Here are five dental groups and DSOs making expansions, acquisitions and additions in the West that Becker's has reported on since May 3:
1. Effingham, Ill.-based Heartland Dental expanded its network into Utah, its 39th state.
2. Sacramento, Calif.-based Image Specialty Partners added a California orthodontics practice to its network.
3. Dallas-based MB2 Dental partnered with a dental practice in Castle Pines, Colo.
4. Jonesboro, Ark.-based GPS Dental added its first practice in New Mexico.
5. San Francisco-based Cliff Ridge Specialty Partners acquired its first practice, Angolkar4Smiles in Seattle and Tukwila, Wash.