Dental Equipment Depreciation: What It Means, How to Calculate It, and Why It Matters in a Practice Sale capital planning dental equipment appraisal dental equipment depreciation dental equipment fair market value dental practice sale dental practice valuation dso due diligence equipment value section 179 dental May 27, 2026

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 ...

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Repair vs. Replace: The Dental Equipment Decision Framework capital planning dental chair repair cost dental compressor repair cost dental equipment repair dental equipment roi dental vacuum replacement dso operations equipment decision framework repair vs replace dental equipment May 26, 2026

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 ...

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How Long Does Dental Equipment Actually Last? Lifespan Benchmarks by Category capital planning dental chair lifespan dental compressor life expectancy dental equipment lifecycle dental equipment lifespan dental equipment replacement dental practice management dental strategy dso operations equipment benchmarks May 25, 2026

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...

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