Dental companies and DSOs collaborated this year on initiatives focused on education, medical-dental integration, technology and more.

Chicago-based Dentologie recently opened its ninth location in the city.

Three people, including two dentists, were taken to the hospital after a semitruck crashed into a dental practice in White Bear Lake, Minn., NBC affiliate KARE11 reported Dec. 4.

A former employee of Frey Orthodontics in Algonquin, Ill., recently received probation after pleading guilty to stealing $35,000 from the practice, the Lake & McHenry County Scanner reported Dec. 2. 

Batesville, Ark.-based Lyon College still hopes to build its dental and veterinary schools at the Heifer International complex in Little Rock despite its property deal falling through last month, Arkansas Business reported Dec. 4.

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio School of Dentistry has opened a center for global and community oral health.

A California dentist was recently sentenced to one year of federal supervised release for providing drug dealers with prescriptions for opiate painkillers in exchange for cocaine, The Mercury News reported Dec. 1. 

Stories about economic challenges, Medicaid and new legislation were among the most-read articles covered by Becker's this month. 

The Washington Dental Quality Assurance Commission has suspended the license of David Dowling, DDS, an orthodontist in Mississippi.

Here are 18 notable deals, partnerships, investments and other updates that have taken place in the dental industry so far in 2023:

A Minnesota dental clinic recently reached a settlement agreement after firing an employee because of her pregnancy.

A New York City man recently pleaded guilty to charges of practicing dentistry without a license, westchester.news12.com reported Nov. 29.

The number of dentists in the U.S. that own practices have diminished over the past few years, for a variety of reasons.

Texas had a positive net migration of new dentists from 2019 to 2022, with a net migration rate of 1.3%, according to the American Dental Association.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry has completed an expansion to its general dentistry clinic.

Rhode Island dentists and patients are facing several challenges that have led the state to reach a "tipping point," the Cranston Herald reported Nov. 29.

Private equity companies have become a big player in the dental industry, increasing competition and serving as a new avenue for companies to expand.

A car crashed into the Franklin (Tenn.) Dental Care Nov. 28, wkrn.com reported. 

The University of Florida College of Dentistry in Gainesville and the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine in Greenville, N.C., have partnered to establish an academic multidisciplinary practice-based research network.

The Washington Dental Quality Assurance Commission has charged a Kitsap County dentist with unprofessional conduct.