Dental Industry News

American Aligner Society Endorses Rhinogram
Rhinogram, a cloud-based, HIPAA-compliant virtual care platform, has been endorsed by the American Aligner Society (AAS), which represents more than 200,000 dentists and connects jobs, doctors and specialists across the United States. AAS members can implement Rhinogram’s virtual care platform to provide contactless care for patients, as well as communicate in realtime via simple texts, multimedia texts and live video.

Rhinogram’s virtual care platform gives providers several options for contactless care and extends care to patients with limited access, such as those living in rural communities. The platform seamlessly integrates with most EHR and PMS systems, synchronizing secure, encrypted patient communication into clinical workflows. It also includes a quick message triage to appropriate team members, allowing the scheduling team to handle appointments, billing staff to field financial and insurance queries, and freeing clinical team members to address care concerns.

Information: rhinogram.com

Tennessee Dental Association Endorses Bento
Bento, an alternative to traditional dental insurance, has received an endorsement from the Tennessee Dental Association (TDA). The association will introduce Bento’s platform to its eight local component dental societies and more than 2,500 member dentists.

The TDA will assist Bento in promoting and coordinating activities across the organization’s component societies. Bento’s business model and HIPAA-compliant platform is designed to solve many of the dental community’s issues by replacing the need for employer groups, associations and individuals to contract with a traditional insurance company.

Information: bento.net

Heartland Dental Acquires Tru Family Dental
Heartland Dental recently announced the acquisition of Tru Family Dental, a Southfield, Michigan-based regional dental support organization that includes 10 offices in Illinois and 13 in Michigan. The all-cash transaction closed in late December. Heartland Dental supports more than 1,700 dentists in over 1,100 offices across 38 states.

Information: heartland.com

Mid-Atlantic Dental CEO Mitchell Goldman Elected VP of Association of Dental Support Organizations
Mid-Atlantic Dental Partners, a dental support organization dedicated to improving the delivery of dental services for dentists, has announced that CEO Mitchell Goldman has been elected vice president of the Association of Dental Support Organizations (ADSO). In this role, Goldman will work with newly elected president Emmet Scott to advance the ADSO amid growing health concerns due to the pandemic and strategize new ways to adapt the organization to best meet the needs of DSOs, dentists and hygienists nationwide.

A health care entrepreneur, Goldman brings his strategic vision and health care innovation experience to the redesigning of the delivery and management of community dental services. He serves as CEO of Mid-Atlantic Dental Partners, a national dental support organization founded in 2016 that supports 237 dental practices across 17 states. Prior to his current role, he was a nationally ranked health care transactional and regulatory lawyer. Throughout his professional career, he developed new health care services including a medical malpractice insurance company. He has worked in almost every part of the health care industry, including advising health care entrepreneurs in mobile health, accountable care organizations, dental support organizations, dental practice acquisitions and dental supply companies.

Goldman’s three-year term will start immediately and will run through 2023.