Coast Dental to acquire SmileCare assets

DrBicuspid.com staff writers

May 2, 2011

Coast Dental Services has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of Dental Technology, doing business as SmileCare, and Community Dental Services, a California licensed healthcare service plan.

Dental Technology and its subsidiaries operate 57 SmileCare dental practices in California, Nevada, and Texas, employing 1,200 staff members, including 130 dentists. The transaction is expected to close upon final approval by the California Department of Managed Health Care.

Coast Dental operates 125 dental practices in Florida and Georgia. All SmileCare dental centers will continue to operate under the SmileCare brand name.

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The Faculty Oral Surgery Clinic at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Medicine Inverness. Image courtesy of UAB.

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The Vermont State Dental Society (VSDS) and the University of Detroit Mercy (UDM) are partnering to bring the first dental oral health education center to Vermont in 2027. Pictured from left to right: VSDS Executive Director Patrick Gallivan; Rebecca Ellis, state director for Sen. Peter Welch; Dr. Mert Aksu, dean, UDM; Sen. Bernie Sanders; Dr. Justin Hurlburt, VSDS president. Image courtesy of the VSDS and UDM.

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High Point University’s Workman School of Dental Medicine held its first white coat ceremony for its inaugural class of 60 students inside the Nido and Mariana Qubein Arena and Conference Center. Image and caption courtesy of High Point University.

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