Here are 11 moves from The Aspen Group and its DSO Aspen Dental that Becker's has reported on since Feb. 2:
1. The Aspen Group opened its 1,000th Aspen Dental location.
2. Aspen Dental hired Payam Ataii, DMD, to be its senior vice president of orthodontic support.
3. An Aspen Dental practice and MD Now Urgent Care clinic in Cape Coral, Fla., purchased a shared property for $5.1 million.
4. The Aspen Group opened the TAG Oral Care Center for Excellence in Chicago, which will provide dental care to underserved Illinois residents.
5. Aspen Dental and ClearChoice Dental Implant Centers opened their first co-location in Albuquerque, N.M.
6. Aspen Dental provided free dental care to more than 3,000 military veterans and their families during the eighth annual Aspen Dental Day of Service on June 11.
7. Aspen Dental partnered with the Dental Assisting National Board and its affiliate organization, the Dale Foundation, to invest in dental radiography training and credentials for dental assistants in the Aspen Dental network.
8. Aspen Group is partnering with Ace Surgical Supply to add bone-grafting products at its practices.
9. Julie Frantsve-Hawley, PhD, executive director of the Aspen Group's Oral Care Center for Excellence, was given the Presidential Award from the American Association of Public Health Dentistry.
10. Aspen Dental aims to train 700 dentists on dental implant services in 2022.
11. The Aspen Group will convert its Aspen Dental offices to be fully digital by early 2023.