If you’ve received an unexpected letter or message from someone claiming they’ll pay more than anyone else for your dental practice, you’re not alone. These approaches are becoming more common. The promise sounds tempting – but let’s look at the facts.
Anyone can say they’ll offer the highest price. But unless you actively test the market, there’s no way of knowing whether that promise holds any truth.
To validate such a claim, you’d need to engage with other serious buyers, secure multiple offers, and present those offers back to the original party. Only then could they choose to better it.
Without this process, there’s no benchmark – just blind trust.
In other words, the only way to achieve the true value of your dental practice is to take it to the open market. That means creating interest, managing due diligence, and letting professionals -buyers, lenders, accountants, solicitors – evaluate the opportunity in full. Only through that process can you receive genuine, comparable offers.
Trying to use one buyer to leverage another, without transparency, isn’t just risky – it’s often considered unethical, particularly in professional services. While it may not breach any regulations, it can damage reputations and relationships.
And let’s be clear: selling privately to a single bidder who says they’ll “pay more than anyone else” but hasn’t been compared to anyone else… that’s not a strategy. It’s a gamble.
At Frank Taylor & Associates, we’ve been helping dentists sell their practices since 1988. We know the market inside out, and we work with thousands of buyers who have all been financially pre-assessed. We ensure every offer you receive is based on a fair, informed process – so you can move forward with clarity and confidence.
Because when you put your practice on the open market, you let the profession decide its value.
And in our experience, that’s how you achieve the best price – ethically, transparently, and with complete peace of mind.
