With higher inflation, interest rates and cost of capital causing a slow down in dentistry in the first half of 2024, there is a light at the end of the tunnel for one CEO. J. Hedrick, the CEO of Dallas-based Smile Doctors, is optimistic about the gap in prices between practices and DSOs getting smaller with expectations resetting about what sellers can get on the market. Smile Doctors, which supports more than 450 practices, is a big player in the dental M&A space. Mr. Hedrick says that it is important to know when to push for more inorganic growth and when to be patient.
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