Over the past three decades, thousands of doctors have sold their practices to a dental support organization (DSO) or quietly partnered with invisible DSOs (IDSOs). American Dental Association reports issued in 2023 indicate more dentists are affiliating with DSOs....
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Increase the Value of Your Practice Real Estate With an IDSO Partner
When doctors own their practice real estate and partner with an invisible dental support organization (IDSO), the value of their real estate can increase substantially. Dental practices have large investments in tenant improvements which historically decrease the risk...
Practice Value Update for 2023 and Impact of Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) on Dental Practices
Invisible Dental Support Organization (IDSO) partnerships with dental practices of all types continued to accelerate during 2023. Many LPS clients achieved new, record high values. A large influx of new IDSO bidders empowered by billions of dollars of fresh global,...
Q4 2023 Dental Practice Value Update; Plenty of Bidders, Values Stable, But…
While several formerly active IDSOs have stopped or reduced their activities in seeking new partners, they have been replaced by multiple new and recapitalized legacy IDSOs with literally billions do invest. Multiple IDSOs with capital and capacity (debt & equity) are eagerly bidding for LPS clients at record values.
Dramatic IDSO Changes in Q4; High Interest Rates Can be GOOD and BAD!
LPS has completed IDSO partnerships for our clients with almost 40 different IDSOs in 30 states in the last couple of years. Values this quarter will continue to hit records, but certain legacy IDSO bidders have stepped on the brakes to practice criteria and values....
Why Doctors Choose IDSO Partnership vs. Remaining Independent in 2023
Ultimately, if LPS is unable to find the ideal IDSO partner for our doctor clients at an exceptional value, doctors are never obligated to do anything at all. They can learn about all of their options, confirm our estimated value and fully understand if an IDSO...
Understanding and Improving Dental Practice EBITDA
In the ever-evolving landscape of dental practice sales and Invisible Dental Support Organization (IDSO) partnerships, a fundamental factor reigns supreme: Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization (EBITDA). However, the art of calculating dental...
How Long Does it Take to Sell a Dental Practice?
Doctors have multiple options to monetize all or part of their life’s work. Depending upon the practice and the doctor’s goals, they may choose a doctor-to-doctor or doctor-to-associate transaction, a 100% sale to a DSO, or an Invisible Dental Support Organization...
The Dental Trifecta, Revisited
TWO YEARS AGO, Dental Economics published my article about the potential dramatic impact of dental trifectas on pediatric specialists, orthodontists, and oral surgeons. In 2019, Large Practice Sales (LPS) helped start the first of what became the largest invisible...
How Much Do Dental Practices Sell For?
Discover the Value of Your Practice without Cost or Obligation Dental practice values vary widely based on a range of factors including size, geography, specialty, doctor age, growth rate, payer types, procedures performed, and a number of other tangible and...