An independent research institute for dental practice economics.

What Private Practice Research publishes

Reports synthesize publicly available data from the ADA Health Policy Institute, FOCUS Investment Banking, TUSK Practice Sales, ADSO industry aggregates, and primary interviews with industry practitioners. The editorial frame is descriptive, not prescriptive: data are presented and readers draw conclusions.

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Reports are prepared by the Private Practice Research Team, organized into three desks:

• Methodology Desk — source selection, definitions, validation protocols, limitations disclosure
• Editorial Desk — structural review, citation discipline, voice consistency, publication standards
• Data Desk — primary-source extraction, cross-source verification, chart and table production

Editor of Record and Advisory Board appointments are forthcoming and will be listed here as they are seated. Editorial decisions until those positions are seated are made by the research team under standing methodology guidelines documented at /methodology.

Editorial independence and funding

Private Practice Research accepts no revenue from practice brokers, dental service organizations, transition-advisory firms, dental product or equipment manufacturers, or any commercial party with a financial interest in the transactions the institute studies. No source profiled in any publication compensates the institute for inclusion or favorable treatment. The institute does not list practices, does not represent buyers or sellers, and does not collect fees from any participant in a dental practice transaction. Methodology and limitations are disclosed in every publication.

Operating costs are covered by private contributions from individual dental professionals. Per-publication funding statements appear above the endnotes of every report. Any future external funding will be disclosed at both the institutional level (this page) and the per-publication level.

Editorial standards

• Every numeric claim cites the underlying primary source within the same paragraph or table.
• Where two reputable series disagree, both are reported with the spread noted.
• Quotations are confirmed against original transcripts or published material; speaker, outlet, and date are recorded.
• Every report carries a suggested citation, a four-format citation export, an Edition ID, and a stable URL.
• Reports are also published as a clean text mirror at /<slug>.txt for direct citation by AI search engines and journalists.

Conflict-of-interest policy

Private Practice Research does not list practices, does not represent buyers or sellers, and does not collect fees from any participant in a dental practice transaction. The institute holds zero commercial relationships with dental brokers, dental service organizations, transition advisory firms, or industry consultants whose business outcomes depend on the publications studied.

Updates and corrections

Errors of fact are corrected in-line on the affected report with a dated note. Material methodological revisions trigger a versioned republication; prior versions remain accessible at their original URL with a banner pointing to the current edition.

Cited & Featured

Citations of Private Practice Research findings in academic publications, trade press, and policy documents will be listed here as they accumulate. The institute considers reciprocal citation a first-class trust signal.

To inform the institute of a citation or feature, write to press@privatepracticeresearch.org.

Contact

Press, research collaboration, methodology questions, or correction requests: press@privatepracticeresearch.org.