Finance

Laura Dorr is the former executive editor of DPR's Modern Dental Network and a regular contributing author.

Articles

There are several factors to consider when deciding to purchase a practice, and it’s important to be sure you cover your bases with the help of a strong advisory team.


Focusing on the Details: Blind Spots to Avoid When Buying a Dental Practice

Bruce Bryen is a certified public accountant with over 45 years of experience and is a part of Baratz & Associates CPAs. He specializes in deferred compensation, such as retirement planning design; income and estate tax planning; determination of the proper organizational business structure; asset protection and structuring loan packages for presentation to financial institutions. He is experienced in providing litigation support services to dentists with Valuation and Expert Witness testimony in matrimonial and partnership dispute cases. He is also a financial writer for several dental journals. You may contact him at 609-502-0691 or at 

If clinicians, administrators, and the proper dental advisors do their homework and work well together, plenty of success can follow.

What Are You Really Getting When You Sell Your Practice to a DSO?

Before making any hasty decisions about a split, make sure to investigate all that is involved in opening a new practice and weigh both the positives and the negatives of such a move.

Consider Pros and Cons Before Executing a Dental Practice Partnership Dissolution

When it comes to selecting the right dental practice evaluator for your valuation, a little patience and homework can go a long way.

Hurry Up and Wait for the Best Practice Evaluator

Kyle Francis is the president and founder of Professional Transition Strategies (PTS). After receiving his bachelor’s degree in Entrepreneurship and Professional Sales from Baylor University, Kyle completed the MBA program at the University of Colorado with specialties in Finance and Strategy.

In 2007, Kyle created PTS (formerly Headwaters Practice Consultants) to facilitate the sale of over 400 dental practices exclusively as a seller’s representative. His M&A work has resulted in over $2 billion in total deal flow for his clients. His specialty is offering unique options to sellers allowing them to explore individual, group, and private equity investments to achieve the transition goals of his clients.

Along with his M&A work, Kyle has consulted for practices, medical device companies, and groups of practitioners. He has used this knowledge to help build more than 100 medical and dental start-ups and has helped construct another 100 locations. More recently, he has been an advisor to many practice groups across the country. He has owned all or part of more than 30 practices and has been an investor in multiple DSO concepts.

He and his family live in Colorado Springs where he enjoys golfing, skiing and hunting as often as he can.

If you’re thinking about a practice transition, keep in mind that not all offers are the same, and deal structures vary. 

When Selling a Dental Practice, EBITDA Multiples Don’t Matter

Videos

Join host Lisa Newburger, LISW-S, as she along with John Flucke, DDS, Taneika Duhaney, RDH, Valerie Lewis, RDA, and Jeff Rohde, DDS, discuss all things money in the dental practice. [42 minutes]

Mastermind - Episode 26 - Let's Talk Money

Stan Goff is a Managing Editor with MJH Life Sciences, which includes Dental Products Report, Dental Practice Management, Dental Lab Products, Modern Hygienist, and Dentist's Money Digest. He has covered the dental industry since 1999 and can be reached at sgoff@mjhlifesciences.com.  

President and founder of Professional Transition Strategies Kyle Francis answers questions about inflation, interest rates, earning power, dental practice valuations, and more.

Inflation and Dental Practice Valuations

There’s a lot for the private dentist to consider when determining what is best when it comes to DSOs.

What to Look Out For Before and After Joining a DSO

What’s the hurry and what are the problems? The divorce will be here sooner or later. 

What to Know About Delays and Practice Valuations When It Comes to Divorce

Understanding the input in the dental practice valuation and its impact on the final judgement from the court. 

Practice Transitions