For selling dentists

Sell on your timeline, not theirs.

DSO acquisition teams contact practice owners constantly, with offers structured to be signed before you can shop them. Whether your exit is years away or an offer is sitting in your inbox, the strongest position is knowing what your practice is actually worth, before anyone else decides for you.

Where are you today?

Three kinds of dentists call us. All three are welcome.

JUST CURIOUS

The exit is years away

Perfect. A free confidential valuation now, refreshed every year, means you watch your number grow and know exactly which levers move it. When you are ready, you arrive prepared instead of surprised.

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ONE TO THREE YEARS OUT

Getting the practice market-ready

This is the window where preparation pays. Cleaning up the EBITDA story, payor mix, and doctor economics before going to market is often worth more than any negotiation tactic after.

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Ready to sell, or holding an offer

An unsolicited offer is an opening number, not a final one. A competitive process puts several qualified buyers at the table, and you find out what the market really pays. If your offer is already strong, we will tell you.

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What the old fee model would take from your sale

Drag to any sale price. The bars are the fees the traditional models charge the seller. The green bar is ours.

If your practice sold for$2.00M
TRADITIONAL BROKER · 8–10% FLAT$160K – $200K
TYPICAL M&A ADVISORY · 6–10% TIERED$120K – $200K
ESLINGER DENTAL CONSULTANTS · STANDARD DSO TRANSITION$0

Hypothetical sale price. Ranges reflect published 2026 fee guides: flat 8 to 10 percent commissions are the small-practice broker norm, and advisory fees tier down as deals grow, often with monthly retainers added at scale. In our standard DSO transition the acquiring group pays our success fee, so the money above stays in your proceeds. When a deal calls for a formal sell-side engagement instead, the fee is agreed in writing before anything starts, with nothing upfront and no retainer either way.

“What is the catch? Nobody works for free.”

Correct, and we do not work for free either. We earn a success fee, and only when a deal you accept closes. In our standard DSO transition the acquiring group pays it; when a deal calls for a formal sell-side engagement, the fee comes out of the closing proceeds and is agreed in writing before anything starts. Either way you pay nothing to begin: no retainer and no valuation fee, and in our standard DSO transition no exclusivity and nothing owed if you walk away. Buyers pay in most of our deals because EDC deals arrive prepared, diligence runs clean, and closings hold together. You benefit because we only get paid when you say yes to terms you are proud of.

Straight answers

The vocabulary of your deal, translated

DSO deal teams use these words every day. Most sellers hear them once, at the most important table of their career. Walk in fluent.

ADJUSTED EBITDA

Your earnings restated the way a buyer underwrites them: normalized owner compensation, one-time costs removed, and real replacement costs added. This number, times a multiple, is your price. Getting it defended properly is most of the battle.

ROLLOVER EQUITY

Part of your price paid in shares of the buyer instead of cash. It can be the best or worst part of your deal depending on the platform, the class of shares, and the terms. We read the fine print before you sign it.

THE SECOND BITE

When the DSO itself sells or recapitalizes, your rollover equity can pay out again. Whether that is realistic depends on who owns the platform and where they are in their cycle. We give you the honest read, not the brochure version.

QUALITY OF EARNINGS (QofE)

The buyer’s accountants verifying your numbers during diligence. Deals retrade or die here when sellers are unprepared. We build QofE support before going to market, so there are no surprises left to find.

LETTER OF INTENT (LOI)

The moment your bargaining power peaks. Once you sign an LOI you typically agree to stop talking to other buyers, so every important term should be locked before you sign, not negotiated after.

EARNOUT

Price paid later only if targets are hit. Sometimes fair, sometimes a discount wearing a disguise. The difference is in how the targets are defined and who controls the outcome after close.

Your team never knows until you decide.

Confidentiality is not a feature of the process, it is the process. Blind teaser first. NDA before your name. Data room access granted buyer by buyer, phase by phase, and revoked in one click. Staff, associates, and patients hear about the transition from you, on your schedule, with the story you choose.

Two minutes, no name required

Not sure where you stand? Take the readiness check.

Six questions covering the levers buyers underwrite. You get an honest read and a short list of what to work on, and your answers are not sent anywhere.

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