DSOs are collapsing. DSOs are taking over. Which is it?

In this episode, Dr. Kyle Stanley and Dr. Martin Mendelson cut through the noise around the DSO landscape and bring some actual data to a conversation that's been running almost entirely on emotion. Yes, some large DSOs are facing real financial pressure. Kyle breaks down why: a decade of overpaying for practices at inflated valuations, cheap debt that isn't cheap anymore, and private equity math that only works until it doesn't.

But the "DSOs are taking over dentistry" panic? The numbers don't support it. According to the ADA Health Policy Institute, 73% of dentists still own their practices. DSOs aren't taking over frequency bias is just making it feel that way.

Then there's the quality of care debate. Kyle and Martin have both worked on the lab side. They've seen substan ...