As oral surgeons grapple with rising student loan debt and independent practices struggle to compete for new graduates, more providers are looking to partner with larger organizations. Richard Hall, chair of the board for U.S. Oral Surgery Management in Irving,…
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There is a major thread running through most of what ails dentistry right now: reimbursement hasn’t kept pace with the cost of care, and seemingly all woes flow from there. Fee schedules are frozen, new dentists are graduating with record…
Private equity isn’t going anywhere in dental M&A, but the buyers around it are starting to change. Five executives say the next wave of dealmaking will bring longer-term capital, a possible IPO window for the largest DSOs and new entrants…
When interest rates were low, dental service organizations could grow by buying practices at lower multiples and selling the platform at a higher one. That worked until rates began to rise, recapitalizations stalled and the multiple-arbitrage model ran out of…
Los Angeles-based Cal Dental USA expanded when COVID-19 disrupted dentistry. As the healthcare landscape shifts again, its leadership is changing the playbook — and betting that knowing when to move may matter more than being the biggest. In March 2020,…
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This month, dental professionals spoke with Becker’s about financial strategies, private equity, workforce retention and more. Here is what five dental professionals told us in September: Where independent dental practices may still have the upper hand Alex Sharp, DDS. CEO…
Dental school curriculum is built around technical, procedure-focused training, but research suggests that focus can wear down students’ empathy. The University of Iowa College of Dentistry in Iowa City is trying to change that by teaching empathy and patient-centered communication…
As DSOs continue to scale, independent dental practices are competing against organizations with more purchasing power, greater leverage with payers and centralized back offices to take administrative work off dentists’ plates. Those advantages come at a cost to independent practices,…
Private equity promised dentists a payday. For some, what showed up instead was a pay cut with strings attached. Greg White, DMD, the president and CEO of PepperPointe Partnerships in Lexington, Ky., recently joined Becker’s Future of Dentistry Roundtable Sept.…
Private equity has brought real gains to dentistry — greater access to care, more investment in technology and a deeper reach into Medicaid populations in some states. But one executive says a bigger shift may still be ahead, as consolidation…