Dental Practice
Implant Market: Growing, But Consolidating
The implant market is growing 6-8% annually, but 5 companies control 88% of market share. Consolidation means pricing power for manufacturers and margin pressure for practices.
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Hygienist Scope Expansion: States Are Moving Faster Than You
Hygienist scope is expanding in 30+ states, and unsupervised dental therapists work independently in 5. Your practices is probably under-utilizing available scope and leaving $40K-$60K in annual revenue on the table.
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AI Caries Detection: Faster, But Not Smarter
AI caries detection shows 90% accuracy in studies but has high false positive rates in clinical practice. The software solves DSO problems (low-quality diagnostics) not independent practice problems.
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Teledentistry Rules: Still Unclear After a Year
Teledentistry regulations remain fragmented across states and insurers one year post-pandemic. Most practices don't know what's legal or reimbursed.
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Heartland Restructuring: The Reckoning Arrives
Heartland Dental's $4B+ restructuring proves PE's consolidation thesis failed: synergies don't exist, debt crushes returns, and DSOs can't scale profitably.
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Supply Chain Has Stabilized. Margins Are Going to Pressure Again.
Dental supply shortages that plagued 2021-2023 are over. Patterson, Henry Schein, and Benco...
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Dental School Enrollment Dropped (More Consolidation Coming).
Dental school applicant pools contracted by 7 percent in 2024 admissions cycles.
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The Clear Aligner Market Just Fractured. Invisalign Is Losing Ground.
Invisible Braces, SmileDirect, Candid, and six smaller players all claimed 15-20 percen...
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Infection Control Regulations Just Got Stricter (Compliance Costs Are Coming).
Several states tightened infection control standards in February 2025, alignin...
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CBCT Is Mainstream Now. Here's What That Costs You.
Cone beam CT adoption crossed 50 percent for general practices in early 2025. Dexis, i-CAT, Carestream, P...
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PPO Rates Are Frozen. Here's How to Recover the Margin.
January 2025: Your Delta Dental statement shows zero rate increases. Metlife? Same.