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Joint venture puts dental clinic in Texas supermarket

Medical clinics have begun to find purchase in markets across the United States, and their dental counterparts may not be too far behind.

All Smiles Dental Center, a Dallas-based operator of more than a dozen dental clinics in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, collaborated with Carnival Food Store to open a dental office in the Plano branch of the supermarket chain in April. It may be the first dental office in a non–department store retail setting in the United States, say Carnival and All Smiles officials.