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Your Accountant Is Wrong About Dental Acquisitions
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If you're buying a dental practice, be very careful about listening to advice from accountants. Accountants are great for taxes, but they don't understand how dental practices actually work. In this video, I break down why financial statements alone can't tell you if a practice is worth buying, and how the wrong advice can cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars.
What we cover:
- Why accountants don't understand dental practice acquisitions
- The fundamental trap of assuming buyer production = seller production
- Why "unprofitable" practices can be goldmines for buyers
- How older sellers slow down and stop treatment planning
- Using a 500-practice database to spot over-treatment red flags
- Why the most profitable practices on paper can be the worst to buy
- The danger of buying a practice with no patients
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0:00 Intro
1:02 The Fundamental Trap: Seller vs. Buyer Production
2:28 Why Older Sellers Stop Treatment Planning
4:56 Goldmine vs. Overcrowded: Real Examples
5:32 The 500-Practice Database and Crown Ratios
6:09 Gross Negligence and Over-Treatment
7:27 Buying a Practice with No Patients
8:57 Key Takeaway