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This is Riz Hatton with the
Becker's Dental Baso Podcast.

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Here's your daily industry news
briefing for today, August 21st.

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First, Effingham,

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Illinois based Heartland Dental has
affiliated with implant and general

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dentistry of Northern Colorado
based in Loveland, Colorado.

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The practice is led by Dr.
Theo m Dusky III and Dr.

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Nicole Ferrara. According to a
recent LinkedIn post by Heartland,

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Heartland Dental is the
largest E S O in the US,

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supporting more than 1,650
practices and more than 2,600

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dentists across 38 states. Second,

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Denver based Aspire Dental recently
received a subordinated debt investment

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from Ironwood Capital.

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The investment will be used to support
the company's growth according to an

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August 16th news release.

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Aspire Dental supports 29
practices in Colorado, Wyoming,

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Oklahoma, and California.

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