Company Updates

The numbers are in, and the job outlook for dentists is good! According to 2018 "Best Jobs" rankings from U.S. News & World Report, a career as a dentist is ranked #2 in the U.S. overall, second only to software developer.

A major aspect that separates Heartland Dental from many other dental support organizations (DSOs) is the company's affiliation process. Practice owners from across the country who are looking for even more autonomy and long-term success, or seeking more opportunities to balance their lives outside of their practice with Heartland Dental's support.

With nearly 40 years of experience as a practicing dentist and business leader, Dr. Rick Workman is widely regarded as a leader in both the dental and dental support organization (DSO) industries. Since he founded Heartland Dental back in 1997, we've gone on to become the largest DSO in the country, with over 950 supported offices and growing across 37 states.

Heartland Dental is excited to announce that our President and Chief Executive Officer, Patrick Bauer, has been named a Top CEO by Glassdoor. Glassdoor, one of the world's largest job and recruiting sites, released its annual award highlighting the Top CEOs in several countries throughout North America and Europe.

On Friday, May 17th, Heartland Dental kicked off its 14th annual Aesthetic Continuum, the company's premier cosmetic and aesthetic "live-patient" hands-on program for supported dentists throughout the country. The event brings both experienced, mentor dentists and new dentists together to learn and experience the process of completing ideal, state-of-the-art smile designs.

What led me to dental hygiene when I started my career 30 years ago, is not what has kept me here. I became a hygienist because I wanted a career that would offer flexibility in hours as well as compensation that would provide me with the ability to support myself, if and when necessary throughout my life.

In my free time, I make it a point to attend CE courses outside of the Heartland Dental offered courses. My travel gives me the opportunity to speak with a lot of non-DSO dentists. It is not uncommon to find that I am the only Heartland Dental supported doctor at these events and usually the only DSO (Dental Support Organization) supported doctor.

At the recent 2019 Summit of the Association of Dental Support Organizations (ADSO), Dr. Rick Workman, Founder & Chairman of Heartland Dental, and Brant Herman, Founder & CEO of MouthWatch, shared their perspectives as featured keynotes. Before an attentive audience of DSO leaders, they identified teledentistry as a game changer for improving dental patients' experiences.

This is going to sound like a cliché, but even with more than 900 supported dental offices making up Heartland Dental, we mean it when we say welcoming a newly affiliated dental office just never gets old. This was the case when we recently welcomed six dental offices of RLJ Dental of Wisconsin into the Heartland Dental family.

The largest dental support organization in the country will soon be coming to the Gateway to the West. Next month, Heartland Dental plans to open its next regional support office in St. Louis. This will be the company's second regional support office, with the Indianapolis support established in 2018. The St.