Very Dental Extra: IDSOs and the Future of Dental Practice with Chip Fichtner

The Very Dental Podcast Network

"They always talk about how the independent dentists are providing better care than the groups are, the corporate dentistry. Well, that's not necessarily true. If you really study the tools that they have that the independent dentists have not yet adopted, most of the independent dentists are far behind the invisible DSOs and DSOs from a patient care and a technology adoption."

Chip Fichtner, Large Practice Sales

Alan is joined once again by Chip Fichtner of Large Practice Sales to talk about Invisible DSOs. Some of our topics included:

• How did Chip get in to IDSOs?
• Large Practice Sales only represents doctors!
• Why is dentistry a focus for investors?
• Consolidation in mortuary science, veterinary medicine and medicine and how they differ from dentistry
• The "Walmart-ization" of dentistry
• Technology and AI in IDSOs.
• Chip looks into his crystal ball
• Who will buy an average practice (not a large practice)?
• IDSO = full autonomy for owner dentists
• IDSOs and specialists...an interesting fit
• What does a "bad" experience with an IDSO look like?
• What does a "bad deal structure" in an IDSO transaction look like?
• How was COVID good for us?

Does an invisible DSO sound like something that would be a good fit for you? Get in touch with Chip at Large Practice Sales!