by GEDC to relocate HQ to Southfield, Mich.
Great Expressions Dental Centers (GEDC), has announced that it was relocating its headquarters to Southfield, Mich. The new space in the Onyx Building in Southfield will accommodate the organization’s continued growth – GEDC, which now has more than 250 practices across 10 states, expects to add 30 new offices in 2016. “Great Expressions Dental Centers looks forward to calling Southfield our new home, as we expand our Practice Support Center to accommodate the continuous growth our organization has seen in recent years,” said Richard Beckman, CEO of Great Expressions Dental Centers. “Our Onyx Building headquarters will accommodate the creation of nearly 100 new jobs, will house an on-site training facility and will support our growth as we expand into new markets.”
Many GEDC employees live in Metro Detroit, making the new location easily accessible from various nearby cities. The company also hopes that the central location will draw in top tier talent as they look to hire additional support staff.
GEDC expanded its footprint through affiliations with 23 offices in 2015. GEDC’s new space will house an on-site training facility for employee onboarding, continuing education and business training. The office space will feature collaborative workspaces and a GEDC showroom, similar to a GEDC dental office.
Iowa could face dentist shortage in near future
A study from the University of Iowa’s (Iowa City, IA) Public Policy Center warns that the state could witness a shortage of dentists over the next several years. According to the report, roughly 42 percent of dentists in IA are 55 or older, an almost 100 percent increase from 1997. The rate of eventual retirements could pose significant problems in rural areas that already have relatively few practicing dentists. Urban areas, with larger concentrations of dentists, face less of a risk.
Shofu Dental Corporation releases the instructional video for its EyeSpecial C-II digital dental camera
Shofu Dental Corporation announced a release of the instructional video for its EyeSpecial C-II digital dental camera in multiple languages, including French, Portuguese and Spanish. This video will educate clinicians, dental staff and laboratory technicians how to incorporate EyeSpecial C-II into their operatory or laboratory using the best clinical standards and techniques. Designed exclusively for dentistry, the EyeSpecial C-II is a smart digital camera intended for clinical photography, dental and orthodontic case documentation, lab collaboration, and patient communication and education. Equipped with a 12 megapixel sensor, a high-performance 49 mm close-up lens, and a panoramic LCD touchscreen that allows the user to view and scroll through images with or without gloves, the EyeSpecial C-II offers eight pre-set dental shooting modes along with intuitive one-touch operations. This intelligent camera captures high-quality images with ease and convenience.
Aspen Dental uses mobile lab to provide care for veterans
In light of the difficulty some veterans face accessing dental care, Aspen Dental (Syracuse, NY) offers a mobile dental lab to provide free services to former members of the military. Led by FL dentist and Aspen franchise owner and Air Force veteran Jere Gillian, the 42-foot mobile office travels to 30 US states and coordinates with local organizations to reach out to veterans needing dental care. The program is one of many Aspen Dental initiatives designed to improve veterans’ dental health.
