Brian recently sat down with Steve Van De Graaff on The Lifestyle Practice Podcast to talk about one of the most consequential — and most misunderstood — financial decisions a dentist will make in their career.
The episode is called “Waiting to Buy a Dental Practice Is Costing You $1.14 Million.” The title is not a headline designed to get clicks. It is the math.
Data from the ADA Health Policy Institute shows that 89 to 90 percent of dentists eventually become practice owners. That number has not really changed. What has changed is the timeline — today’s dentists are waiting nearly five years longer than previous generations to get there, and that delay compounds into real money. For the average associate, the gap between buying at 38 versus 43 is over a million dollars in career earnings.
In this episode, Brian and Steve dig into why dentists are waiting, what student loan debt actually means for your ability to buy a practice (it is probably not what you think), and how to find practices that never make it to a broker’s website. If you are a dental student, an associate, or somewhere in the middle of figuring out your path to ownership, this one is worth your time.
Listen to the full episode here
And if the episode raises questions about what your own timeline to ownership might look like, book a free consultation with our team.
