Not long ago, dentists were about as welcome as a toothache at shopping centers. Landlords preferred more conventional retailers in their malls, relegating dentists to out-of-the-way locations if they ...

Michigan's first dental therapist became licensed in September and another awaits licensing. But a statewide dentist group opposes expansion.

Alhambra Modern Dentistry, left, at Alhambra Place is among a growing number of medical-related businesses that are becoming tenants in shopping centers. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) Not long ...

For years, neighborhood shopping centers have been our go-to places for clothing boutiques, shoe shops and cosmetic stores. But the covid pandemic changed a lot of that. Now many of those businesses ...