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[[Image:Aspen Dental, Natick MA.jpg|thumb|right|240px|<center>Aspen Dental in [[Natick, Massachusetts]]</center>]]
[[Image:Aspen Dental, Natick MA.jpg|thumb|right|240px|<center>Aspen Dental in [[Natick, Massachusetts]]</center>]]
Aspen Dental serves in 21 states: [[Arizona]], [[Connecticut]], [[Florida]], [[Iowa]], [[Illinois]], [[Indiana]], [[Kentucky]], [[Maine]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Michigan]], [[Minnesota]], [[New Hampshire]], [[New York]], [[Ohio]], [[Oregon]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[Rhode Island]], [[South Carolina]], [[Tennessee]], [[Vermont]], [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]] and [[Wisconsin]].
Aspen Dental serves in 25 states: [[Arizona]], [[Connecticut]], [[Florida]], [[Iowa]], [[Illinois]], [[Indiana]], [[Kentucky]], [[Maine]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Michigan]], [[Minnesota]], [[New Hampshire]], [[New York]], [[Ohio]], [[Oregon]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[Rhode Island]], [[South Carolina]], [[Tennessee]], [[Vermont]], [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]] and [[Wisconsin]].
Each office is staffed for general dental care.<ref>Aspen Dental Office Locations, http://www.aspendent.com/offices.locations.html</ref><ref>RDH Magazine Article "Aspen Dental plans continued expansion in 2009", http://www.rdhmag.com/display_article/349998/54/none/none/IndNw/Aspen-Dental-plans-continued-expansion-in-2009</ref><ref>New office opening announcement, Newark Advocate, http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newarkadvocate/access/1850649891.html?FMT=ABS&amp;date=Aug+29,+2009</ref><ref>Aspen Dental Office Locations, http://www.aspendent.com/services.offerings.html</ref>
Each office is staffed for general dental care.<ref>Aspen Dental Office Locations, http://www.aspendent.com/offices.locations.html</ref><ref>RDH Magazine Article "Aspen Dental plans continued expansion in 2009", http://www.rdhmag.com/display_article/349998/54/none/none/IndNw/Aspen-Dental-plans-continued-expansion-in-2009</ref><ref>New office opening announcement, Newark Advocate, http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newarkadvocate/access/1850649891.html?FMT=ABS&amp;date=Aug+29,+2009</ref><ref>Aspen Dental Office Locations, http://www.aspendent.com/services.offerings.html</ref>

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Aspen Dental
IndustryDentistry
FoundedSyracuse, New York, New York, U.S. (1964)
FounderBob Fontana Edit this on Wikidata
HeadquartersDeWitt, New York
Area served
United States
ServicesDental Care services
Dentures
Websiteaspendental.com

Aspen Dental Management, Inc. (ADMI[1]) is a Delaware corporation offering "complete dental care solutions," providing general and cosmetic dentistry and denture care for families and seniors. Its headquarters are in Town of DeWitt, New York,[2][3] near East Syracuse and Syracuse.[2][4]

History

Aspen Dental’s history started in Syracuse, New York, at a dental lab called Upstate Dental, which began operations in 1964. In 1981, Upstate Dental merged its lab services with centralized management services to initiate the new dental practice management concept. The company became Upstate Dental Management, LLC in 1997 when an investor acquired Upstate Family Denture Services, Inc., Upstate Denture Labs, Inc. and East Coast Dental Management, Inc. The last step in the creation of Aspen Dental came in 1998 when Upstate Dental and East Coast Dental merged and agreed on a common name: Aspen Dental Management, Inc.[5]

Aspen Dental is owned by Leonard Green & Partners, a private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyout transactions, particularly of middle market companies. As of 2010, the firm had with approximately $9 billion in assets under management.

Today

Aspen Dental in Natick, Massachusetts

Aspen Dental serves in 25 states: Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Washington and Wisconsin.

Each office is staffed for general dental care.[6][7][8][9]

Action by attorney general of Pennsylvania

In 2010, after a probe of complaints regarding its discount services and finance programs, without admitting wrongdoing, Aspen Dental entered into an assurance of voluntary compliance agreement with the Pennsylvania Attorney General's office, agreeing to pay $175,000 of which $125,000 is earmarked to reimburse customers of the company and 50,000 for consumer protection probes. Complaints involved services provided before May 28, 2009.[10] According to then Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett:[11]

Consumers went to Aspen Dental because they believed they could obtain low-cost solutions to their dental problems, only to be faced with confusing limitations and restrictions on coupons and other promotions, or undisclosed details about financing

The voluntary agreement requires Aspen Dental to provide full and clear disclosure of all services, fees, payment and interest information, as well as information on all limitations or qualifications on offers.

See also

References

  1. ^ "“Daytona 4th of July Barbecue Sweepstakes” Official Rules." (Archive) Aspen Dental. Retrieved on September 23, 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Terms of Use Agreement." (Archive). Aspen Dental. Retrieved on September 23, 1012. " Aspen Dental Management, Inc. and the Aspen Dental Management, Inc. logo are trademarks of Aspen Dental Management, Inc., a Delaware corporation having its principle [sic] offices at 281 Sanders Creek Parkway, East Syracuse, New York. All other marks are property of their respective owners."
  3. ^ "Zoning Map." (Archive) Town of DeWitt. Retrieved on September 23, 2012.
  4. ^ "Media Contacts." ([http://www.webcitation.org/6AtwXphaP Archive) Aspen Dental. Retrieved on September 23, 2012.
  5. ^ Aspen Dental Timeline, http://aspendentalnews.com/index.php/about/timeline
  6. ^ Aspen Dental Office Locations, http://www.aspendent.com/offices.locations.html
  7. ^ RDH Magazine Article "Aspen Dental plans continued expansion in 2009", http://www.rdhmag.com/display_article/349998/54/none/none/IndNw/Aspen-Dental-plans-continued-expansion-in-2009
  8. ^ New office opening announcement, Newark Advocate, http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newarkadvocate/access/1850649891.html?FMT=ABS&date=Aug+29,+2009
  9. ^ Aspen Dental Office Locations, http://www.aspendent.com/services.offerings.html
  10. ^ Matt Miller (October 14, 2010). "Aspen Dental pays $175,000 to settle customer complaints". PennLive.Com. Retrieved February 8, 2012. pact stems from a state probe of more than 50 consumer complaints
  11. ^ "Attorney General Corbett announces $175,000 consumer settlement with Aspen Dental" (Press release). Pennsylvania Attorney General. October 13, 2010. Retrieved February 8, 2012.

Further reading

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