Here are 20 dentists that have opened practices so far this year:
- Lydia Lancaster, DDS, and Thomas Garrity, DDS, opened a joint office housing Franklin Orthodontic Center and Little Smiles of Franklin.
- Chong Shao, DDS, and Katie Shao, DDS, started construction on a new location for Jones County Family Dentistry in Anamosa, Iowa.
- A group of Alabama dentists opened a new office for Jasper Comprehensive Dentistry.
- Sura Dabbagh, DDS, and Hayder Kafaji, DDS, partnered to open Bayshore Family Dental in Dunedin, Fla.
- Malavi Patel, DMD, opened a 2,489-square-foot Radiant Smiles office in Grand Rapids, Mich.
- Graig Fischgrund, DMD, is opening Max Dental Group, a dental practice in Hicksville, N.Y.
- Helen Jang, DDS, and Sydney Olson, DDS, partnered to open St. Elmo Dental in Chattanooga, Tenn.
- Kyle Sparkman, DDS, is planning to open the fourth Sparkman Orthodontics location.
- Rahul Kallianpur, DDS, a dentist at Brookside Family Dentistry in Chester, N.Y., is planning to open a dental practice at an old pharmacy in Pleasantville, N.Y.
- Mahesh Dholariya, DDS, is set to open Dentist at Plum Creek, his second practice in Kyle, Texas.
- Jeffrey Hedges, DMD, opened Hedges Dental in Louisville, Ky.
- Blane Jackson, DDS, submitted a tenant improvement application to the city of Sierra Vista in June to remodel the site of a former restaurant and turn it into a dental practice.
- Thomas Martin, DDS, opened Martin Dental Studio in Madison, Tenn.
- Jennifer Eisenhuth, DDS, and Abby Syverson, DMD, teamed up to launch Lakeside Orthodontics in Minnesota.
- Brent Stephens, DDS, opened Panola Dental, his second office, in Carthage, Texas.
- Greg Pedro, DMD, opened a dental medspa practice in New York City.