Dental Practice Guides

How lease assignability works in dental practice sales — what it means, how to verify it, red flags, and why a bad assignability clause can sink a dental practice transaction.

The stages of buying or selling a dental practice, from first contact through closing and transition, what slows each one, and how to keep a transaction on track. How long each stage takes varies widely, so this guide gives no timing statistics.

How to read and evaluate a dental practice listing — the numbers that matter, the red flags to spot before requesting more information, and what questions to ask the broker before you sign an NDA.

A complete, step-by-step guide to buying a dental practice — from getting pre-qualified and evaluating listings to due diligence, financing, and closing. Written for dentists and first-time practice buyers.

How dental practice acquisition loans actually work — SBA 7(a) vs. specialty dental lenders, typical terms, what lenders look at, and how to get pre-qualified before you shop for a practice.

A practical due diligence checklist for buying a dental practice — financials, patient charts, lease, equipment, staff, and compliance items to verify before you close.

Comparing the two common paths into dental practice ownership — buying into an existing practice as a partner vs. purchasing a practice outright — including risk, timeline, and financing differences.

How the two ways of buying a dental practice differ: what you acquire, which liabilities come with it, how the lease, payor contracts, staff and records transfer, and why the structure is a negotiation. General information, not legal or tax advice.

A plain comparison of owning an independent dental practice and working with or selling to a dental support organization (DSO): control, compensation, ownership, administrative support and exit. No ranking and no opinion on which is better.

Why dental practice listings are anonymous, what a buyer's confidentiality agreement (NDA) usually covers, the clauses worth reading twice, and what signing does and does not commit you to.