We’re like no other practice. Come see for yourself.
As the largest privately held dental practice management group in the Northeast—and beyond—Aspen Dental is like no other practice.
Our strength comes from our ability to professionally manage the non-clinical aspects of running a practice. But that’s not all. It also comes from our strong belief that everyone is entitled to quality, affordable, and convenient dental care.
That means for our Patients, we continuously step up to meet the practical dental needs and emotional needs of people who, for a variety of reasons, have lacked a regular dentist or pattern of dental visits.
For our Practices, it means we take responsibility for providing ongoing business, operational, marketing and laboratory expertise to our Dentists and staff, enabling them to grow professionally and achieve long-term practice productivity and success.
This is our mission that we have been enthusiastically pursuing right from the start—creating access to care for the underserved while balancing the clinical ideal with patient expectations and dental care realities.
Timeline
1964—Upstate Dental, a dental laboratory servicing the Syracuse, NY dental community, opens.
1981—Upstate Dental combines in-house laboratory services with centralized management services, revolutionizing the dental industry with the Dental Practice Management concept.
1997—Investor group forms Upstate Dental Management, LLC to acquire the assets of Upstate Family Denture Services, Inc., Upstate Denture Labs, Inc., and East Coast Dental Management, Inc.
1998—Upstate Dental and East Coast Dental merge under one name: Aspen Dental Management, Inc., operating 13 locations in four states.
1999—Aspen expands to 25 locations.
2000—Aspen expands to 33 locations.
2001— Aspen expands to 37 locations, opens its central processing facility in Syracuse, NY and brands its proprietary line of full and partial dentures – Comfidents®
2002—Aspen expands to 41 locations, including its first in New Hampshire.
2003—Aspen expands to 50 locations, including its first in Pennsylvania.
2004— Aspen expands to 62 locations.
2005—Aspen expands to 80 locations, with its first locations in Greater Pittsburgh and Ohio. Digital radiography is first introduced to select Aspen locations.
2006– Aspen expands to 100 locations. Mini-dental implants are rolled out regionally. Indiana and Arizona see their first Aspen Dental.
2007– Aspen opens 35 new practices, expanding to 135 locations including another Arizona location and the first of many in Michigan.
2008– Aspen continues its rapid rise across the country, creating access to care to new communities throughout the US each week.
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Take an online tour of our facilities. See for yourself how Aspen Dental is redefining dentistry and the neighborhood practice for our Dentists, staff and our patients.
The Practice
Aspen Dental facilities and onsite Labs are clean, modern and welcoming—and found in convenient locations throughout the United States.
In addition to understanding the needs of our patients, each Aspen practice welcomes emergencies and walk-ins and offers affordable fees, payment plans, and insurance participation.
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The Syracuse Support Center
Headquartered in Syracuse, New York our Support Center boasts: A state-of-the-art training facility with an 85-seat theatre and three dedicated training operatories; and a world-class removable prosthetics laboratory.
Throughout the year, our Support Center is host to annual meetings, weeklong orientations, coursework, and networking opportunities. We assemble some of the best minds and latest advancements in the industry to further the professional development of our Dentists.
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