Buy a Practice or Build a Startup? What the Success Rates Actually Say

Maybe you’ve already spent a few years working as an associate in someone else’s practice. Or maybe you’re a dental student, almost done with school.

Either way, that moment is coming — the one where you ask yourself: “Should I build my own practice… or buy one that already exists?”

It’s the classic fork in the road. So, you start doing your research. You watch videos, read blogs, join dentist groups, listen to podcasts… and somehow, the more you dig in, the less clear it all becomes.

Most of the content out there is biased either from people who had a great experience and believe everyone should do the same… or from those who had a rough time and now preach the exact opposite.

We’ve helped dentists do both in markets across the country. And we’re not guessing. We have the real numbers of what actually works better.

We’ve tracked how each path plays out over 1, 3, even 5 years — in small towns, big cities, and everywhere in between. We’ve seen which choices led to multi-million dollar practices and which ones quietly plateaued.

In this webinar you'll learn:

• The real pros and cons of starting from scratch vs. buying an existing practice
• How to evaluate which option fits your financial and personal goals
• Common traps that leave new owners overwhelmed (and how to avoid them)
• What successful dentists actually did to make either path profitable