Here are 11 private equity-related dental updates from this year:
1. Dental procurement and spend management platform Dentira received a strategic growth investment from Vista Equity Partners.
2. Dental implant manufacturer ZimVie’s stockholders voted to approve the acquisition of the company by Archimed, a healthcare-focused investment and private equity firm.
3. Detroit-based Motor City Dental Partners received financing from Brightwood Capital Advisors, a private credit firm.
4. Great Hill Partners acquired a majority interest in Blue Cloud Pediatric Surgery Centers, a dental ASC chain.
5. Avenel, N.J.-based Eastern Dental Management was acquired by Branford Castle Partners, a private equity firm.
6. Private equity firm Patient Square Capital acquired Patterson Companies for $4.1 billion.
7. AGIC Capital, a private equity firm focused on healthcare technologies, acquired Solmetex, a provider of dental products, systems and consumables.
8. Plymouth Meeting, Pa.-based Premier Dental Products Company entered into a partnership with Radial Equity Partners.
9. Freeport Financial Partners gave a $77 million senior credit facility to Hackensack, N.J.-based Max Surgical Specialty Management to help the MSO form new partnerships with oral surgery practices in the Northeast.
10. Dana Point, Calif.-based Silver Creek Dental Partners closed a debt financing agreement with Ivy Asset Group, a private credit firm.
11. Troy, Mich.-based Smile Partners USA recapitalized earlier this year following a strategic investment from a new continuation fund managed by Silver Oak Service Partners.
