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Council Bluffs, Iowa-based All Care Health Center will soon begin construction on a $5.7 million dental facility aimed at reducing wait times for patients, the Omaha World-Herald reported Nov. 6.  The dental center’s groundbreaking is scheduled for Nov. 16. Once…

A dental practice in Strasburg, Pa., is set to permanently close on Nov. 30, according to a public notice published Nov. 9 in Lancaster Online.  The dental office of Randal Brown, DDS, is closing as Dr. Brown has practiced for…

Here are 10 dentists who have made headlines in the last week:

Effingham, Ill.-based Heartland Dental hit 2,000 supported offices in October after adding Foundation Dental Partners, according to the company’s monthly growth update. Foundation Dental Partners’ 33 practices are in Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina and Kentucky. Heartland also affiliated with two…

Roseville, Minn.-based Park Dental Partners has completed its acquisition of Village Family Dental DSO, adding 12 practice locations and 47 doctors to its network. Park Dental Partners first disclosed the transaction in August and valued it at $39.1 million in…

Beavercreek, Ohio-based Keep Smiling Dental Group has provided notice of a data event that may involve patient data.  An investigation confirmed that there was a cybersecurity incident on the practice’s systems. Certain files were accessed or taken from the network…

Dallas-based DECA Dental Group has promoted Denise Yousuf to vice president of field operations. Ms. Yousuf has held a variety of roles with DECA since 2020, when she was first hired as the director of operations. She most recently served…

The Florida Board of Dentistry voted unanimously Nov. 6 to revoke the license of Francesco Sebastiani, DMD, after a patient died following a 2023 dental implant procedure, First Coast News reported. The Florida Department of Health alleged Dr. Sebastiani fell…

A California appeals court has upheld a dentist’s conviction on sex-related charges involving five female patients and an extern, mynewsla.com reported Nov. 2. Emad Fathy Moawad, DDS, was charged in June 2021 with sexually abusing several patients. A jury found…