Toothio, the digital staffing marketplace for dental practices, has launched Mel, which it bills as the first AI recruiting agent built for healthcare. The system enables dental offices and DSO networks to automatically source, engage, and hire credentialed professionals in real time, nationwide. “Mel isn’t just another AI tool - it’s a fully autonomous recruiting agent that understands context, communicates conversationally, and closes the loop between opportunity and engagement,” said Ian Prendergast, co-founder and CEO of Toothio. “It scales like software but performs like a human team, and it’s already transforming how our partners fill shifts across the country.”