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Pearl, the global leader in dental AI solutions, today announced a partnership with Open Dental Software to integrate its AI-powered solutions into Open Dental’s practice management system (PMS). Through this partnership, Pearl’s Second Opinion® AI is now fully integrated within Open Dental’s Imaging Module, enabling seamless AI-powered radiographic analysis for dental professionals nationwide.

Pearl, the global leader in dental AI solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with Centaur, Australia’s leading dental practice management systems provider, and its Mediasuite platform, a leader in digital dental solutions across Australia, the Middle East and worldwide. This collaboration expands the reach of Pearl’s industry-leading Second Opinion® AI software, extending fully integrated access to groundbreaking disease detection capabilities for dental professionals across Australia and the Middle East.

Pearl, a leader in dental AI solutions, and Carestream Dental, a pioneer in imaging technology and digital dental solutions, today announced a new partnership to natively integrate Pearl’s Second Opinion® software into Carestream Dental's advanced CS Imaging platform, which powers its portfolio of imaging systems.

Pearl, the global leader in dental AI solutions, is positioned to maintain its market dominance in 2025 following a year of unprecedented growth and innovation. Raising the largest-ever venture financing round in dental AI, global expansion in Europe, Asia, and Canada, and first-of-their kind products are among the milestones fueling what will be Pearl’s most significant year yet.

Pearl, the global leader in dental AI solutions, today announced that the American Dental Association (ADA), the nation’s leading dental organization, has made a strategic investment in Pearl’s dental AI platform. The investment reflects the ADA’s commitment to supporting visionary companies whose disruptive technologies empower dental professionals to advance patient care and public health. The investment was led by the organization’s Innovation Advisory Committee, dedicated to identifying and supporting novel solutions that elevate dentistry.

Pearl, the global leader in dental AI solutions, today announced the appointment of Brian Kim as Chief Product Officer and Bobby Cooper as Vice President of Customer Success. In their roles, Kim will oversee development and expansion of Pearl's radiologic AI product line for dental clinics, universities, labs and insurance carriers. Cooper will lead efforts to maximize the value and benefits of the dental AI experience for the company's global user base.

Pearl, the global leader in dental AI solutions, and Plandent Division, Europe's second largest distributor of dental supplies, technology, and services, today announced their partnership to expand the European distribution of Pearl’s Second Opinion® tool across the Nordics and Germany. Second Opinion delivers disease detection capabilities as both a standalone tool and as an integrated part of Planmeca’s robust imaging software platform, Planmeca Romexis®. This announcement follows Pearl and Planmeca’s partnership from 2023 that brought enhanced AI-based image analysis services to Planmeca Romexis users. Planmeca is the parent company of Planmeca Group, which owns Plandent Division. Planmeca is a privately-owned company that designs and manufactures dental equipment, including digital dental units, imaging devices, and software solutions.

Pearl, the global leader in dental AI solutions, today announced Calibrate, the first AI-powered clinical calibration and training tool for providers, educators, and payors. The multi-purpose tool will help a broad range of users to hone their dental x-ray evaluation skills and overcome the inconsistency endemic to diagnostic radiology in dentistry. Both the University of California—Los Angeles as well as the University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, have received American Dental Education Association (ADEA) grants to use Calibrate in their research, which will culminate in Q2 2025.

Pearl, the global leader in dental AI solutions, today announced the appointment of McKenzie Fagan as Vice President of DSO Sales. In her new role, McKenzie will spearhead the development and implementation of AI-powered solutions tailored for Dental Service Organizations (DSOs) and multi-site dental organizations.

Pearl, the global leader in dental AI, today announced that it has raised $58 million in Series B funding to accelerate its mission to elevate patient care in dentistry. Left Lane Capital led the round, with participation from Smash Capital, Alpha Partners, and existing investors, Craft Ventures and Neotribe Ventures. This funding marks the largest investment ever in dental artificial intelligence.

Pearl, the global leader in dental AI solutions, and Patterson Dental Canada, Inc., a subsidiary of Patterson Companies, Inc. (Nasdaq: PDCO), today announced a collaboration to expand access to Pearl’s Second Opinion® AI disease detection capabilities within the Canadian dental market.

Pearl, the global leader in dental AI, and Archy, the fastest growing practice management software, today announced a new partnership to integrate Pearl’s Second Opinion® within Archy’s native imaging platform.

Pearl, the global leader in dental AI solutions, and tab32, a leading cloud-based dental technology company, today announced a new partnership to integrate Pearl’s Second Opinion® disease detection capabilities within tab32’s all-in-one cloud-based practice management and imaging platform.

Pearl, the global leader in dental AI solutions, today announced the launch of Precheck™, a groundbreaking new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered insurance eligibility and benefits verification tool. Leveraging natural language processing (NLP) to seamlessly compile and synthesize patient insurance data, Precheck™ streamlines the insurance verification process and provides dental practices and their patients with comprehensive coverage information.

Pearl, the global leader in dental AI solutions, and Ora, a groundbreaking new all-in-one dental practice management platform, have partnered to integrate Pearl’s pioneering AI technology within Ora’s cloud-based platform, which officially launched yesterday. Pearl’s Second Opinion® disease detection capabilities are now available as a fully native offering within Ora’s dental imaging featureset.

Pearl, the global leader in dental AI solutions, and Midwest Dental, one of the leading dental technology and supply distributors in the U.S., today announced Pearl as Midwest Dental’s preferred artificial intelligence (AI) solutions provider. Through the new partnership, Midwest Dental will now offer Pearl’s dental AI suite, including Second Opinion® and Practice Intelligence®, to its reach of customers throughout Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arkansas.

Pearl, a global leader in dental AI solutions, today announced that Software of Excellence, a leader in dental software, has selected Pearl as its new, exclusive dental artificial intelligence (AI) provider. Through the partnership, Software of Excellence will distribute Pearl’s Second Opinion® as a standalone software to its customer base across Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, and the UK markets, as well as offer native access to Pearl’s radiologic capabilities within Software of Excellence’s leading practice management system (PMS), EXACT. This landmark partnership sees Software of Excellence become the first PMS provider to bring AI to the UK and Asia-Pacific (APAC) markets.

Pearl, the global leader in dental AI solutions, and Peak Dental Services, a top dental service organization (DSO), today announced that Pearl has been selected as Peak’s exclusive dental artificial intelligence (AI) provider. The partnership will bring Pearl’s dental AI suite, including Second Opinion® and Practice Intelligence®, to over 50 dental practices across the western United States.

Pearl, the global leader in dental AI solutions, is carrying significant momentum into the new year following massive expansion and key successes in 2023, including key patent additions, new global market expansions, major industry partnerships, numerous technology awards, leadership additions and revenue growth exceeding 500%.

Pearl, the global leader in dental AI solutions, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued U.S. Patent No. 11,776,677 entitled “Computer Vision-Based Analysis Of Provider Data” for the exclusive rights to the computer vision system at the core of its pioneering clinical performance software, Practice Intelligence®.

Pearl, the global leader in dental AI solutions, today announced three prestigious industry awards recognizing the company as a leader in technological excellence in both the US and UK dental markets. The recent accolades celebrate Pearl’s advancement of AI in dentistry, further solidifying the company’s position at the forefront of the global dental AI revolution.

Pearl, the global leader in dental AI solutions, today announced a partnership with Patterson Dental, a subsidiary of Patterson Companies (Nasdaq: PDCO), to distribute Pearl’s Second Opinion® and Practice Intelligence® software solutions as well as to integrate Second Opinion’s AI pathology detection feature set within Patterson’s Eaglesoft dental practice management software.

Pearl, the global leader in dental AI solutions, today announced the appointment of Ben Plomion to Chief Operating Officer and Mike Barniv, DDS to Vice President of Clinical Affairs. Plomion and Barniv will help drive the company’s next phase of growth and innovation while further strengthening Pearl’s leadership team.

Pearl, the global leader in dental AI solutions, today announced that its Second Opinion® chairside dental pathology detection aid has received clearance from the Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency (TMMDA) as a Class IIa medical device. Turkey’s authorization of Second Opinion® adds to the solution’s growing number of global regulatory clearances, which already includes the United States, United Kingdom, European Union, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Israel, South Africa, Argentina and more.

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Pearl, the global leader in dental AI solutions, and Vyne Dental, a leading provider of dental revenue technologies, claims processing, and electronic health information exchange, today announced a partnership to pair Pearl’s Second Opinion® AI solution with Vyne Trellis, Vyne’s end-to-end revenue acceleration platform. This partnership will provide Trellis users with Pearl’s radiographic image retrieval capabilities, enabling faster, more efficient AI-assisted claims submissions.

Pearl, the global leader in dental AI solutions, and Espire Dental, a fast-growing, doctor-led Integrated Dental Organization (IDO), today announced a partnership to implement Pearl’s Second Opinion® and Practice Intelligence® solutions in Espire’s 27 practice locations throughout Colorado, Oklahoma, Wyoming and California. The partnership will equip Espire’s practices with Pearl’s suite of FDA-cleared AI and computer vision solutions designed to deliver an elevated standard of clinical performance and patient care delivery.

Pearl, the global leader in dental AI solutions, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued U.S Patent No. 11,676,701 entitled “Systems and methods for automated medical image analysis”. This patent grants Pearl the exclusive rights to the computer system technology supporting the application programming interface (API) of its chairside AI disease detection software, Second Opinion®.

Pearl, the global leader in dental AI solutions, and VisiQuick, one of Europe’s top dental imaging software platforms, today announced that Pearl’s Second Opinion® disease detection capabilities are now available to VisiQuick users as a fully-integrated feature set. This partnership expands international access to Pearl’s suite of AI solutions, delivering a higher standard of dentistry to patients throughout the EU.

Pearl, the global leader in dental AI solutions, and cloud-based dental practice management system developer, Oryx Dental Software, today announced plans to integrate Pearl’s Second Opinion® disease detection capabilities within the Oryx’s native dental imaging feature set.

Pearl, the global leader in dental AI solutions, and Planmeca, the world's largest privately-owned dental equipment manufacturer, today announced plans to integrate Pearl’s Second Opinion® disease detection capabilities within Planmeca’s robust imaging software platform, Planmeca Romexis®.

Pearl, the global leader in dental AI solutions, and Curve Dental, the leading cloud-based dental management software company, today announced that Pearl’s Second Opinion® disease detection capabilities are now available within Curve Dental’s all-in-one SuperHero™ practice management system. The official Pearl-Curve rollout, which follows a partnership announced last November, enables seamless access to the dental industry’s most robust range of FDA-cleared clinical AI capabilities directly within Curve’s leading cloud-based software platform.

Pearl, the global leader in dental AI solutions, today announced plans to expand access to its Practice Intelligence® AI solution for customers in Europe. The company’s international footprint is growing rapidly––spurred by accelerating global adoption of its flagship Second Opinion® real-time pathology detection software and a series of recent global integration and distribution partnerships.

Pearl, the global leader in dental AI solutions, and CareStack, a leading cloud-based dental practice management software, today announced a partnership to integrate Pearl’s Second Opinion® real-time disease detection capabilities within CareStack’s all-in-one practice management system, as well as extend CareStack users access to Pearl’s clinical performance AI platform, Practice Intelligence®. The partnership ensures that CareStack’s customers have seamless comprehensive access to the most robust FDA-cleared AI feature set on the market.

Pearl, the leader in AI solutions for efficiency, accuracy, and consistency in dental care, today announced that it has received clearance from Israel’s Ministry of Health, Medical Technology, Information and Research Division, for Second Opinion®, the first and most comprehensive AI-powered real-time pathology detection aid for dentists. This marks the latest in the solution’s series of international clearances, including CE-marking in Europe, MDEL for use in Canada, and TGA/MEDSAFE clearance in Australia and New Zealand. It is the US-based dental company’s second licensing in the Middle East following UAE clearance in 2021. Second Opinion®, which received FDA clearance in March of last year, helps dentists by automatically detecting a broad range of dental conditions in bitewing, periapical and panoramic radiographs of permanent teeth in patients 12 and older.

Pearl, the global leader in dental AI solutions, and Straine Dental Management, a rapidly expanding dental service organization bringing DSO-level managerial excellence to dentist-owned practices, today announced that Pearl has been selected as the group’s preferred artificial intelligence (AI) solutions provider.

Pearl, the global leader in dental AI solutions, and Curve Dental, the leading cloud-based dental management software company, today announced plans to integrate Pearl’s Second Opinion® disease detection capabilities within Curve Dental’s all-in-one SuperHero practice management system. The Pearl-Curve partnership delivers the most robust range of FDA-cleared clinical AI capabilities to Curve’s 50,000 users across the United States and Canada.

Pearl, the global leader in dental AI solutions, and Risas Dental and Braces, a dental healthcare group committed to providing high quality and accessible dental care to all, today announced a partnership to implement Pearl’s Second Opinion® and Practice Intelligence® solutions in Risas’ 27 practice locations across Arizona, Colorado, Nevada and Texas. The partnership will equip Risas’ practices and providers with Pearl’s suite of FDA-cleared comprehensive pathology detection AI software aimed at elevating the standard of patient care through improved precision and diagnostic consistency.

Pearl, the global leader in dental AI solutions, announced today that TIME has named its Second Opinion® software to its Best Inventions of 2022 list as a special mention. This year’s special mentions list featured 50 inventions recognized for their unique impact and transformational capabilities.

Inc. Business Media today announced the inaugural Power Partner Awards, honoring business-to-business (B2B) organizations across the globe that have proven track records supporting entrepreneurs and helping startups grow. Pearl, the global leader in dental AI solutions for dental practices and groups, is on the list, which recognizes 252 firms in marketing and advertising, health and human resources, financial planning, engineering, logistics, and security, as well as other areas of business.

Pearl, the global leader in dental AI solutions, and SOTA Imaging, the leading manufacturer of dental imaging hardware and software, announced today a partnership to integrate Pearl’s FDA-cleared Second Opinion® real-time clinical pathology detection artificial intelligence (AI) solution with SOTA’s popular SOTA Cloud® dental imaging software. Native support for Pearl’s chairside AI within SOTA’s cloud-based imaging interface means that, for the first time, dentists in the United States can conveniently capture, display, and perform AI-assisted clinical evaluation of dental radiographs within a single software platform.

Pearl, the global leader in dental AI solutions, today announced the results of a survey of 597 U.S. dental patients that evaluated their trust in dental providers and their perceptions of how technology is being used in the field. Overwhelmingly, patients support the use of advanced technologies and are more likely to trust their dentist’s diagnosis if they are using artificial intelligence to assist in evaluating x-rays, according to a key finding from the Dental Patient Trust & Technology Survey report.

Pearl, the leader in dental AI solutions, and dntl bar, an NYC-based dental service organization (DSO) committed to offering the convenient and quality dental care that patients want, today announced a partnership to offer Pearl’s Second Opinion® and Practice Intelligence® AI solutions in dntl bar’s locations across New York City. The partnership will enable dntl bar’s offices to achieve the highest level of clinical performance while elevating the patient experience with AI-backed care from the chairside dental software cleared by the FDA to read radiographs and assist in the detection of numerous forms of disease and other dental conditions.

Pearl, the global leader in dental AI solutions, today announced that Second Opinion®, its chairside clinical artificial intelligence (AI) software, has received clearance from the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA). Second Opinion® is the first and only FDA-cleared chairside AI software to help dentists detect numerous conditions in x-rays of dental patients 12 and older. South Africa joins the growing list of medical device authorizations for Second Opinion®, which already includes clearances in the United States, European Union, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Brazil.

Pearl, the global leader in dental AI solutions, announced today that it has been included on the 2022 list of "Hot Vendors" in Computer Visioni by Aragon Research, Inc. The firm’s report identifies vendors whose technology provides transformative capabilities that revolutionize the way businesses interact with customers.

Pearl, the global leader in dental AI solutions, today announced that it has joined Women in DSO®, the official nonprofit supporting the empowerment and growth of women leaders in dental support organizations (DSO), as a founding industry partner. This partnership will help further Pearl’s commitment to elevating the role and voice of women within the DSO community.

Pearl, the leader in dental AI solutions, and Midway Dental, one of the leading dental technology and supply distributors in the United States, today announced that Pearl is now Midway’s preferred artificial intelligence (AI) solutions provider. Pearl’s Practice Intelligence® AI solution is already available as part of Midway’s cutting-edge product sales and distribution inventory, and the collaboration will now also include Second Opinion®, the first and only FDA-cleared chairside AI software to help dentists detect numerous conditions in x-rays of dental patients 12 and older.

Pearl, the leader in dental AI solutions, announced today that Second Opinion®, its chairside artificial intelligence (AI) software to help dentists detect numerous conditions in x-rays of dental patients, has been selected as a 2022 Best of Class Technology Award recipient by Cellerant Consulting Group. Technology and innovations that are recognized must have “revolutionized, simplified, or advanced their category in a distinctive way,” according to Cellerant Consulting. A panel of industry leaders including Paul Feuerstein, DMD, John Flucke, DDS, Marty Jablow, DMD, Pam Maragliano-Muniz, DMD, Chris Salierno, DDS, and Lou Shuman, DMD deliberate and choose the recipients of the awards.

Pearl, the leader in dental AI solutions, today announced that its Second Opinion® chairside clinical AI software has received clearance from the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (Anvisa), opening the door to AI-enabled dental care for dentists and patients across Brazil – the world’s third-largest dental market. Second Opinion® is the first and only chairside, FDA-cleared AI radiologic detection aid that can help dentists identify numerous common dental conditions across a broad range of patients, including tooth decay, calculus, and root abscesses.

Pearl, the leader in dental AI solutions, today announced the appointment of Marc Watenmaker as Vice President of Sales. A sales leader with over 20 years experience successfully building growth-focused national revenue operations for dental and business-to-business software companies, Watenmaker joins Pearl’s leadership team to oversee global sales and support the company’s aggressive expansion in the U.S. dental market following FDA clearance of its flagship AI solution, Second Opinion®.

Pearl, the leader in AI solutions for efficiency, accuracy, and consistency in dental care, today announced that it has received clearance from the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) Ministry of Health and Prevention for Second Opinion®, the first comprehensive AI-powered real-time pathology detection aid for dentists. The latest clearance follows the solution’s recent CE-marking in Europe, Medical Device Establishment License (MDEL) for use in Canada, and TGA/MEDSAFE clearance in Australia and New Zealand. Second Opinion helps dentists by automatically scanning and detecting a broad range of dental conditions via x-ray and meets stringent patient and user safety standards.

Pearl, the leader in AI solutions for efficiency, accuracy, and consistency in dental care, today announced the appointment of Mike Buckner as Senior Vice President of Partnerships. An industry veteran in the dental technology space, Buckner’s addition to the leadership team will support Pearl’s ongoing growth and expansion into new markets through the development of new partner relationships to speed innovation and adoption.

Pearl, the leader in artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for efficiency, accuracy, and consistency in dental care, and Unident, the leading imaging technology and digital dental care distributor in the Nordic region, today announced a partnership to market Pearl’s AI dental radiology solutions Second Opinion® and Practice Intelligence®, integrated into the workflow of Unident’s popular Onepix® imaging software, and as standalone solutions.

Pearl, the leader in AI solutions for efficiency, accuracy, and consistency in dental care, today announced that it has received a Medical Device Establishment License (MDEL) for its Second Opinion® AI radiology solution from Canada Health. Second Opinion previously received CE-marking in Europe and TGA/MEDSAFE clearance in Australia and New Zealand for aiding dentists in their detection of a broad range of dental conditions via x-rays in accordance with patient and user safety standards.

Pearl, the leader in AI solutions for efficiency, accuracy, and consistency in dental care, today announced that it has received authorization to introduce its Second Opinion® AI solution to the Australian and New Zealand dental markets. The clearances from Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) and New Zealand’s Medical Devices Safety Authority (MEDSAFE) follow the European CE marking Second Opinion® received earlier this year for use as an assistive tool in dental radiology.

Pearl, the leader in dental AI and computer vision solutions for efficiency, accuracy, transparency and patient care, and Midway Dental, one of the leading dental technology and supply distributors in the United States, today announced a partnership that will add Pearl’s Practice Intelligence® AI solution to Midway’s cutting-edge product sales and distribution inventory. The partnership will offer Midway’s 15,000 dental customers a clear entry point to dentistry’s future with Pearl’s industry-leading, AI-powered clinical performance software.