Dental News

MELVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Henry Schein, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSIC), the world’s largest provider of healthcare solutions to office-based dental and medical practitioners, announced today that it will release its second quarter 2026 financial results before the stock market opens on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, and will provide a live webcast of its earnings conference call on the same day beginning at 8:00 a.m. Eastern time. Speakers on the call will include Fred Lowery, Chief Executive Officer and...

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Planet DDS today declared the practice management era in dental software over and launched DentalOS®, the dental enterprise platform built to replace it. DentalOS is not a smarter practice management system. It is a new category of software entirely: a unified platform that connects Denticon and Cloud 9 on a single data layer, with a new suite of enterprise capabilities, including AI agents, built on top. DentalOS will be available at no additional cost to Plane...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LightForce names Erica Rogers CEO as it scales Generative Braces after treating 200,000 patients with its patient-specific orthodontic system....

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Peak Dental Services, a growing doctor-led dental services organization, is redefining what it means to support dental professionals, becoming the first dental service organization in the country to apply a human-centered design framework to the clinician and patient experience. “Our focus is on removing the obstacles in the day-to-day work of our doctors, hygienists, dental assistants, and administrative staff, so they can all focus on what really matt...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Videa, the most adopted dental AI platform, today announced that Specialty Dental Brands (SDB) has selected Videa as its dental AI platform. The partnership marks one of the first large-scale AI deployments focused on pediatric dental care, designed to enhance parent education, improve provider communication, and support more coordinated specialty care across SDB’s growing network.“Our providers are constantly balancing clinical efficiency with the need to create thought...

SANTA MONICA, Calif. & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Beach Point Capital Management LP (“Beach Point”), a global alternative investment manager with over $20 billion in assets under management, today announced the successful sale of Smile America Partners (“Smile America” or the “Company”), the largest school-based mobile dental program in the U.S.Beach Point Hybrid Solutions strategy first partnered with Smile America in December 2020, structuring a solution to support the Company as it navigated...

NORWALK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Universal Orthodontic Lab Appoints Dr. Ryo Hamanaka, DDS, PhD as Chief Clinical Officer and Head of Experimental Applications Group....

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cloud Dentistry today announced the launch of Cloud Coaching, a new virtual on-demand professional development solution for dental offices and their teams. Created and reviewed by dental professionals, Cloud Coaching gives office managers and dentists an easy way to deliver affordable, on-demand virtual training for every role in the office without the cost and disruption of traditional in-person learning. While finding qualified talent remains one of dentistry’s toughe...

WOODBURY, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Veterinary Dentistry Specialists® (VDS) is pleased to announce the addition of veterinary cardiology services at its Twin Cities practice, partnering with board-certified veterinary cardiologist Michelle Rose, DVM, DACVIM (Cardiology), of Twin Cities Veterinary Cardiology.Operating Tuesdays through Thursdays from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM starting July 14, 2026, this new service supports the VDS mission to provide the safest, most advanced dentistry and oral surgery fo...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dentalcorp, one of North America's largest dental support organizations, and The Faculty of Dental Medicine at Université Laval, today announced a $1 million philanthropic partnership to create the Dentalcorp Fund for Excellence and Innovation in Dental Education. The commitment, to be distributed over several years, will support student scholarships, advance clinical training and strengthen the connection between academic programs and the communities they serve. "We b...