Weddell Pediatric Dentistry

04/07/2026

03/11/2026

03/11/2026

03/06/2026

Let’s celebrate Dental Assistants’ Week! Mel has been in dental since age 5. She is our most experienced assistant with great primate spacing. She enjoys making Frozen teeth and car wash rinses.

03/04/2026

Resin crowns full mouth pediatric rehab

02/22/2026

Congrats to USA Hockey Team! Maybe I need to apply to be the team dentist lol

02/16/2026

Proud to be independently owned family business since 1980

Who really owns your dentist? A site called WhoOwnsMyDentists.com tracks over 5,000 U.S. dental offices that are affiliated with corporate dental groups known as DSOs. The map shows how fast dentistry is shifting from solo, dentist-owned practices to investor-backed platforms, mostly funded by private equity.

The idea is simple: dentists sell part or all of their practice, get a payout, and let the DSO handle billing, marketing, HR, and systems so they can focus on patient care. Legally, the dentist still controls the clinical side, but the business is run by a corporate management company. On paper, that means independence. In reality, the people who control the money often shape how the office runs.

Some DSOs preserve a practice’s culture. Others turn offices into chains. Deals can include long contracts and performance targets that affect both income and autonomy.

The site isn’t anti-DSO. It’s about transparency. Dentistry is quietly becoming a corporate healthcare market, and now you can actually see it on a map.

02/04/2026

Clay shark hand skill test! Everyone passed!🦈

01/28/2026

https://publications.aap.org/journal-blogs/blog/33958/Tongue-Tie-Tunnel-Vision-We-May-Be-Snipping-at-the?autologincheck=redirected&fbclid=IwZnRzaAPl_KZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeVgI3Cz3FiaBRo0FdW4hG-V4GmGEF5xP6hDGk1NEqmvLqPAHa3REzorexyZw_aem_DAV_dRLIOyo8oTNGuolSug

Ankyloglossia, or tongue-tie, is often implicated as a foil to breastfeeding success. If an infant’s tongue movement is limited, it may impact their ability to latch and cause maternal pain, leading to early breastfeeding cessation. However, the true impact of ankyloglossia remains nebulous, and t...

01/27/2026

Candy bad for your teeth and health!

Candy for Valentine’s Day? Maybe not. The administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Monday that it had tested 46 types of candy and that more than 60% of them (28) contained elevated arsenic levels that, consumed over time, could put children at an increased risk of cancer. This is the second ...

01/25/2026

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