Walk into almost any dental practice transaction and you'll find the same blind spot. The seller has a number in mind — usually based on collections and EBITDA — and the equipment is essentially an afterthought. The buyer's due diligence team walks through the operatories, notes that the chairs are ...
The compressor goes down on a Tuesday morning. The service tech shows up, runs diagnostics, and gives you two numbers: $2,400 to rebuild the pump assembly, or $8,500 for a new oil-free unit. You have patients starting in forty minutes. What do you do?
Most practice owners make this decision on gut ...
There's a piece of equipment in almost every dental practice that's older than it should be. Sometimes it's the compressor, running warm and loud in the utility room. Sometimes it's a delivery unit that the rep keeps telling you is "totally fine" even though the chair-side assistant is holding the h...