The dental industry has long attracted lenders and investors – with the first wave of public company Dental Support Organizations (DSOs) in the 1990s and a second wave of private equity investment starting in the mid-2000s – and it remains an area ripe for both investment and innovation. To this day, DSO transactions have steadily, albeit quietly, continued to close in the middle market and lower middle market. Although the dental sector commands one of the largest, if not the largest, market share of investor-backed healthcare provider companies, DSOs often are omitted from 2025 analyst and media reports on “hot” investment areas.
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