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Independent data and analysis for dental practice economics.

Private Practice Research publishes source-cited reports on practice valuations, ownership patterns, and the structural shifts reshaping the U.S. dental market. Every publication carries an Edition ID, a methodology disclosure, and a stable citation URL.

The baseline

Baseline Report · April 26, 2026 · Edition PPR-BASELINE-2026-V1

The State of Dental Practice Values: 2026 Baseline Report

Synthesis of publicly available data from ADA HPI, FOCUS Investment Banking, TUSK Practice Sales, and continuous monitoring of 100+ online dental industry sources establishing baseline benchmarks for dental practice valuations in 2026: ownership trends, the retirement wave, DSO consolidation, and what separates premium from discounted transitions.

Practice valuationOwnership trendsDSO consolidationDental workforce

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Latest publication

Longitudinal Brief · May 17, 2026 · Edition PPR-CLUSTER-E3-2026-V1

Internal Sales: Associate Buy-In Mechanics and Where They Fail

A structured framework for evaluating dental associate buy-in transactions, identifying the five most common failure modes (mispriced minority, financing-structure mismatch, owner exit timeline conflict, production-share misalignment, succession-incompetence misread), and applying the PPR Buy-In Failure Mode Decision Tree to surface early-warning signals 18 to 24 months before transaction collapse.

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Recent publications

Longitudinal Brief · May 17, 2026

Internal Sales: Associate Buy-In Mechanics and Where They Fail

Edition PPR-CLUSTER-E3-2026-V1

Longitudinal Brief · May 17, 2026

Types of DSO Buyers and How Each Prices Your Practice Differently

Edition PPR-CLUSTER-D3-2026-V1

Data Brief · May 15, 2026

What Is a Healthy Overhead Percentage for a Dental Practice in 2026?

Edition PPR-DB-2026-V4

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Forthcoming

Methodology Critique · Q3 2026

Broker Valuation Multiples: A Methodology Audit of the Public Aggregates

Status: Scoping

Longitudinal Brief · Q3 2026

The Independent-Practice Share of US Dental Care, 36-Month Window

Status: Data assembly

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Research areas

Practice Valuation

Methodologies and benchmarks for valuing US dental practices: collections multiples, EBITDA multiples, discounted-cash-flow inputs, and the regional / specialty / size-bucket variation that separates premium from discounted transitions.

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Ownership Trends

Longitudinal analysis of dentist-owner share, generational succession patterns, retirement-wave timing, and the structural shift toward group practice and non-owner employment.

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DSO Consolidation

The dental service organization landscape: formal DSO affiliation, invisible DSO and IDSO partnership structures, private equity capital flow, and the EBITDA multiples driving platform-level acquisitions.

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Workforce

Dentist supply, retirement projections, hygienist availability, gender and demographic shifts, career-span trends, and the workforce inputs that shape the next decade of practice economics.

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Source-cited

Every finding traces to a primary source: ADA Health Policy Institute, FOCUS Investment Banking, TUSK Practice Sales, ADSO, or named industry interviews.

No sponsorship

No advertiser influence, no paid placement, no source compensation. Funding & independence stated in every publication.

Methodology disclosed

Limitations, definitions, and the source-list discipline are documented in /methodology and reiterated per report.

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