5 States With the Most DSO Activity in May 2026
Becker’s Dental Review’s May 2026 roundup identifies several states with notable DSO activity, led by Arizona, Colorado, New York, and Texas. In Arizona, PDS Health opened a new…
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2026 Patient Acquisition Cost Benchmarks: Why Conversion Beats Spend Cuts
Healthcare patient acquisition cost (PAC) ranges from $155 for pediatrics to $610 for cosmetic surgery in 2026, with most of that variance driven by conversion rate, not ad…
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The DSO Rebound: Why 2026 Is the Most Active Dental M&A Year Since 2022
Dental M&A has rebounded strongly in 2026 after a slowdown driven by elevated capital costs, enhanced due diligence, and unrealistic seller valuations. DSOs are aggressively expanding across specialties…
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69% of DSOs Plan More Acquisitions in 2026, TUSK Reports
Sixty-nine percent of DSOs expect their private equity sponsors to push for moderate-to-high increases in acquisition activity in 2026, according to TUSK Practice Sales’ Q2 2026 Dental Market…
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The DSO De Novo Boom: Why Dental Groups Are Choosing New Sites Over Acquisitions
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Dental M&A 2026: Ten Shifts DSO Leaders Must Understand Now
Dental M&A in 2026 has moved from “growth at any cost” to operational discipline, according to new data from TUSK Practice Sales. Although 69% of DSOs plan to…
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Dental Intelligence Engagement Suite Integrates With Denticon to Automate DSO Patient Communication
Dental support organizations using the Denticon practice management system can now access Dental Intelligence’s full Engagement Suite through a native integration, eliminating manual data syncs between the two…
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Four Threats to DSO Growth in 2026: Supply, Rates, Oversight, and Medicaid Cuts
Four structural headwinds are challenging DSO acquisition plans in 2026: low practice supply, elevated interest rates, mounting state legislative oversight, and projected federal Medicaid cuts of $664 billion…
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The Healthcare Call Center Metrics That Predict Revenue: 2026 Benchmarks
Healthcare practices running below a 55% new patient conversion rate lose $270,000–$500,000 annually in preventable revenue, according to Patient Prism’s analysis of 12.5 million patient interactions across dental,…
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10 Data Points Revealing the Widening DSO Performance Gap in 2026
Planet DDS’s “2026 Dental Industry Outlook: Deep Dive” analyzed more than 8,500 dental practices and found a deepening divide: one-third grew by more than 10% last year, while…