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Specialty dentists have the highest annual mean wage in the offices of dentists industry, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The average annual wage for specialty dentists across ...
Orange, Calif.-based Western Dental may be forced to close up to 50 of its practice locations if a proposed cut to the Medi-Cal dental program advances.  Proposition 56, which was passed in 2016, ...
Florida, California, Pennsylvania and North Carolina were the states where DSOs and dental groups were most active with practice additions, acquisitions and openings during May. Those states saw at ...
Here are three updates to know on medical-dental integration and where the industry is moving forward, as reported by Becker’s so far this year: ...
A man from Norwalk, Conn., was arrested on suspicion of embezzling $286,000 from a dental practice in New York. Jeffrey Fernandez, 34, worked as a manager at a dental practice in Great Neck. Between ...
Chicago-based Phase 1 Equity has expanded its network with the addition of a multi-location orthodontic practice based in Tennessee. The expansion marks the DSO’s first practice in Tennessee, ...
A dental practice in Eugene, Ore., which abruptly closed in 2024, is facing six lawsuits filed by former patients, according to a May 27 report from ABC affiliate KEZI 9. Six patients filed lawsuits ...
Maine Gov. Janet Mills signed into law a bill that establishes fees and caps on fees for dental provider licensing and permits. LD 448 fixes a previous law that inadvertently repealed fee caps for ...
The average annual salary for orthodontists has increased from $230,830 in 2019 up to $254,620 in 2024. Orthodontists compensation jumped a total of $23,790, or 10.3%, from 2019 to 2024. The Bureau of ...
Dentists and dental organizations are coming up with changing strategies to deal with tariffs as leaders predict the impact tariffs will have on the industry in the long term. Here are five updates, a ...
The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry has installed Dr. Thomas G. Ison, DMD, to serve as the organization’s next president.  Dr. Ison is a private practice dentist in Newburgh, Ind. He has ...