The American Board of Dental Examiners plans to integrate the American Dental Association’s exam into its own to help ...

Las Vegas-based Absolute Dental recently gained preliminary court approval to settle a class-action lawsuit related to its 2025 data breach. Absolute Dental, which has more than 50 locations across ...

More than 73% of dentists currently have an adequate number of dental assistants at their practice, according to a new report from the American Dental Association. The ADA recently released its “State ...

Dental industry professionals and other stakeholders called on Pennsylvania lawmakers to expand training and remove barriers to help alleviate workforce shortages in the state. The state Senate ...

The American Dental Association’s Code Maintenance Committee has approved 67 changes to the Current Dental Terminology codes for 2027. The updates include 28 additions, 33 revisions and six editorial ...

Some of the largest DSOs focused their efforts on practice partnerships, de novo offices and technology investments during the first quarter of 2026. Sixteen updates from the first quarter: Heartland ...

Here are four dentists who have been disciplined by state dental boards so far this year: 1. The Georgia Board of Dentistry suspended the license of Justin Scott, DMD, on March 2. 2. The Virginia ...

Two interstate dental compacts are gaining steam across the U.S. as states look for new solutions to alleviate workforce shortages. Here is where the compacts stand as of this year: Dentist and Dental ...

New dental technologies, in particular AI, can help practices enhance the patient experience and improve trust if implemented correctly. The use of AI to confirm X-ray diagnoses and show patients ...

Troy, Mich.-based Smile Partners USA has added a new partnership in Illinois.  The organization partnered with Favia Family Dental in Arlington Heights, Ill., led by Joseph Favia, DDS, according to a ...

Maine has enacted a bill that would expand the scope of practice for independent dental hygienists. LD 2030 aims to expand access to oral healthcare in the state by allowing independent hygienists to ...

The NYU Dentistry Oral Health Center for People with Disabilities has received a $5.48 million grant to improve access to care.  The funding will support the addition of eight private treatment rooms ...