Here are 16 updates to know on Heartland Dental, Aspen Dental and PDS Health, the three largest dental organizations in the U.S., as reported by Becker's over the past three months.
Effingham, Ill.-based Heartland Dental
- Heartland Dental is opening a practice at a new shopping center in St. Johns, Fla.
- The company provided more than $2.3 million in dental services during its fourth annual companywide free dentistry day.
- The DSO partnered with Albertville (Neb.) Family Dental, led by Patrick Becicka, DDS.
- Heartland Dental added Smiles by Design in Apopka, Fla., led by Steve Milios, DDS
Chicago-based Aspen Dental
- Aspen Dental reached the 20-year milestone of its Practice Ownership Program.
- Aspen Dental and Royal Philips partnered to bring Philips Sonicare products to Aspen Dental's network of practices.
- The DSO opened a practice location in a newly constructed retail plaza in Mansfield, Conn.
- The company opened a practice location in Culpeper, Va.
- Aspen Dental opened a practice location in Mansfield, Texas.
- The Aspen Group named Lauren Svoboda vice president of learning optimization.
Henderson, Nev.-based PDS Health
- Patterson Dental and PDS Health reached an agreement in principle to extend their existing partnership through 2027.
- PDS Health celebrated national dental hygiene month by highlighting the role dental hygienists can play in medical-dental integrated healthcare.
- PDS Health added 10 new partner practices in October.
- Boston-based Perceptive and PDS Health finished the first successful clinical study of a 3D intraoral optical coherence tomography dental imaging system.
- The company held its 14th annual Smile Generation Serve Day, donating more than $16.5 million in dental services.
- PDS Health added three de novo practice locations.