Here are five key notes on dental companies from the last week.

Salt Lake City-based University of Utah School of Dentistry named Wyatt Rory Hume, DDS, PhD, dean.

On March 14, Paul Keener, DDS, passed away at age 81, according to the Baltimore Sun.

Maryam Douraghy, DDS, a dentist in Stoughton, Mass., is participating in the 8th annual Smiles For Life Campaign, according to The Wicked Local.

Willamette Dental Group, headquartered in Hillsboro, Ore., opened a dental office in Spokane Valley, Wash.

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American Dental Association's Commission on Dental Accreditation reaccredited University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine in Farmington, according to UConn Today.

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Chester Yokoyama, DDS, and his team at Los Angeles-based Dental Healing are opening a new dental office in Los Angeles.

During DOCS Education's 8th Annual Sedation Safety Week, DOCS will focus on helping Americans overcome their anxiety related to dentist visits.

On March 15, Aspen Dental dentists will administer free dental services to Oklahoma veterans, according to News Channel 4.

As the leader of a healthcare technology company providing services that help dental and medical practices communicate information to payers more efficiently and securely, and because of my years in the business, I’ve developed a certain knack for understanding the software and technology needs of the modern practice. Practices seek software solutions to make their business lives easier. Software is designed and sold in similar fashion: to streamline workflows, eliminate needless tasks, enhance security and remove inefficiencies and obsolescence.

  Springfield (Ore.) dentist Nathan Anderson, DMD, returned from helping children in Honduras, according to KEZI.com.

Here are five dentists making the news this week.

Here are five updates on dental companies from the last week.

Kevin Pawlowicz, DDS, and other Pittsburgh-based Fox Chapel Advanced Dental Care staff underwent a mission trip to the Dominican Republic to provide care to residents, according to Trib Live.

Mid-Atlantic Dental Partners, a dental support organization, closed on its first financing round with up to $15 million, which it will use to create a DSO model aimed at supporting dental professionals.

Ethisphere Institute named Henry Schein as a 2016 World's Most Ethical Company for the fifth consecutive year.

Dawn McClellan, DDS, is opening Thunderbird Dental in Las Vegas.

Here are five dentists making the news this week.