An appellate court has upheld a jury verdict requiring a dentist to pay $11.5 million for allegedly not evaluating a patient’s tongue sore that ended up being cancerous.

If you're struggling to maintain cash flow, you might look for obvious culprits: patient volume, payer delays, or rising labor costs. While those are real and pressing challenges, what I’ve seen time ...

"Resilient" seems to be the word of the year for dental leaders. Persistent concerns with staffing challenges, insurance reimbursement compression, severe weather, and consumer confidence all led the ...

Workforce challenges, economic uncertainty, and rising costs dominated the challenges facing dental groups during the first half of 2025. In the first of this two-part series, DSO leaders from Smile ...

The top 10 largest dental service organizations (DSOs) in the U.S. have grown considerably since we last updated our list in October 2019. Unlike private dental practices, the corporations do not ...

While many dental professionals support mental health screening in dental settings positively, only a minority are willing to put it into practice, according to a BMC Oral Health study.

Patients with burning mouth syndrome (BMS) may have increased intracranial pressure, suggesting BMS may be a neurological condition, reports a recent study.

United Concordia Dental and Harmony Health are piloting a saliva test and mobile app aimed at improving dental care access for underserved Pennsylvanians.

Dental service organizations (DSO) Heartland Dental, TAG - The Aspen Group, and Pacific Dental Services continue as the top three largest DSOs in the U.S., respectively. However, Heartland was the ...

Dental products manufacturer Dentsply Sirona, Siemens Healthineers, and the University of Minnesota (UMN) School of Dentistry have installed the first dental-dedicated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ...

TheraBreath announced it has released a new oral spray intended to help support the body's immune system.

The list of the top 10 largest dental service organizations (DSOs) in the U.S. looks a lot like our list from 2022, with Heartland Dental, TAG - The Aspen Group, and Pacific Dental Services holding on ...