Here are more than 50 notable acquisitions that have taken place in the dental industry since 2020:
2025
1. Avenel, N.J.-based Eastern Dental Management was acquired by Branford Castle Partners, a private equity firm.
2. Dallas-based Smile Doctors acquired myOrthos, an orthodontic support organization with more than 70 practice locations across 13 states.
2024
1. Patient Square Capital acquired Patterson Cos. for more than $4 billion.
2. MegaGen, a South Korean dental implant company, acquired Biolase’s assets for more than $20 million.
3. Investment firm The Zabel Companies purchased Prospect Heights, Ill.-based Golden Ceramic Dental Lab.
4. Dental technology company OralDNA Labs acquired all assets from Sensible Diagnostics, a salivary diagnostic company.
5. Great Neck, N.Y.-based The Smilist took ownership of Lakeview Dental Care, which has six locations throughout New Jersey.
6. New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Dental365 acquired Legacy Dental Services Organization, a Boston-based DSO with four general dentistry practices and one facial pain practice. It also acquired Ephrata, Pa.-based DSO Dynamic Growth Dental.
7. Benco Dental, a dental supply and equipment company, acquired M&S Dental Supply and A-Dent Dental Equipment.
8. PraticeTek, a provider of healthcare technology solutions, acquired Ora Dental, a dental practice management platform.
9. Boston-based UptimeHealth acquired Dental Whale, a dental practice solution and learning provider company.
10. New York City-based Behrman Capital, a private equity investment firm, acquired Racine, Wis.-based Vista Apex, a dental manufacturer.
11. Denver-based Lone Peak Dental Group acquired Zoo Crew Pediatric Dentistry, which has four offices in Tennessee.
12. A dentist purchased a medical office building in Shrewsbury, Mass., for $2 million.
13. A building housing two dental offices in Wentzville, Mo., was purchased as part of a $3.6 million property deal.
14. New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health acquired two dental practices to expand services in Nassau County, N.Y.
2023
1. New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Dental365 acquired a six-location group practice in Pennsylvania.
2. ICoreConnect acquired the assets of Preferred Dental Services, a dental billing, claims and insurance management company.
3. Four Corners Property Trust acquired three newly built properties, one of which is an Aspen Dental, for $5.2 million.
4. Dental supplier Henry Schein acquired a majority ownership interest in Large Practice Sales, an advisory company to dental practices.
5. P&R Dental Strategies acquired sister companies Dentistat and go2dental.com to improve its services and options for customers.
6. Sarasota, Fla.-based DSO Dental Care Alliance was acquired by Mubadala Investment Co., a sovereign investor based in the United Arab Emirates.
7. Dental software company Planet DDS acquired Cloud 9 Software from investment firm Accel-KKR.
2022
1. Spear Education, a dental education provider, was acquired by private equity firm Avista Capital Partners.
2. BlackRock Long Term Private Capital acquired a majority interest in Lincoln, Neb.-based Paradigm Oral Health.
3. Henry Schein acquired dental supply distributor Midway Dental Supply.
4. Dental software company Planet DDS acquired a cloud-based dental practice management software from NextGen Healthcare, a healthcare software developer.
5. New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Dental365 and Premier Care Dental Management acquired Dental Care New Jersey, an eight location DSO.
6. Straumann Group, a dental equipment and supply manufacturer, acquired a minority stake and invested in dental software company Carestack.
7. Dental electronic data interchange company DentalXChange acquired dental software company ExtraDent.
8. Sonrava Health completed its acquisition of Plymouth Meeting, Pa.-based DSO Mid-Atlantic Dental Partners.
9. Quip, an oral health company, acquired teledentistry company Toothpic.
10. Onsite Dental, an employer-based dental care company, acquired Dental Excellence Partners and entered a partnership with Cano Health.
11. Endo1 Partners acquired Bloomfield, Mich.-based endodontic group Endodontic Associates.
12. Blue Cloud Pediatric Surgery Centers was acquired by The Rise Fund, an investment company of private equity firm TPG.
13. Tempe, Ariz.-based Gen4 Dental Partners acquired Grand Haven, Mich.-based DSO Smile One Services.
14. An affiliate of Beekman Investment Partners IV acquired P&R Dental Strategies.
15. Spark Dental Management acquired Children’s Dental Management along with its 35 locations and five dental surgery centers.
2021
1. Dallas-based Access Dental Management acquired La Cruces, N.M.-based Bridget R. Burris, DDS, PC, a multimillion-dollar dentistry operation.
2. Carmel, Ind.-based dental supply company Envista acquired Carestream Dental’s intraoral scanning business for $600 million.
3. Revenue cycle management company Vyne Dental acquired Onederful, a developer of dental software that connects practices with payers.
4. New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based DSO Dental365 acquired Beacon Dental Health.
5. Wellesley Hills, Mass.-based Sun Life acquired oral healthcare company DentaQuest for $2.4 billion.
6. Dental365 was acquired by private equity firm The Jordan Company through its Resolute Fund.
7. Charlotte, N.C.-based Dentsply Sirona acquired substantially all assets of Milpitas, Calif.-based Propel Orthodontics in an all-cash deal for $131 million.
8. Revenue cycle management company Vyne Dental acquired Operability and the company’s patient engagement platform, OperaDDS.
9. Henry Schein One acquired an 80 percent ownership position in software company Jarvis Analytics.
10. Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.-based National Dentex Labs acquired St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Dental Services Group.
11. Dental peer-to-peer community The Dentist Entrepreneur Organization acquired DSO Secrets.
12. A dental office in Suffolk, Va., sold for almost $2.43 million.
13. Charlotte, N.C.-based Dentsply Sirona acquired Los Angeles-based Byte.
2020
1. Absolute Dental Group acquired Aces Braces and Dental.
2. Effingham, Ill.-based Heartland Dental acquired Southfield, Mich.-based Tru Family Dental, a regional dental support organization consisting of 10 Illinois offices and 13 Michigan offices.
3. Chicago-based Aspen Dental Management acquired ClearChoice Management Services.
4. Align Technology entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Exocad for approximately $420 million in cash.
5. Private equity company Clairvest Equity Partners acquired 50 percent of Newark, N.J.-based The Childsmiles Group.
6. Colgate-Palmolive Co. signed a definitive agreement to acquire Hello Products, an oral care company in the U.S.
