From DSO affiliations to private practice moves, here are six dental industry updates that have taken place in Texas since Aug. 23:
1. A former Texas dentist who was convicted for a dental procedure that left a child with brain damage received a five-year probation sentence.
2. Irving, Texas-based U.S. Oral Surgery Management added a partner practice in Allen, Texas.
3. Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Imagen Dental Partners affiliated with CornerStone Dental in La Grange, Texas.
4. A Texas dental practice was damaged after a car crashed into it Sept. 4.
5. Mahesh Dholariya, DDS, is set to open Dentist at Plum Creek, his second practice in Kyle, Texas.
6. Kyle Sparkman, DDS, is planning to open the fourth Sparkman Orthodontics location in Canyon, Texas.