Canada’s Dentalcorp, among the largest and fastest-growing networks of dental practices in North America, today announced its entry into the U.S. market with the acquisition of Northstar Dental Partners, a group with 21 supported dental practices headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida. The partnership, the company’s first in the United States, represents a seminal moment in Dentalcorp’s history.
Chesterfield, Mo.-based Oral Surgery Partners recently added practices in Georgia, Tennessee and Missouri. The MSO’s newest partners are John Hofheins, DMD, MD in St. Louis; Austin Meadows, DMD, MD, in Columbus, Ga.; and Qingcong Zeng, DDS, MD, who owns three practice locations in Tennessee. Oral Surgery Partners supports more than 80 practices in 25 states.
BOISE, Idaho, July 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Kno2®, the company leading the future of healthcare communication and a federally designated Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN) and CMS Aligned Network, today announced that Open Dental will become Kno2 Connected™, making it the first dental practice management system (PMS) to connect thousands of dental providers to the broader medical care continuum through Kno2’s nationwide network.
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) – Virginia is facing a shortage of dental hygienists that is stretching wait times for preventive care appointments, according to a new report from the Virginia Department of Health Professions’ Healthcare Workforce Data Center, analyzed by the Virginia Dental Association. Federal Health Resources and Services Administration projections rank Virginia second to last among states in meeting the demand for hygienists, at 66% adequacy.
Here are some of the most notable DSO acquisitions that have taken place so far this year.
The average gross billings per dentist for owner dentists in private practice was more than $1 million in 2025, according to data from the American Dental Association. Solo owners’ average gross billings per dentist was more than $200,000 higher than that of owner dentists in nonsolo practices. The average gross billings was more than $1.2 million for specialty dentists.
ALPHARETTA, Ga., July 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Curve Dental®, the leading provider of all-in-one, cloud-based dental practice management software, today announced the launch of Curve Care+, a native, voice-driven clinical AI suite designed to help providers reduce documentation burden, streamline charting, and create more time for patient care.
CenterGate Capital (“CenterGate”), an Austin, Texas-based private equity investment firm, announced today that its affiliate has made an investment in Canadian Dental Labs (“CDL” or the “Company”), Canada’s leading manufacturer of dental prosthetics and orthodontic appliances. Headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, CDL is the parent company of a portfolio of premium dental laboratory groups, including Shaw Lab Group in Ontario, Protec Dental in British Columbia, Hallmark Dental in Atlantic Canada, and Universal Dental in Alberta. CDL operates eleven state-of-the-art laboratories across Canada.
TUSK Practice Sales (“TUSK”), top healthcare-focused M&A advisor, recently released its Q3 2026 Dental Market Report, an in-depth analysis of the latest trends and developments across the dental industry. The report reviews how the dental market progressed through the first half of 2026, examining the operating environment, buy-side activity, the dental practice valuation landscape, and the outlook for the remainder of the year.
Miami-based Guardian Dentistry Partners has entered into a definitive agreement for a strategic majority acquisition of Florham Park, N.J.-based Select Dental Management. Select Dental Management has a network of 38 locations across eight states and Washington, D.C., supporting more than 130 dentists, according to a July 15 news release from Guardian Dentistry Partners.
Dallas-based Smile Doctors secured an additional $125 million in growth capital to invest in new affiliations, de novo expansion and support for affiliated practices. The orthodontic support organization outperformed its growth plan in the first half of 2026 and expects to surpass 600 total locations by the end of the year, according to a July 14 news release from Smile Doctors.
Englewood, Colo.-based Lone Peak Dental Group has completed a $170 million recapitalization led by TCW Steel City, a private credit platform. The financing includes a term loan, revolver and delayed draw term loan to support future acquisitions, according to a July 7 news release. Additional lenders included Brightwood Capital Advisors, CIFC Asset Management and CalSTRS.
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Palmetto Palace is hosting its second annual free dental care event this week, with no insurance or identification required to participate. Free dental days start July 19th at the Charleston Area Convention Center, where first-time residents can get their X-rays to help determine what treatments they’ll need on July 17th and 18th.
Eagle Crown Lengthening Burs are designed to make surgical precision effortless—helping clinicians expose more tooth structure smoothly, efficiently, and with total control. Users can achieve optimal crown length with minimal effort, reduce chair time, and ensure seamless restorative outcomes.
A proposed class-action lawsuit has been filed against Futuredontics, the parent company of 1-800-Dentist, over the company’s recent data breach. Russian-based ransomware group Qili claimed on its blog June 28 that it stole an undisclosed amount of data from 1-800-Dentist. The group posted several sample files reportedly containing information from the last decade, including lead-generation information, customer data, employee payroll and salary records, confidentiality agreements and financial data. The hackers threatened to publish the files unless the company contacted them and paid an unspecific ransom amount.
Dental technology is moving quickly, with new imaging, artificial intelligence and patient communication tools gaining regulatory clearance in the United States. Here are four dental technologies that received FDA clearance this year, listed from oldest to newest.
Willis & Associates Family Dentistry recently onboarded Overjet’s artificial intelligence platform. Willis & Associates Family Dentistry is the largest doctor-owned dental group in Virginia, with 25 locations in the state. The practice is fully rolling out the platform across its network after a successful pilot at its office in Crozet, Va., according to a July 9 news release.
Vardis Holding AG, a Swiss dental startup, is working with banks for a US initial public offering that could come this year, according to people familiar with the matter.
Assured Dental Lab introduces Z-Brux Direct, the zirconia crown designed for strength, simplicity, and speed in everyday posterior single-unit cases. This digital-scan-only solution streamlines your workflow—just send your STL file; no model is required.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – Mayor Linda Gorton announced the opening of a free dental clinic in Lexington.The SHARE Kentucky Free Dental Clinic on Georgetown Road June 1. Mayor Gorton says, “The new facility is dedicated to providing accessible dental care for everyone.
Nevada saw the largest year-over-year increase in the average annual salary for dental hygienists from 2024 to 2025, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Across the U.S., the average annual salary for dental hygienists increased $5,100, climbing from $93,890 in 2024 to $98,990 in 2025.
A South Carolina dental practice was placed on lockdown after suitcases left near the front door led to a bomb threat investigation, WIS reported June 29. The Columbia Police Department and Columbia Fire Department responded to a call of a suspicious package on the morning of June 29. Two suitcases were found in a bush by the dental practice’s entrance, leading to a lockdown of nearby buildings and roads.
According to reporting by Cybernews, the ransomware group Qilin has claimed responsibility for an alleged cyberattack targeting 1-800-Dentist, a nationwide dental referral service. The group reportedly posted the company on its leak site, alleging it had obtained sensitive data and threatening to publish the information if its demands are not met.
Periodontal (gum) disease is one of the most prevalent diseases worldwide, caused by the bacterium Porphyromonas gingivalis (P. gingivalis). Published in Communications Biology, a joint study by the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), Tottori University, Hiroshima University and Nagasaki University provides new insights into how this bacterium causes plaque formation.
A Washington dentist recently filed a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing Delta Dental of Washington of violating antitrust laws. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. Court documents list Jeffrey Henneberg, DDS, as the plaintiff, alleging that Delta Dental of Washington worked to suppress reimbursement rates paid to dental providers in violation of Washington antitrust law.
Concern over healthcare consolidation is growing on Capitol Hill, but the private equity firms that some lawmakers blame for intensifying industry concentration have mostly escaped legislative attention. That may be about to change. Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee pledged last Thursday to work on bipartisan draft legislation that would require extensive reporting of private equity investors’ healthcare holdings.
Align Technology CEO Joseph Hogan is one of the highest-paid CEOs among S&P 500 companies, The Wall Street Journal reported June 22.
The Journal ranked compensation for CEOs who had been in their roles for at least one year for fiscal years ending after June 30, 2025, and disclosing pay before May 30, 2026.
Mr. Hogan ranked No. 176 on the list, with his total compensation listed as $19 million, a -29.7% decline from last year.
SEATTLE — Washington dental clinics and home health care providers were among the cases included in a national health care fraud enforcement action announced by the Department of Justice.
The DOJ said the 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown resulted in charges against 455 defendants, including 90 doctors and other licensed medical professionals, in cases involving more than $6.5 billion in alleged false claims.
Researchers at the University of Basel have developed a miniature dental robot that could one day automatically prepare teeth for crowns. The technology could help reduce the number of appointments needed for dental treatment.
Wyssta Services, which operates an online portal for certain Delta Dental plan members, has agreed to pay nearly $12.7 million to settle allegations that it installed advertising and analytics tracking technologies without users’ knowledge or consent.
The lawsuit, Feeler v. Wyssta Services, alleged that the company violated the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and the Illinois Eavesdropping Statute by using tracking technologies, including cookies and pixels, according to a June 18 notice from Kroll Settlement Administration.
MCNA Dental has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit stemming from a 2023 LockBit ransomware attack that affected nearly 9 million people.
The LockBit group gained access to MCNA’s network Feb. 22, 2023, and maintained access through March 7, 2023. The attackers exfiltrated roughly 700 gigabytes of data — including names, Social Security numbers, health insurance information and dental treatment records — and later published it after MCNA failed to pay a $10 million ransom.
A dentist and dental practice employee in Chicago have been charged with defrauding Illinois out of more than $100,000 in Medicaid funds.
Between January 2018 and November 2024, Blanca Murillo, DDS, owner of Blanca Murillo DDS, was paid more than $100,000 in claims for dental services that were never provided, according to a June 10 news release from the Office of the Illinois Attorney General.
A new report from CareQuest Institute for Oral Health, a healthcare advocacy group, found that nearly 10 million Americans have traveled outside the U.S. for dental care — the most common form of medical tourism in the U.S. The Journal of International Oral Health estimates that “costs for dental care in Mexico are usually 50%-75% less than what is charged in the United States.”
Japanese chemical manufacturer Mitsui Chemicals plans to acquire South Jordan, Utah-based Ultradent for $900 million. Mitsui’s U.S. subsidiary will acquire Ultradent through a new holding company, according to a June 12 news release. The deal aims to expand the company’s footprint in the U.S. dental market and strengthen its Life & Healthcare Solutions business.
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