Selling a dental practice can be challenging and ensuring that you sell your dental practice for the right value is crucial. A successful dental practice sale needs careful planning to get the best return on your investment. The selling process can be complicated when you’re ready to sell your dental practice. It’s best to avoid […]

DSOs are here to stay. They are spreading nationally, and many believe they will be the largest providers of dental services very soon. Why? The obvious reason is that dentistry can be very profitable and provide a steady return to investors. Why did it take so long for investors to jump into the business of […]

Mergers are unquestionably the best return on investment you can make. The success of EVERY transition or merger assumes the vast majority of patients will stay with the practice and transfer to the new dentist. This is generally true when the transition is handled properly and both parties understand that the “goodwill” portion of the […]

If you get a job as an associate dentist you are typically confronted with a written Employment Agreement containing many confusing terms and conditions.  Trying to decipher the meaning and context of an Employment Agreement can be just as confusing as a layman trying to read an x-ray. The following are a few items you […]

by Bill Avery, DDS, PhD As happens with most dental practice brokers, I frequently get calls from dentists who are considering bringing in an associate so they can eventually sell their practice to the associate and retire in a few years. For simplicity’s sake, I prefer the “sell and walk away” transition method where the seller […]