The number of federally-designated dental professional shortage areas in the U.S. has steadily increased over the years, now ...

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis recently issued an executive order that includes cuts to the state’s Medicaid program. Four notes: 1. Gov. Polis issues Executive Order D2025-014 to help fill the state’s ...

Here are five dental industry fraud cases Becker’s has covered so far in 2025: 1. A woman in Florida was accused of using unauthorized dental practices to run a $11.2 million fraud operation. 2.

The average annual salary for dental hygienists has increased by more than 20% since 2020, according to data from the Bureau ...

Medicaid funding cuts under the recently passed federal budget could exacerbate accessibility issues in Southeast Ohio, WOUB reported Sept. 11. Seven notes: 1. President Donald Trump signed the One ...

The University of Pikeville (Ky.) has received initial accreditation from the Commission on Dental Accreditation for its new dental school. The Tanner College of Dental Medicine will be the first ...

Here are five recent dental industry deals worth more than $836 million combined: 1. CrownPoint Partners, a real estate brokerage and advisory firm, closed a dental sale-leaseback portfolio in Ohio ...

California has more than 30,000 dentists, nearly double the number in Texas (16,692), the state with the second-largest supply, according to recent data from the American Dental Association.  Five ...

A new report from the American Dental Association’s Council on Advocacy for Access and Prevention found that only seven states are meeting network adequacy standards for Medicaid. The ADA council ...

Dallas-based MB2 Dental grew its network to 800 practices across the U.S. with the addition of a pediatric dental practice in New York. 2. Houston-based Specialty1 Partners introduced its Acumen ...

Dental AI company Pearl introduced Imagecheck, an AI-powered dental radiograph quality assurance program.  Imagecheck provides automated feedback on the diagnostic quality of 2D dental X-rays in real ...

Here are four Medicaid updates Becker’s has reported on since July: 1. A new report from the American Dental Association’s Council on Advocacy for Access and Prevention found that only seven states ...