Here are 14 dental industry updates in California, Texas and Florida that have taken place in the last month:
California
1. Henderson, Nev.-based PDS Health opened Fresno (Calif.) Modern Dentistry and Fontana (Calif.) Modern Dentistry.
2. Chicago-based Phase 1 Equity added its first California practice.
3. Emad Fathy Moawad, DDS, was convicted of several sex-related charges against patients and an extern.
4. Premjeet Brar, DDS, and her husband, Puneet Singh Sohi, died in a fatal car crash July 11.
5. Yang Chai, DDS, DMD, PhD, was appointed dean of the University of Southern California Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry.
6. Chicago-based Aspen Dental opened a location in Santa Maria, Calif.
Texas
1. Robert Ulicki, 75, was arrested for allegedly making a bomb threat against an Aspen Dental office in Fort Dodge, Texas.
2. Jeannie del Carmen Lara was charged with practicing dentistry without a license.
3. Metairie, La.-based Smilebliss Orthodontics hit 40 offices after adding six locations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas.
4. Dental Group Orthodontics in Dumas, Texas, announced it would permanently close its doors Aug. 5.
Florida
1. Chicago-based Aspen Dental opened a location in DeFuniak Springs, Fla.
2. Zack Miller, DDS, opened a practice in an office that was previously abandoned by another orthodontist in Tampa, Fla.
3. Tampa, Fla.-based Imagine Orthodontic Studio opened several offices in Florida, with more planned for the future.
4. Charlotte, N.C.-based Flagship Specialty Partners partnered with South Florida Dental Implant & Facial Surgery Center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
