Forensic Practice Intelligence
Your practice data is going under a microscope.
Do you know what they'll find?
Buyers normalize every add-back, re-score every KPI, and audit every revenue line. Most sellers don't see the adjustments until the re-trade. We find what they'll find — then fix it before they do.
The Engagement Framework
Find it. Then fix it.
Every PDA engagement follows a two-phase forensic methodology — diagnose the exposure, then build the systems that eliminate it. Both tracks benchmarked against a 2,500-practice national baseline.
Phase 1 — Diagnose
Financial Forensics
EBITDA Normalization & QoE Defense
We extract your raw PMS data, locate unsanitized write-offs and coding anomalies, and benchmark your margins against our national database — before a buyer's QoE team does it for you. The output is a complete forensic map of your Phantom EBITDA exposure: every add-back they'll challenge, every overhead line they'll normalize, every revenue stream they'll discount.
Phase 2 — Remediate
Practice Optimization
Operational Architecture & Revenue Defense
We build the auditable systems that close the gaps forensics exposed. Case acceptance protocols, hygiene margin optimization, collections architecture, schedule density — documented SOPs that replace personality-driven management with owner-independent operations. The output is a practice that proves it runs without you.
Quantify Your Exposure
Stop guessing. Score it yourself.
Two proprietary tools built on the same benchmarking framework we deploy in full engagements. Score your practice in minutes — before a buyer scores it for you.
EBITDA Leakage Calculator
Overhead Structure & Margin Forensics
Score your overhead structure against institutional benchmarks. Identify the exact categories bleeding margin — and quantify the EBITDA you're leaving undefended.
Valuation Calculator
Enterprise Value & Multiple Estimation
Estimate your practice's enterprise value using EBITDA-based methodology with growth, risk, and market adjustment factors. See the number a buyer's model will produce.
The Research Foundation
Built on Operational Reality
The Data Driven Dentist
Latest Intelligence.
Financial Analytics
The Overhead Lie: Why Your Practice's 60% Is Hiding a Valuation Problem
Your 60% overhead looks fine on a P&L. An institutional buyer sees something different entirely. Here's what the benchmarks actually mean at exit — and what they hide.
Industry Insights
Sign Here: What a Seller's Refusal to Provide Documents Actually Signals
When a dental practice seller stonewalls on operational reports during due diligence, the refusal itself is data. Why buying a practice without independent diligence is like buying a car based only on the seller's Carfax.
Financial Analytics
The Defense Gap: How Private Equity Monetizes Asymmetric Diligence in Dental M&A
Buy-side diligence teams spend $1.2-3M per transaction while sellers spend almost nothing. SRS Acquiom data shows 85% of deals face post-LOI adjustments. Here's why the clinical data layer is where dental-specific value extraction happens.
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The Next Step
The diligence team is already building their model.
Are you building yours?
Most founders walk into a transaction assuming their numbers are clean. By the time the QoE report lands, the re-trade is already in motion. The sellers who protect their multiple are the ones who ran the audit first.
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