How to Value a Dental Practice: What the Number on the LOI Actually Means dental business dental m&a dental practice appraisal dental practice owner dental practice sale price dental practice valuation dental strategy dso strategy ebitda dental practice how to value a dental practice May 19, 2026

Every dental practice owner gets a number eventually. It might come in the form of an LOI from a DSO. It might come from a broker during a preliminary conversation. It might be a figure your accountant throws out at year-end as a rough estimate of what your practice is worth.

The question isn't whe...

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Why DSOs Are Flying Blind on Equipment — And What the Smart Ones Are Doing About It capex planning dso dso acquisition dso due diligence dso strategy dso transaction equipment appraisal equipment fair market value m&a dental practice transition May 17, 2026

If you run procurement for a dental group — or you're the CFO signing off on capital requests — you already know the problem I'm about to describe. You just might not have a name for it yet.

I've spent more than 20 years working inside and alongside dental organizations of every size, from solo pra...

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The Hidden Liability in Every Dental Practice Sale: Equipment No One Has Actually Valued capex planning dental cfo dental equipment dental practice sale dso acquisition dso due diligence dso strategy equipment appraisal equipment fair market value m&a dental practice transition practice valuation May 15, 2026

I've sat across the table from a lot of dental practice transactions — as an advisor, as a consultant, and now as the person who built the software that tries to solve a problem I watched happen over and over again.

Here it is: nobody actually knows what the equipment is worth.

Not the seller. Not...

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