Dentistry Businesses for Sale in Michigan.
Dental practices are among the most buyer-friendly acquisitions available because the production schedule, the patient base, and the trained staff are all in place before you walk in the door, and patients scheduled months out tend to stay that way.
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Due diligence
What to Look For
Practical guidance from hundreds of real acquisition conversations.
Active Patient Count
- The number of patients seen within the last 18 months is the single most important figure in a dental practice acquisition.
- More active patients means more scheduled production, more recall revenue, and more room to grow without spending heavily on new patient marketing.
- This number is easy to pull from practice management software, and sellers who produce it quickly tend to be organized throughout.
Insurance and Fee Mix
- Get comfortable with how revenue is distributed across payers.
- A practice where a meaningful percentage of patients pay out of pocket or through preferred fee-for-service plans generates better income per visit and less administrative overhead.
- Understand which insurance panels the practice is on and what each payer contributes to total collections.
Associate Dentist on Staff
- When the practice has an associate who handles their own patient days independently, you're buying something more durable than a solo operator's schedule.
- An associate already credentialed on the major insurance panels means the transition stays smooth and revenue doesn't pause while you get approved.
- Ask how long the associate has been with the practice and what their relationship with patients looks like.
Recall System Strength
- Ask what percentage of patients come back for their regular six-month cleanings.
- A well-functioning recall system has built-in production that doesn't require new patient acquisition to sustain itself.
- Hygienists with long tenure who know the patient base by name are a big part of why recall systems work well.
Physical Capacity
- Look at how many operatories are in use versus how many are available.
- A practice with a ready but unused chair represents growth you can pursue without a construction project.
- Treatment room configuration, imaging equipment, and the condition of the physical space all factor into what it takes to run at full capacity.
Valuation
What Should You Expect to Pay?
2x-4x
SDE
Solo dentist, heavily owner-dependent
4x-7x
EBITDA
Associate on staff, strong patient base
The spread depends on active patient count, how much production depends on the selling dentist personally, and the quality of the insurance and fee mix.
What drives a premium
900+ active patients seen within the last 18 months
Associate dentist producing independently on multiple days per week
60%+ of collections from preferred plans or fee-for-service patients
Hygiene recall rate above 70% indicating a healthy, returning patient base
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