Sponsored Content - Grow Your Practice, Expand, Become More Successful – Attend ScaleUp

If you have aspirations for growing your practice, expanding to more locations, or becoming even more successful, ScaleUp is the event you need to attend! SAVE $250 when you register by entering this Special Promo Code: GDN250

Scaling a dental practice does not merely mean adding locations or doctors.  Scaling a practice also goes far beyond the ability to maximize the efficiency & profitability  :..... [Read More]

How Will a Dental/Medical Integration Model Affect DSOs?

Kaiser Permanente (KP) launched the first ever medical-dental integrated clinic in the US.  Beaverton, Oregon is the location of this pioneering effort.  In fact, as the largest integrated care delivery system in the country, KP Northwest is the only system in all of Kaiser Permanente and in the country with a care model that has integrated dental care into its system.

As Kaiser Permanente opens and provides this unique addition to their delivery system and patient care, we raise the question: is 2017 the year that medical-dental integration starts to disrupt ..... [Read More]

Sponsored Content - IPD’s Hands-On Training Helps DSOs Profit from Pediatric Dentistry

It’s often said, that children are the future, and that’s certainly true in the field of dentistry. Here are just a few powerful trends illustrating how treating children is one of the great opportunities facing dental practices, including DSOs and large group practices:

• The caries rate has reached epidemic proportion in our children and teenagers.
• Birth rates continue at over four million per year, with over 80% of these births being to millennial parents.
• Dental benefits have increased dramatically to bring more children into dental practices, with all but 6% of children being insured by either ...... [Read More]

Lowering the Barriers to Dental Care Among Underserved Populations in Mississippi

According to The Network for Public Health Law, “Dental provider shortages are severe in Mississippi. As of 2009, Mississippi had only 3.9 dentists per 10,000 people, lower than every other state except Arkansas and significantly lower than the national average of 6 dentists per 10,000 people. Of those dentists, only about 40 percent participated in Medicaid. In January 2013, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services estimated that 36.3 percent of Mississippians are ..... [Read More]

DSO CEO & Founder Wins 'Excellence in Leadership' Award

Dr. O. Wayne Mortenson of Mortenson Dental Partners was honored with the Louisville Business First’s Excellence in Leadership Award. This annual award is given to an excellent business leader with a good reputation for leading a growing and ethical business and a commitment to giving back to the community.

“I am truly humbled by this award,” says Dr. O. Wayne Mortenson. “The Louisville business community sets a national standard of excellence in managing strong and ethical companies that also give back to the community in which they operate. To be recognized among this distinguished group of ..... [Read More]