Here are five dental industry acquisitions that took place in December:
1. New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Leading Edge Oral Surgery acquired an oral surgery practice in Pennsylvania with two locations.
2. Patient Square Capital entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Patterson Cos. for more than $4 billion.
3. Chicago-based National Dental Healthcare REIT, a dental real estate company, acquired 19 properties across nine states.
4. Denver-based Espire Dental acquired Sauvage, a five-location dental practice based in Seattle, and Tranquility Dental Wellness, a four-location dental practice based in the Tacoma and Olympia areas of Washington.
5. Roseland, N.J.-based Abra Health acquired All About Kids Pediatric Dentistry, which has five offices in Connecticut.