Becker’s Dental Review - DSO + Dental News

Wayne County, N.Y., is planning to restore dental services by reopening a dental clinic that could provide care to thousands of patients, according to an Oct. 25 report from FingerLakes1.com. Livingston County declared dental equipment surplus and made it available…

Springfield, Vt.-based North Star Health has added Windham County Dental Center in Brattleboro, Vt., to its organization.  Windham County Dental Center was opened in 2019 through a partnership between United Way of Windham County and Brattleboro Memorial Hospital. The center…

Wichita (Kan.) Family Dental has provided notice of a data breach impacting 1,273 individuals, according to a filing with the HHS Office for Civil Rights. In May 2026, the practice became aware of unauthorized access to an employee’s email account.…

Dallas-based MB2 Dental has added a California orthodontic practice to its network. The dental partnership organization added Boulton Orthodontics, led by Bart Boulton, DDS, according to an Oct. 21 news release from TUSK Practice Sales. MB2 Dental supports more than…

There are nearly 11,000 orthodontists and dentofacial orthopedists in the U.S. as of 2025, according to data from the American Dental Association’s Health Policy Institute. The specialty has grown by about 17%, increasing from 9,265 dentists in 2001 to 10,844…

Reisterstown, Md.-based Real Diagnostics has acquired SimplyTest, a provider of saliva-based oral health tests, expanding the clinical laboratory into dental practices. SimplyTest’s flagship PERIO test identifies key periodontal pathogens to help clinicians personalize patient care and monitor periodontal health over…

From dental school contracts to company acquisitions to research initiatives, here are 10 new investments into dentistry worth more than $860 million, as reported by Becker’s since Sept. 8:

Minh Phuong Dong, MD, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow at Loma Linda (Calif.) University School of Dentistry, received an award from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research to develop a way to predict how patients with oral cancer will…

The cheap-money era that dominated the last few years let DSOs grow by buying up practices. With interest rates now higher and multiples lower, three executives say that playbook is over, and the groups that last will be the ones…