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Dr. Justine Moe, a member of the faculty with the University of Michigan School of Dentistry’s Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS), has received a national award for initiating a national virtual curriculum early this year when
Collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) are leveraged debt products similar to corporate bonds. These securities are usually divided up for investment into a variety of “tranches,” from the French word, “to split.” Each offering may consist of 100 to
Dental service organizations (DSOs) have become ubiquitous in the United States. Recent statistics from the ADA indicate that greater than 7% of all practicing dentists in the nation are affiliated with DSOs, and the percentage continues to rise.
The number of global deaths due to smokeless tobacco has increased by a third in seven years to an estimated 350,000 people, according to Addressing Smokeless Tobacco Use & Building Research Capacity in South Asia (ASTRA) at the
MB2 Dental added 79 new practice to its network in 2019, adding Arizona, Florida, Kansas, and Missouri to the areas it covers. Now totaling 192 affiliated practices, the “dental partnership organization,” as it calls itself, now has more than
Pacific Dental Services (PDS) now supports more than 800 dental practices in the United States. Its most recent practice, Lake Barcroft Dental Group of Alexandria, Virginia, was among the 11 practices that put PDS over the 800-practice milestone.
In July of 2018, the New Mountain Capital venture capital firm was bracing for the sale of its holding, Western Dental Services, which operates a chain of dental clinics in California, Nevada, Texas, Arizona, and Alabama. In California
Over the course of five years, teenager Colton Ficek lost most of his teeth to toxic epidermal necrolysis. But Dental Departures, the Sani Dental Clinic, and Straumann collaborated to provide him with a free full mouth restoration, which
With a career spanning more than 30 years in both private practice and academics, Samuel Low, DDS, MS, MEd, has seen it all. The periodontist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Florida College of Dentistry has been
INTRODUCTION The emotional and functional challenges of maxillary removable complete dentures are culturally well-documented. More patients with remaining periodontally healthy mandibular teeth and fully edentulous patients, in all age groups, are seeking fixed alternatives. However, current protocols for
