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Sell-side M&A advisory for dental practice owners

We represent dental practice owners, multi-location groups, and emerging DSO platforms in confidential transactions with private-equity-backed DSOs, family offices, and strategic acquirers.

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100% confidential. No obligation.

Dental Track Record

Sell-side experience across single-site, multi-location, and DSO platform transactions

Buyer Network

PE-backed DSOs · Regional DSOs · Family offices

How We Help

Three engagement profiles for dental sellers

Most dental sell-side engagements fall into one of three patterns. Each requires a materially different process, buyer pool, and deal structure.

Profile 1

Single-site sale to a DSO

For high-producing solo or small-group practices receiving direct DSO inquiries. We run a competitive process to expose your value to multiple buyers, defend your terms, and ensure you're not leaving multiples on the table.

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Profile 2

Multi-location recapitalization

For 2–10+ location groups where you want to monetize equity but stay clinically involved. We structure rollover percentages, governance, and management terms that protect both your economics and your operating control.

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Profile 3

Emerging DSO platform sale

For groups large enough to be acquired as a platform rather than a tuck-in. We position you with mid-market and upper-mid-market PE platforms, materially changing the multiple and the deal structure available.

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The Dental M&A Market

The most mature roll-up market in healthcare

Dental has been the leading edge of healthcare PE consolidation for nearly two decades. There are now hundreds of active DSO platforms backed by dozens of PE sponsors, with valuations and deal structures continuously evolving as the market matures.

For sellers, that creates an unusually deep, competitive buyer pool — but also significant variance in what buyers will actually pay and how they'll structure the deal. Direct DSO outreach typically surfaces one or two unsolicited offers; a properly run competitive process consistently surfaces materially more, with measurably better economics and post-close terms.

The maturity of the dental market also means buyer sophistication is high: they'll model your production, payor mix, and growth trajectory with precision. Your representation needs to model it the same way — before negotiation, not after.

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Why It Matters

When DSOs come to you directly, you only see one number.

A direct DSO offer is rarely the best offer — and on your own, you have no way of knowing what it isn't. Our process puts your practice in front of the right competing buyers under NDA, surfacing the highest defensible value and the deal structures (rollover, earn-outs, real estate) that actually fit your situation. The cost of running a process is a fraction of the value it surfaces.

Our Process

Valuation Drivers

What drives a dental practice's M&A multiple

The headline multiple is the visible number, but it's the product of a dozen underlying inputs. Knowing how buyers weight each one — and where your practice sits on each — is the difference between accepting an offer and negotiating one.

Production & EBITDA growth trajectory
Buyers underwrite the future, not the past. Two practices with identical EBITDA can sell at materially different multiples if one has a clear growth story and the other doesn't. We help you frame and defend the trajectory before going to market.
Doctor & hygiene productivity
Production per producer, hygiene utilization, and capacity headroom are core valuation inputs. We benchmark yours against buyer underwriting standards before negotiation starts.
Payor mix
Fee-for-service vs PPO vs Medicaid mix materially shifts multiples and changes the buyer pool. We model how your specific mix reads to the buyers you're targeting.
Specialty mix
General + hygiene-heavy practices price differently than practices with significant specialty production (ortho, perio, oral surgery, endo). Each profile attracts different buyer types at different multiples.
Real estate
Whether you own or lease — and the terms underneath — is part of the deal. We optimize how the real estate is positioned: separate sale, leaseback, or rolled into the transaction.
Geographic market & demographics
Market growth, competitive density, demographic trends, and DSO platform footprint in your region all factor into buyer interest and pricing.
Operational systems & technology
Practice management software, charting, scheduling, and billing maturity directly impact integration risk — and therefore the multiple buyers will pay.
Continuing doctor commitment
Most dental transactions now include the seller remaining clinically for 3–5 years post-close. Your commitment, compensation structure, and equity rollover are among the most negotiable levers in the entire deal.

Recent Closings

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Placeholder data — replace with real closed dental engagements.

Dental / DSO
General Dental Practice
Rockville, MD · 2022
Collections$4.13M
EBITDA$1.51M
Enterprise Value$12.25M
BuyerDSO Affiliation
Dental / DSO
General Dental Practice
Manassas, VA · 2023
Collections$3.47M
EBITDA$951K
Enterprise Value$6.34M
BuyerDSO Affiliation
Dental / DSO
Two-Location Dental
Pittsburg, KS · 2023
Collections$4.27M
EBITDA$1.02M+
Enterprise Value$6.25M
BuyerDSO Affiliation
Dental / DSO
General Dental Practice
Denver, CO · 2023
Collections$4.13M
EBITDA$828K
Enterprise Value$6.25M
BuyerDSO Affiliation
Dental / DSO
General Dental Practice
Vineland, NJ · 2022
Collections$2.62M
EBITDA$600K
Enterprise Value$3.75M
BuyerDSO Affiliation
Dental / DSO
General Dental Practice
Tampa, FL · 2023
Collections$2.20M
EBITDA$417K
Enterprise Value$3.50M
BuyerDSO Affiliation
Dental / DSO
Three-location group sold to a strategic DSO acquirer
Deal TypeFull Sale
BuyerStrategic DSO
RegionNortheast
Year2023
Dental / DSO
Single-site high-producing practice sold to a regional DSO
Deal TypeFull Sale
BuyerRegional DSO
RegionMidwest
Year2023

Know Your Options

Find out what your dental practice is worth.

Every dental practice owner — single-site or multi-location — benefits from a confidential conversation about valuation, deal structure, and timing before they engage with buyers directly. Complete the form or call and speak with a senior advisor today.

(800) 815-0590

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