Dental Practice Exit Strategy
The practice-sale guide I wish I had read before my first exit.
Practical, unglamorous guides on timing, valuation, tax structure, and the specific housekeeping that separates a full-multiple sale from a compressed one.
I owned and sold eight dental practices. The first sale went acceptably. Each subsequent one went materially better, because I kept learning what I should have done earlier and done differently. This site is the written version of those lessons.
There is no subscription, no broker referral, no placement fee. The guides are what I would tell a dentist friend over coffee if they asked me where to start. Use what is useful, ignore what is not.
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Guides
- The five-year dental practice exit timelineA practice exit that clears maximum value is built five years before the closing table, not five months.
- The 47-step pre-sale checklist every dental practice owner should run before a buyer sees their numbersThe specific, boring, high-leverage operational housekeeping that separates a 5x multiple from a 7x multiple.
- Dental practice valuation: 2026 multiples, adjustments, and what changed since the DSO rollup peakThe multiples compressed through 2025. Here is where the market sits now and how to think about your own practice inside the new numbers.
- Tax and legal structures for a dental practice saleThe difference between a well-structured sale and a poorly-structured one is typically 15 to 30 percent of net-to-seller. This is where that math lives.
Companion reading
- The complete dental practice exit guideA single-page walkthrough of how to plan, value, and execute a dental practice sale — with FAQ, a 7-step exit plan, and links to deeper guides.
- DSO CompareIndependent profiles of the seven major dental service organizations, with scoring and contract red flags.
- Valuation calculatorEstimate a likely valuation range based on collections, EBITDA margin, doctor concentration, hygiene strength, and payer mix.
- Exit readiness scoreScore how sale-ready the practice really is across EBITDA quality, staffing, hygiene, documentation, and timing.
- About the authorBackground, writing, portfolio of active projects.