PDS Health Eyes the Next Era of Medical-Dental Integration

Becker’s Dental Review Source published: April 14, 2026
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PDS Health — the first DSO to integrate dental and medical records using Epic — is expanding its model through a partnership with the University of the Pacific, which will become the first dental school to implement the system. President Preston Raulerson notes that integrated care demonstrably improves outcomes and lowers costs, with the next challenge being incentive alignment across care teams.

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For multi-site dental operators, this is the clearest live example of how medical-dental data integration can be structured, scaled, and positioned as a growth differentiator.

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