Becker’s Dental Review - DSO + Dental News

From expanding their networks into new states to hitting milestone practice numbers, here are four DSOs and dental groups achieving new milestones, as reported by Becker’s since Oct. 14:

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently revived antitrust claims against Invisalign manufacturer Align Technology over its termination of a software interoperability agreement with 3Shape. Align ended its agreement, which let 3Shape’s TRIOS scanner work with the Invisalign system,…

Francisco Partners, a global investment firm, recently completed its acquisition of healthcare and dental technology company Weave. The deal, announced in September, is valued at approximately $650 million, according to an Oct. 27 news release. Under the terms of the…

The Harvard University School of Dental Medicine will undergo site renovations as part of a $21 million project, the Boston Business Journal reported Oct. 27. The university received city permits to complete work on two buildings housing its medical and…

A pediatric dental clinic in Everett, Wash., could be demolished to make way for a light rail extension, The Everett Post reported Oct. 26. One of two proposed alignments for the 16-mile extension would run through the site of Children’s…

Here are three updates on new dental schools in the U.S.: 1. The University of Rochester (N.Y.) plans to open the Eastman School of Dentistry, the university’s first new school in more than 50 years. 2. In April, Georgia Southern…

Chicago-based HuFriedyGroup, a dental solutions company, has signed a framework agreement to acquire the dental business of Mectron.  The acquisition aims to improve HuFriedyGroup’s ability to support dental providers across prevention, implantology and oral surgery by connecting instrumentation, advanced equipment…

Rising labor costs combined with a higher cost of capital are placing a greater financial squeeze on dental practices and DSOs, according to one executive.  Drew Tedlock, the director of payer relations at Effingham, Ill.-based Heartland Dental, recently joined Becker’s…

Macroeconomic challenges combined with low payer reimbursements have led to a new level of financial strain that the dental industry may not have ever experienced before. Two dental leaders recently joined Becker’s Future of Dentistry Roundtable to discuss how dental…