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14 BECKER'S DENTAL + DSO REVIEW // VOL. 2022 NO. 1 DENTAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS 60. Nashville, Tenn.-based Specialty Dental Brands is partnering with dental software company Tab32 to upgrade its operations and advance patient communication and revenue growth. Sacramento, Calif.-based Tab32's cloud-based platform organizes practice infor- mation and patient data. 61. Rock Dental Brands acquired nine dental practices across Arkan- sas, Tennessee and Missouri, expanding the DSO's network to 84 practices. 62. Endo1 Partners inked affiliations with 34 new practices and added 42 new specialists across seven states from January to July. 63. Dental365 was acquired by pri- vate equity firm the Jordan Com- pany through its Resolute Fund. The firm is acquiring the DSO from its founding shareholders, Scott Asnis, DDS, and David Kim, MD. The transaction is expected to be completed in August. 64. Select Dental Management recently expanded into Mas- sachusetts. The partnership is the DSO's 20th affiliation in the last 12 months. 65. Chicago-based Thurston Group, a private equity firm, formed a new dental service organization called Gen4 Dental Partners. The initial Gen4 platform consists of five group practices at 15 locations across Arizona and Utah. 66. U.S. Oral Surgery Management entered the California market. 67. Woodbridge, Va.-based Light Wave Dental Management rebranded itself under a new name and business structure. Now known as Lightwave, the organization is shifting its oper- ating model as a dental support organization to a dental leader- ship organization. 68. Irvine, Calif.-based Pacific Dental Services launched an integrat- ed dental-medical practice to support patients' overall health needs. Services offered at the practices include primary medical care, oral healthcare, preven- tive medicine, chronic disease management, sleep studies, and medical and surgery clearance. 69. Heartland Dental began using Dentira to aid its practices in den- tal clinical supply procurement. 70. Tampa, Fla.-based Today's Dental Network partnered with Si McAninch, DDS, the organi- zation's first practice expansion since it formed in July. 71. Sage Dental partnered with Strau- mann Group to offer its patients new digital intraoral scanners and AI-powered monitoring for ortho- dontics treatments. 72. Affordable Care added seven practices to its network, including its first in North Dakota. 73. Orthodontic support network Smile Doctors affiliated with nine practices during the second quar- ter of 2021, including its first in Maryland. Smile Doctors' addition of Maryland expands its network to 23 states and 258 locations. 74. Aspen Dental partnered with medical technology company Forward Science to provide a line of oral rinses at its dental prac- tices nationwide. 75. Dallas-based DSO Eagle Dental Management launched a new initiative to partner with specialty dental practices in the Southwest region. The DSO said Aug. 23 it secured additional funding from a private investment firm to begin investing in specialty dental practices. 76. Deca Dental Group obtained a strategic investment from Blackstone Tactical Opportuni- ties to fuel the organization's continued growth. 77. Atlanta-based Children & Teen Dental Group changed its name to Oak Dental Partners. Founded in 2015, the DSO has 25 affiliated pediatric dental and orthodontic offices across Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Pennsylvania. The new name reflects the organi- zation's rapid growth trajectory and expansion into adult and family dentistry. 78. U.S. Oral Surgery Management entered the Oregon market with the addition of Colum- bia Oral Surgery and Implants to its network. 79. Guardian Dentistry Partners secured more than $100 mil- lion in debt financing from Chicago-based Twin Brook Capital Partners. 80. Cherry Tree Dental acquired an Illinois practice, its first affiliation outside of Wisconsin. 81. Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Ima- gen Dental Partners expanded into California, its eighth state, with the addition of Scripps Rock Dental and Schaffer Den- tal Excellence. 82. Endo1 Partners secured an addi- tional debt facility to expand its platform. The Sept. 27 transaction brings the organization's total amount of capital raised in the last 12 months to $250 million. 83. Straumann Group and Aspen Dental Management partnered to offer dental implants and prosthetic solutions to more than 1,000 U.S. locations. The partner- ship includes Aspen Dental, along with ClearChoice Dental Implant Centers, both of which are under Aspen Dental Management. 84. Newark, N.J.-based the Child- Smiles Group entered the Penn- sylvania market with its acquisi- tion of Smiles 4 Keeps. 85. Nashville, Tenn.-based Marquee Dental Partners formed a dental advisory board comprising 10 dental professionals to strength- en its clinical focus. 86. Illinois-based Smile Obsession acquired three-dentist practice Maplebrook Dental in Naperville. 87. Denton, Texas-based Community Dental Partners partnered with Houston-based 3C Dental Group. The companies said the partner-