Sell-side guidance for dental practices & groups · nothing upfront, ever

Your practice. Your future. Your call.

Eslinger Dental Consultants runs your DSO transition from first valuation to final wire. Brokers charge sellers 8 to 10 percent and lock in a listing. We take nothing upfront and earn a success fee only when a deal you accept closes, in most transitions paid by the acquiring group, not by you.

NOTHING UPFRONT · PAID ONLY WHEN YOUR DEAL CLOSES · CONFIDENTIAL FROM DAY ONE
35+ yrsdentist-led deal experience
$0upfront, before any deal closes
DirectDSO & PE buyer relationships
INSTANT ESTIMATE · LIVE
What is your practice worth today?
Move the sliders. The market range updates as you do.
$0$30M
PROFITABILITY, YOUR WAY:
45%80%
≈ 12% EBITDA margin after fair doctor pay (~28% of collections)
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INDICATIVE ENTERPRISE VALUE
$6.8M – $8.5M
6.0x – 7.5x EBITDA of $1.1M · refined on a call with our team
Your numbers ride along so we start from where you are. Only Dave and Cam see this.
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SELECTED TRANSACTIONS
Austin, TX · four-location group → Sold to a DSONashville, TN · multi-location divestiture → Divested for a Nashville-based DSOAtlanta, GA · two-office general practice → Sold to a DSOFlorida · multi-location divestiture → Divested for a DSOLexington, KY · general practice → Sold to a DSOJohnson City, TN · general practice → Sold to a DSOOklahoma · single office → Sold to a large DSOSpartanburg, SC · general practice → Sold to a DSONashville, TN · single location → Sold to a DSO
The EDC difference

Most advisors start charging you on day one. We never do.

No retainer and no upfront valuation fee, ever, and no fee at all unless a deal you accept closes. Here is the honest comparison, in public.

Traditional broker
8–10%

Of your sale price, paid by you, usually under an exclusive listing agreement. On a $1.5M sale that is $120,000 to $150,000 out of your proceeds.

OF A $1.5M SALE, THE FEE TAKES$120K – $150K
EACH BLOCK IS $75K OF YOUR PROCEEDS
Typical M&A advisory
6–12%

Success fees, often stacked with a paid valuation up front, monthly retainers, and a fee owed even if you decline every offer. Read the engagement letter closely.

OF A $1.5M SALE, THE FEE TAKES$90K – $180K
PLUS RETAINERS AND UPFRONT FEES IN SOME LETTERS
EDC · standard DSO transition
$0

Nothing upfront and nothing unless a deal you accept closes. In our standard DSO transition the acquiring group pays our success fee at close and you sign no exclusivity. When a sale calls for us to represent you alone, the fee and terms are agreed in writing before anything starts.

IN A STANDARD DSO TRANSITION, THE FEE TAKES$0
EVERY BLOCK STAYS YOURS · IN OUR STANDARD DSO TRANSITION THE BUYER PAYS US
How EDC works

Three steps between you and the strongest offer

We run a competitive, confidential process so DSOs bid for your practice instead of you negotiating alone against a professional acquisition team.

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Confidential valuation

We analyze your financials, payor mix, and doctor economics, then tell you what the market will actually pay and what would make it pay more. No cost and no commitment.

FREE · NO COMMITMENT
2

Preparation & packaging

Adjusted EBITDA bridge, quality of earnings support, and a CIM built the way DSO deal teams read them. Your data room goes live in the EDC Deal Room, indexed to the individual document.

CIM · QOFE · DEAL ROOM
3

A process, not a negotiation

Multiple qualified buyers, structured bids, and EDC across the table on every call through LOI, diligence, and close. You keep practicing dentistry while we run the deal.

BIDS · LOI · CLOSE
For selling dentists

Thinking about your exit, even if it is years away?

  • Free confidential valuation, refreshed every year until you are ready
  • Straight answers on rollover equity and the second bite
  • Guidance through QofE, LOI, and diligence from people who have sat your side of the table
  • Nothing upfront, and no fee unless your deal closes
Everything for sellers →2-minute readiness check →
For DSO & PE partners

Prepared sellers, packaged properly

  • Practices arrive with QofE-supported financials and a defensible EBITDA
  • Data rooms indexed to the individual document, not a folder dump
  • One advisor across the table keeping the deal moving, both directions
  • We stay through integration handoff, because a deal that closes badly is not a closed deal
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The EDC Deal Room

A data room built for both sides of the table

EDC engagements run their diligence in our own data room. Documents are filed as records, by office, category, and period, so buyers work from an organized file instead of a week of email attachments.

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Token-controlled access. Buyers see exactly what we release, phase by phase: teaser, post-NDA, post-LOI. Nothing else.
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Click-through NDA and fee agreement at the door. No paperwork chase, no email attachments.
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Organized from day one. Every document is filed by office, category, and period, with an EDC review pass before anything is released.
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Full audit trail. Sellers see who read what, and how often. Access revokes in one click.
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Deal flow, visible

You always know where the deal stands, and whose court the ball is in

No more wondering what is happening. The deal-flow bar moves as your deal does, and when something is waiting on you, the buyer, or us, everyone can see it and nobody stalls silently.

Sample engagement · four-location groupDILIGENCE · DAY 34 OF 90 · ON TRACK
TEASER
NDA
IOI
LOI
DILIGENCE
CLOSE
BALL · BUYERQofE workpapers requested from seller CPA3 days waiting
BALL · SELLER2025 payroll register upload outstanding1 day waiting
BALL · EDCDraft response on payor-mix questiondue today
Why we publish

Our bands, our fee model, and our sources are all on this site. A seller who can check our numbers is exactly the client we want.

Dave & Cam Eslinger, Eslinger Dental Consultants
EDC DENTAL MULTIPLES WATCH
Where DSO deals are pricing, updated quarterly
4x6x8x10x4.5–6.5x6.0–7.5x7.0–8.5x8.0–10x<$1M$1–2M$2–4M$4M+most individual sellers

Indicative EBITDA multiple ranges by practice size, EDC’s bands checked against published market ranges. The full quarterly read is free here: no form, no gate.

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Ready when you are

Find out what the market would pay for the practice you built

One confidential conversation. A real number, backed by real comps, with no bill for hearing it. If the answer is not yet, we will tell you that too, along with what would change it.

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NOTHING UPFRONT · PAID ONLY AT CLOSE · CONFIDENTIAL FROM DAY ONE