Absolute Dental Data Breach: SSNs and Protected Health Info Exposed

Published

May 29, 2025

Updated

August 28, 2025

Absolute Dental

Types of INFORMATION affected

Names
Social Security Numbers
Dates of Birth
Addresses
Government IDs
Medical Info
Financial Info

Absolute Dental Group, LLC has experienced a major data breach. On Feb. 25, 2025, the medical organization discovered an issue with its internal systems. An investigation revealed that an unauthorized actor accessed Absolute Dental systems between Feb. 19, 2025 and March 5, 2025.

The cybersecurity incident impacted a total of 1,223,635 current and former patients from the 50 or more Absolute Dental locations. The breach occurred through an account associated with Absolute Dental's third-party managed services provider. Absolute Dental Group reported the data breach to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on May 2, 2025.

A review was completed on July 28, 2025 and it was determined that the data breach compromised both personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI). Exposed information includes names, contact information, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, driver’s license or state-issued ID information, health information which may include health history, treatment and diagnosis information, explanation of benefits, health insurance information, MRN number or patient identification number. In some cases, financial account details and/or payment card information was exposed as well.

Absolute Dental began notifying impacted individuals by mail in August 2025 and published a Notice of Data Incident on its website. The data breach was also disclosed to the Massachusetts, California, Oregon and Texas Attorney Generals' offices beginning on Aug. 26, 2025.

Affected current and former patients includes 1,892 in Texas and 137 in Massachusetts.

Absolute Dental Group's response

In addition to required state and federal disclosures, Absolute Dental is offering two years of free Kroll identity monitoring services.

If you receive a data breach notice, or believe your personal and protected health information may have been compromised:

Sign up for the free identity protection services, offered by Absolute Dental.
Monitor financial accounts and credit reports for signs of identity theft.
Consider placing fraud alerts or credit freezes with the major credit bureaus.
Be cautious of unsolicited emails or phone calls requesting personal information.

For more information, visit the Absolute Dental Group website.

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