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Data-driven analysis from ProviderSignal's dental market intelligence platform. Real numbers, real insights.
The Dental M&A Industry Has a Data Gap Nobody Talks About
Trade press talks endlessly about DSO consolidation, PE entry, and silver tsunami. Nobody publishes how much time biz dev teams burn on manual research, or how much lead time practice sellers give the market before listing. Those two numbers are the missing pieces of the M&A efficiency conversation. We're publishing the first measurements.
3,585 Texas Dentists Are Over 60. Here's What DSO Teams Need to Know.
Using ProviderSignal data, we identified 3,585 Texas dentists with estimated ages over 60. This cohort represents the largest near-term acquisition opportunity in the state, with 1,670 licenses expiring within 24 months.
272,717 Dental Providers: What We Learned Building a National Provider Database
We processed the entire NPI/NPPES bulk file (9.3GB, 7.8M records) to extract 272,717 dental providers across all 50 states. Here's what it took, and how the matching algorithm evolved from 22% to 47% license match rates.
647 Dental Shortage Areas in Texas: Where the Whitespace Is
HRSA designates Health Professional Shortage Areas across the country. Texas has 647 dental HPSA designations spanning 220 counties. We mapped DSO coverage against shortage designations to find where organized dentistry is still catching up.
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