Developing and Leading a DSO Hygiene Department: Form, Scale, Grow
Marisa Dolce, VP of Hygiene for Advanced Dental Brands, describes her approach to training teams to provide comprehensive care and patient advocacy,...
Marisa Dolce, VP of Hygiene for Advanced Dental Brands, describes her approach to training teams to provide comprehensive care and patient advocacy,...
Digital dentures, built on the legacy of traditional methods, provide greater precision, esthetics, and customization.
Darius Somekhian describes the emergence of Pair Dental, the agency he started 10 years ago for traveling in-house dental specialists. Pair Dental...
Glidewell’s ecosystem of in-office solutions provides the tools, training, and support needed to implement same-day dentistry across multiple...
Dr. Lou Shuman explores the clinical and organizational benefits of integrating multiple imaging technologies via DTX Studio Clinic for diagnosis,...
ProSmile Holdings LLC, a multi-specialty DSO headquartered in New Jersey, acquired Destiny Dental and its network of more than 250 healthcare...
John Klavon explains how the CureMint Procure to Pay (P2P) platform streamlines and connects the entire workflow process between procurement and...
Benevis uses its Dentist Mentorship Program to provide early-career dentists and those new to underserved populations with personalized, expert...
Jeromy R. Dixson, DMD, MBA, on how the DSO industry has evolved.
Guided Practice Solutions (GPS Dental) partnered with its 100th office in September, which reflects the company’s unwavering commitment to delivering...
Shawna Sherman, Purchasing Manager for Platinum Dental’s 40 offices, describes leading procurement for the group as it grows.
Laura Klein has been building high-performance teams that achieved exceptional financial results in Fortune 100, mid-cap, PE-owned, and start-up...
AI-powered software analyzes 2D and 3D images based on scans of 10 million teeth to detect caries, bone loss, crown defects, etc., to improve...
Jill Nesbitt’s takeaways from the 2024 Intellicon 24, RCM Bootcamp, and DSO Tech Summit meetings.
Ascend Strategic Partners was founded to fill a gap in the dental brokerage process and diligence support for DSOs.
Learn more about comprehensive cyber insurance before it’s too late. Your cyber insurance policy must include coverage for business interruption,...
Whittney Greenleaf shares recruiter tips: talk to everyone, expedite the process, offer competitive compensation, and don’t ghost anyone.
The fastmill.io chairside milling system streamlines workflows. Along with the associated support system, particularly on-demand training and the...
Patient acquisition and retention rely on their ability to quickly engage, learn about the practice, and make appointments. Neurality AI answers...
Josh Gwinn and Eric Nuss continue their discussion on customizing DSO consulting and support, and the Optimize Business Academy.
April Cole, Sage Dental COO, on maintaining effective communication between the operations teams and the entire company while letting individual...
Philips continues to raise awareness about the connection between oral health and overall health and is dedicated to helping patients improve and...
Heidi Arndt on how Chief Clinical Officers’ roles must be well-defined to provide the bridge between clinical excellence and organizational strategy...
The DSO Technology Summit, September 4-6, focuses on tailoring “The Right Design” for technology integration, scalability, and optimization for...
In partnership with GroupDentistryNow.com, HR for Health’s 9th annual DSO Leadership Summit in Atlanta, September 26-28, enables emerging group...
OpenRoom’s Bella Perry discusses the U.S. Fall DentalForum meeting, DSO procurement/operational priorities and finding the right vendor partners for...
Why DSOs should hire an insurance brokerage that specializes in DSOs to ensure comprehensive protection and be proactive in risk management.
Abe Kasbo discusses addressing all a DSO’s audiences—new and existing patients, the dental team, and recruits—successfully with integrated marketing...
Is your dental team compliant? How the proper mindset, communications, and products can minimize risk of injury while meeting OSHA and CDC guidelines.
Dr. Lou Shuman on LightForce, the only fully customized 3D-printed bracket system, that brings finish quality and efficiencies not seen until now.
Josh Gwinn and Eric Nuss on the Optimize platform, customizing DSO consulting and support, and the Optimize Business Academy.
Group Dentistry Now has surveyed DentalForum attendees for 4 years on the state of dental procurement. This year, 53 North American, European, APA &...
Dr. Marc Cooper, Founder and Chairman of The Contemporary Elder Institute, on transitioning to being an elder as a more rewarding road to aging.
Vigilant Biosciences’ BeVigilant™ OraFusion™ cancer-detection device could soon be used during appointments to detect biomarkers of early-stage...
The fastscan.io Scanning Solution from Glidewell is accurate, fast, and comes with a rolling cart, monitor, laptop, and unparalleled training and...
The ADSO’s Chief Executive Officer Andrew Smith and Chair of the Curriculum Committee Dr. Maryam Beyramian discuss the upcoming ADSO 13th Annual...
After practicing dental hygiene for 32 years, Sandi Synstad became Lightwave Dental’s Director of Clinical Support to foster community within the...
The severity of dental malpractice claims has increased, and juries are awarding higher settlements to patients. Group malpractice plans ensure...
With 40+ years of perspective and experience recruiting, and with decades of that spent in the DSO space, Linda Ryan discusses issues, challenges,...
Philips is dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of oral health and its connection with overall health. Its mission is to empower...
Dr. Lou Shuman describes how UptimeHealth works: tracking device performance in real time, reducing equipment failure rates, and storing essential...
This week’s issue marks 100 editions of DSOPro since it was launched in 2022 by four dental publishing veterans with the goal to celebrate and...
With almost 30 years in the industry directing operations, sales, procurement, and SaaS companies, Joe Cavaretta founded the Cavaretta Consulting...
Jon Fidler on when to start hiring an executive team, what to look for in candidates, where to find talent, and how DSOs can attract and retain...
GoDental.ai simplifies filing electronic insurance claims and reduces the rejection rate as well as staff time spent on manual data input. The system...
Dr. Lou Shuman describes how the OraQ Clinical Decision Support System boosts patient engagement, their dental health, and acceptance of treatment...
Former DSO CEO Heidi Arndt explains how connecting clinical excellence with strategic business objectives drives organizational growth,...
Workforce Strategist Kim Leifsen explains how better job descriptions can attract top clinical and non-clinical talent and provides examples...
Delivering same-day crowns frees up time, saves money, and gives Dr. Scott Barton’s practice a competitive edge.
Dr. Jeromy Dixson describes DSO Tech Solutions, a collaboration between The DSO Project and Cellerant Consulting Group, and how they help DSOs bridge...
DSOPro polled its 2023 Happenings and Dental Hygiene participants on what is impacting the future of DSOs.
DSOPro polled its 2023 Operations & Procurement participants on the future of DSOs and their roles.
DSOPro polled its 2023 Recruitment leaders to get their thoughts on the future of the industry.
DSOPro polled its 2023 feature participants to get their thoughts on the future of the industry.
Randall Roisman discusses the rationale behind creating the first medical-dental integrated practices in an effort to reduce total cost of care.
Kristina Dion joined Incisive Purchasing because, like her, it is dedicated to finding the best resources for dental professionals while reducing...
Rodeo Dental & Orthodontics, a pediatric provider with 44 locations, is on Fortune’s Impact 20 list for its innovative approach and...
Reimagining venture capital: DIA team discusses the types of dental technology investments they look for.
When Dr. Steven Katz brings his Smile Potential team into dental practices and DSOs the result is growth.
COO Carey Lasher heads operations for a DSO that runs a little differently—all services are a la carte.
Smile Brands’ VP of Hygiene Support/Clinical Operations trains hygienists on standards for clinical practice to improve patients’ oral health...
Former DSO executives Thomas Sharpe and Doug Brown founded DIA to analyze which emerging dental technologies to invest in and mentor to success.
De-risking your DSO is the best defense against hackers. This involves engaging a cybersecurity partner and deploying EAGLEi, a software that...
Smile Doctors, an orthodontic support organization based in Dallas and founded in 2015, received an investment in 2022 that resulted in growing from...
Abigail Castro, GPS Dental procurement specialist, helps practices continue operations without interruption while keeping costs down.
Eric Vickery on best practices for building relationships with current and potential patients.
Patients are beginning to expect same-day dentistry. The multi-visit model is challenging for patients with busy schedules. Digital dentistry and...
Combined, Carestream Dental, Swissmeda, and Sensei ensure all DSO systems work together seamlessly so you can see more patients, at more locations,...
Jordan Trentacosta, beBright Director of Product Management over BI and Analytics, on custom analytics tools that help make business decisions.
Group Dentistry Now’s DSO People is the only comprehensive list of new hires, promotions, and awards in the DSO and dental group space. Here’s what...
Jen Demont, founder of Re*Lease Administration, on why DSOs also need a software platform to manage and abstract important lease data for quick...
How data analytics tools can provide insights into practice trends that can boost operational efficiency and enhance patient care.
DCA’s Director of University Programs, Karen Riley, on being a brand ambassador with potential recruits and mentoring new DCA dentists.
Jill Nesbitt, founder of Optimize Dental Consulting, on software implementation, change management, success metrics, and SOPs across DSO locations as...
All C-suite executives are responsible for protecting a DSO from data breaches. Developing a preemptive cybersecurity strategy is critical to...
Lynn Pencek, hygienist, educator, and corporate conduit, shares her expertise on evaluating implant patient care and options for treatment protocols.
Serendequity Partners founder Dr. Anthony Naranja, former Chief Clinical Officer, talks about optimizing clinical models and strategic business...
Misty Mattingly, RDH, Senior VP and CDHO at Sage Dental on how hygienists’ unique training and perspectives can impact their careers and lead to...
Gary Salman, CEO and co-founder of Black Talon Security, explains what recovering from cyberattacks entails and the steps required to ensure...
Dental instrument holders and cassettes improve efficiency by streamlining workflows and providing systematic and organized approaches to procedures,...
Misty Mattingly, Sage Dental’s Senior VP/Chief Dental Hygiene Officer, on the key areas covered at the 100th ADHA meeting that impact DSOs and their...
Dental AI attracts new providers, helps train them, improves diagnosis, enhances patient education, and collects data that aids performance audits.
Patrick Perodin, COO of Marquee Dental Partners, describes his experiences in different DSO and dental consulting roles and how he developed his “ops...
Priyanki Amroliwala, Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition for 42 North Dental, explains the common group practice compensation structures.
Why cyber security is no longer just an IT issue—it’s a compliance and operational issue.
Reasons DSOs benefit from offering same-day crowns include the quality of care and restorations, improved productivity, practice growth, and...
Frontline CMO Ryan Torresan discusses their specialty partnership model and improving communication with patients.
Kylee Black talks about her career path from private practice EFDA to growing DSO’s VP of Field Operations and helping her teams fulfill their...
Jenn St. Pierre’s experience as a remote dental assistant led her to create a way to connect dental practices and DSOs with remote assistants.
Dr. Ed Zuckerberg discusses the need to bridge the gaps between dentistry and medicine to eradicate periodontal disease and its effects on overall...
Engagement strategies from other industries are key learnings for dental practice leaders, too.
ToPS Founder Steve Anderson discusses reengineering the patient experience and developing dental leadership.
Heather Durand on the type of leadership skills necessary to be a regional manager and build teams that will elevate the patient experience.
Using digital technology can help recover AR by making it easier for patients to receive statements and make payments with the device of their...
DSO hygiene leader Marisa Dolce helps smaller groups develop hygiene infrastructure, hygienist-doctor collaboration, and an appreciation for...
Plan Forward’s Co-CEO Jane Levy explains how membership plans increase production, collections, treatment acceptance, and create loyal patients.
How same-day dentistry impacts your financial ROI, enhances workflow efficiency, gives you better clinical control, and leads to higher patient...
Dr. Hendrik Lai explains how he helps dental groups identify their generic strategy, implement tactics to support it, and then learn how to drive...
Kay Hickey, LDA, explains why doing things “the way we’ve always done it” results in the same old issues, when using Zirc’s Color Method can lead to...
Dr. Mariz Tanious is creating a culture of education and development for Affinity Dental Management to ensure that everyone from the front office...
The FTC is considering prohibiting non-compete clauses and is currently reviewing public comments. If passed, the regulation will prevent large and...
Becker’s Healthcare presents a Dentistry Roundtable event in Chicago June 15-16 on the role of technology and other key topics, including industry...
Meeting patient expectations by offering multiple digital payment options, as well as payment plans, patients can access with their cell phones.
Bill Dowe brings 20-plus years of experience in the dental industry to his new role as Planmeca’s Director of Sales for Canada.
Employees are increasingly aware of their rights and employer obligations. Knowing the federal, state, and local rules, and having your HR house in...
Tim Chambers discusses managing consumables and capital equipment for 1,000+ offices and 2,000+ independent Aspen Dental doctors seeing 35,000...
How Kelly Bevington, NDX Director of Intraoral Technology and National Trainer and her team use their clinical experience to support and educate...
Daniela Coughlin discusses her methods of talent recruitment and retention for Select Dental’s 38+ locations.
RushTree’s Paul Blocchi explains how using universal performance models powered by AI-enhanced tools and following an incremental optimization method...
Paul Gruensfelder, Vice President of marketing for Select Dental Management, on making practices stand out locally, tools for attracting and...
When it comes to growth and centralization, COO Kellie Cernobyl discusses the need to be transparent about what you want to accomplish and expect...
Jennifer Turner, VP of Dental Hygiene Operations for 123Dentist discusses her career—from practicing to teaching to leading professional dental...
Cloud Dentistry is a digital marketplace app that enables DSOs and on-demand dental professionals looking for work to connect based on location,...
DSOPro polled its 2022 Happenings feature article participants to get their thoughts on the future of the industry.
Smalltown Dental focuses on total health and safety by using lower radiation dose 3D-imaging and patient-movement correction technologies for...
DSOPro polled its 2022 Procurement feature article participants to get their thoughts on the future of the industry.
DSOPro polled its 2022 feature article participants to get their thoughts on the future of the industry.
DSOPro polled its 2022 feature article participants to get their thoughts on the future of the industry.
Adrian Lefler talks about why successful digital marketing is an art and critical to the success of a dental group’s or DSO’s community reach.
With backgrounds in healthcare GPOs, military supply chain management, dental sales and group buying, three experts collaborate and leverage industry...
Professional coaching develops leaders who think strategically, communicate confidently, hire and retain top talent, and lead scalable cultures.
Janet Hagerman discusses dentists’ resistance to the concept of selling and how the whole team can help double case acceptance and improve the...
When it comes to practice management systems (PMS), smart solutions that streamline office operations and reduce maintenance are leading the pack for...
A DSO real estate broker can run a competition/demographic analysis, and help with site selection and tenant acquisition, or buy the property, lease...
The challenges of attrition and employee turnover are more prevalent in today’s post-pandemic society and current economic climate. A stable...
What was once adequate equipment and workflow is no longer acceptable. Digital dental technology can benefit and grow your treatment team.
Interview with Cory Eyink, NDX’s Vice President of Corporate Accounts, about how NDX is building teams to better support DSO/group practice...
The Unify platform brings all your software tools together and makes them easier to access, manage, and share securely.
Intraoral scanning is an easy and predictable way for doctors to integrate digital dentistry into their workflow. At practically half the cost of...
XPRT DSO Advisory Group combines 100+ years of experience to cover every area of growth, management, and financing for emerging and well-established...
Focusing operations on procurement, real estate, clinical compliance, and learning management
Dental employment growth projections are increasing as ongoing labor shortage and changing staffing demands and expectations continue to present...
How Peerlogic conversational intelligence and call analytics improves patient communication and leads to practice growth.
You may believe that DSOs are less vulnerable to embezzlement than solo or smaller group practices, but it is in fact a significant industry-wide...
Using analytics and technology to grow your DSO in 2023
The Senior Consultant and Procurement Director for Aligned Dental Partners explains why procurement is so much more than ordering supplies and...
Strategic HR business planning will help growing multi-practice organizations avoid multiplying the adverse outcomes of their HR mistakes.
Exploring growth strategies that facilitate building, incentivizing, and exiting group practices.
With dental team staff and clinicians in short supply, some automation solutions can help streamline many tasks.
The critical aspects of deal structure and risk that impact the valuation of your group dental practice.
A long-time DSO industry thought leader and serial entrepreneur discusses his nontraditional career journey, what is broken in dental acquisition due...
Jazz Imaging’s SOLO sensor erases the complexity of sensors across multiple sites and mixed imaging software.
Integrating Pearl AI with practice management systems enables analysis of treatment opportunities, prioritizing recalls, and clinically informed...
Jonathan Moffat discusses what drove him to create an investment-agnostic advisory company “Aligned” with dentists looking to own group practices or...
With the volume of restorations, dentures, surgical guides, and appliances DSOs typically order, the time and cost savings of using digital...
Brant Herman, CEO & Founder of MouthWatch and TeleDent, on developing teledentistry products and how connecting patients to providers, and providers...
DSOs and group practices need to foster a blame-free culture, encourage staff to speak up about compliance and safety concerns, and advocate...
Few things challenge modern healthcare on both the provider and patient side quite like managing insurance. DSOs, like other businesses with...
As the founding COO of ClearChoice and with her 30-year perspective on growing companies, MBA, COO, CMO, EVP, EV, and i3 Ignite co-founder Margaret...
Whatever season of your practice – de novo, emerging to an acquisition, or well-established, you need to complete an analysis process before...
COO/VP People & Culture for Maeva Dental Advisors Paula Fontana discusses the role of Human Resources in recruitment, talent development, and the...
In a survey of 600 US patients, 71% said they would be more likely to trust their dentist’s diagnosis if the dentist were using AI software to assist...
DSOPro talks with Chris Scott, Dental Care Alliance CIO/CISO, about the technologies he employs to protect DCA’s 5,000 employees and million+...
A conversation with Brent Barta, DDS, President Elect of the AADGP, about his experience owning a multispecialty group practice and how the AADGP can...
Absolute Dental Group CEO describes how Dentrix Enterprise practice management software helps streamline day-to-day operations and increase...
DSOPro caught up with Fiona Horan and Emma Faure, co-directors of OpenRoom Events Ltd., based in London, after what they called “a monstrous June,”...
There are alternatives to expanding a group practice by buying another practice outright. Other growth strategies that can reduce the debt and the...
Priyanki Amroliwala, Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition for 42 North Dental, has advice for experienced dentists thinking of applying and...
Zirc specializes in dental operatory organization and clinical efficiency by streamlining instrument and material management with...
Vincent Cardillo, president and CEO of Maeva Advisors, talks about his 25 years of experience leading dental groups and launching a new dental...
DSOPro talks with lawyer Brian Colao, Director of the Dykema DSO Industry Group, about M&A trends, new technologies, emerging legal issues, and the...
AI-powered radiograph analysis is revolutionizing the dental industry, delivering real-time actionable insights to drive growth.
DSOPro talks with Heidi Arndt, whose career has ranged from dental hygienist to COO and CEO of a DSO. She believes mentoring and being mentored are...
DSOPro talks with Jon Fidler, founder of Fidler and Associates, an advisory and executive recruiting firm that works exclusively within the dental...
As smart technology becomes more mainstream, many dental businesses are deciding whether a data analytics platform is worth investing in. The cost of...
DSOPro talks with Jinesh Patel, CEO of UptimeHealth, about how his platform can save DSOs time and money by: cataloging equipment inventory; reducing...
From corporate DSOs to group buying organizations, the growth of group space has set a ripple of change throughout the dental industry as...
ADSO Executive Director discusses the growth of the DSO industry, promoting oral healthcare and the next generation of dentists, and meeting the...
Karla Santiago, Oakpoint Director of Operations, on the operations director role and building a procurement division to reach efficiency in 30+...
Perrin DesPortes, Polaris Healthcare Partners, helps entrepreneurial dentists build and exit successful group practices. Here’s his advice on how to...
Pro DSO Recruiter Linda Ryan’s advice on building relationships with dental students and prospective dentists: find out what they need, offer...
DSOPro talks about new technologies with Dr. Jeremy Krell, managing partner of Revere Partners, which is the first and only independent venture...
The Color Method™ system is taking the dental industry by storm. Zirc has eliminated significant issues, providing practices with personalized...
Here’s an overview of industry happenings in March 2022.
Darren Boggs, CEO of Altius Healthcare Management, discusses patient financing.
DSOPro talked with Brandon McCarty, cofounder of CureMint, who developed an end-to-end procurement ecosystem that helps dental organizations with an...
Priyanki Amroliwala, Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition for 42 North Dental, has some advice for new dental school graduates interviewing with DSOs...
Dr. Roshan Parikh explores the shift towards enriching the patient experience and simplifying back-end processes on the provider side through three...
Group Dentistry Now is committed to the success of DSOs, dental groups, and the people who work for them. As the evolution of group dentistry...
Our DSO Deal Roundup keeps you up to date on the latest DSO deal activity and includes an exclusive synopsis. With no signs of consolidation slowing...
The Aspen Group (TAG) announced it will open the TAG Oral Care Center for Excellence – a state-of-the-art clinical facility designed to provide...
As you know from our monthly DSO Deal Roundup articles, consolidation is booming in the DSO Industry! Will it last? What else is going on and what...
With skyrocketing costs of dental care, rising signs of inflation, and over-worked healthcare providers all increasing at an alarming rate, the state...
Pacific Dental Services® (PDS), one of the nation’s leading dental support organizations, announced a key milestone in its growth journey. Cumulative...
Heartland Dental is the largest DSO in the U.S. It was founded in 1997 by Rick Workman, DMD, who opened his first two dental offices in Effingham,...
CureMint announced a new partnership with leading dental service organization, InterDent. CureMint’s innovative procure-to-pay platform for dental...
Pulling together dental practice data from multiple systems can take months, and after you gather all that data, you still have to compare it to your...
To “do more with less,” public health organizations have had to embrace an ownership mentality. Every stakeholder within public health programs...
GroupDentistryNow reached out to DSOs and emerging dental groups in three different geographies to get a global perspective on dental procurement. We...
Group Dentistry Now (GDN) recently sat down with Gail Siminovsky, CAE, Executive Director at the Academy of Laser Dentistry, to discuss their new DSO...