminal sexual conduct and released from custody after posting a $20,000 bond, according to a news story published October 10 on 94.9 ...

While dental service organizations (DSO) Heartland Dental, TAG - The Aspen Group, and Pacific Dental Services maintained their stronghold as the top three largest DSOs in the U.S., respectively, they ...

Consolidation within any industry follows a predictable trajectory, and the dental sector is no exception. Drawing from Harvard Business Review's research on consolidation curves, we can ascertain ...

In this series hosted by Dr. Michael W. Davis, two prominent leaders in the dental profession answer the same questions. Neither participating dentist has advance knowledge of their counterpart, nor ...

The list of the top 10 largest dental service organizations (DSOs) in the U.S. looks a lot like our list from 2022, with Heartland Dental, TAG - The Aspen Group, and Pacific Dental Services holding on ...

Dental products manufacturer Dentsply Sirona, Siemens Healthineers, and the University of Minnesota (UMN) School of Dentistry have installed the first dental-dedicated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ...

Dental equipment manufacturer Planmeca has launched new artificial intelligence (AI) tools for Planmeca Romexis. New AI-powered features have been added to enhance the unit's imaging capabilities.

Recently, states in the U.S. made a new unlicensed dental auxiliary designation and instituted other changes that affect dental assistants, according to the Dental Assisting National Board's (DANB) ...

Founder and president Jim Glidewell has stepped down as CEO of Glidewell, with the company's Chief Experience Officer Stephenie Goddard assuming the role, effective January 1, 2022. Jim Glidewell and ...

“Once perio maintenance, always perio maintenance” is a perpetual coding myth that the CDT Current Dental Terminology Coding Companion (Page 184) dispelled in 2023. Even so, controversy continues to ...

With more patients taking glucagonlike peptide 1 (GLP-1) agonists like Ozempic to control diabetes and obesity, clinicians may need to rethink how to manage them during dental anesthesia or sedation.

Do patients complain about your practice's billing? Perhaps it's a sign to take a deep dive into your systems to see what is frustrating your patients. When insurance becomes a variable in the billing ...