Here are eight updates to know on the dental technology space that Becker's reported on in October:
1. Dentsply Sirona voluntarily suspended the sale and marketing of its Byte clear aligners and impression kits as it conducts a review of regulatory requirements.
2. Align Technology announced plans to repurchase $275 million of the company's common stock.
3. Investment firm The Zabel Companies purchased Prospect Heights, Ill.-based Golden Ceramic Dental Lab.
4. Dental technology company OralDNA Labs acquired all assets from Sensible Diagnostics.
5. The West Palm Beach VA Healthcare System is the first Veterans Affairs facility to use the Yomi dental implant robot.
6. Boston-based Perceptive and Henderson, Nev.-based PDS Health finished the first successful clinical study of a 3D intraoral optical coherence tomography dental imaging system.
7. Dental software company Planet DDS launched an operating system for DSOs.
8. Sonendo entered into an asset purchase agreement with Biolase to acquire its assets and subsidiaries after Biolase filed for bankruptcy.