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'26 Dental Practice Sellers Guide

The Difinitive Guide To Selling Your Dental Practice

Download the free 2026 Dental Practice Seller’s Guide and get a clear, step-by-step roadmap to selling with confidence — and keeping more of what you’ve built.

Built by 1st Med Transitions, a dental-only brokerage that helps practice owners sell smarter, faster, and for top value.

What You’ll Learn

  • What your practice is actually worth in 2026 — and the factors that drive value up (or down)
  • When to sell and when to wait so you don’t leave money on the table
  • How buyers and lenders evaluate practices today
  • The exact 9-step sale process from valuation to closing
  • How deals are financed in the real world (mostly conventional lending, not SBA)
  • The most common mistakes sellers make — and how to avoid them
  • How to protect your staff, patients, and legacy during transition

Bottom line: This guide gives you clarity before you make any big decisions.

You’ll get a full PDF playbook that includes:

  1. 2026 dental practice sales market overview
  2. Pre-sale preparation steps and checklist
  3. Valuation methods explained in plain English
  4. Marketing and buyer-screening strategy
  5. How to choose the right broker (and what to avoid)
  6. Conventional financing roadmap and what lenders expect>
  7. Legal and due-diligence guide
  8. Transition planning best practices
  9. The most common seller mistakes — and how to avoid them
  10. Clear next steps if you choose to sell

Why This Guide Is Different

Most seller guides are generic. This one isn’t. We built this using real practice sales happening right now — and the same strategy we use with our private seller clients.

At 1st Med Transitions, we sell dental practices every month, so this guide reflects what actually works in today’s market


Why Sell With 1st Med?
  • Expert Transition Advisors
  • Free Practice Valuations
  • Save With 5% - 7% Commission
  • Short-Term Listing Agreements
  • Modern Marketing = More Buyers
30 +

years of industry experience

351

satisfied clients and counting

$554 Million

in closed practice transactions

What Our Seller's Have To Say

  • Dr. Brian Glover, DDS

    sold his practice in Raleigh, NC

    "I can honestly say that I have zero regrets.

    I can’t imagine why anyone would go with one of the large ‘Old School’ brokers that wanted to charge me twice as 1st Med Transitions."

  • Dr. Najib Adi, DMD

    sold his practice in Gainesville, VA

    "The professionalism, patience and tolerance David demonstrated... was remarkable.

    His commitment to our practice well-being and our professional future well-being was truly unmatched"

  • Dr. Martha Murphy, DDS

    sold her practice in Gaithersburg, MD

    "Mike is proof that you don't need a broker who lives in your immediate area. I would highly recommend him and 1st Med Transitions."

  • Dr. Ricardo Guillen, DDS

    sold his practice in Portland, TX

    "I am very grateful to 1st Med Transitions and, especially, to Mr. David Goldstein for the relentless effort he dedicated in selling my dental practice in a very short amount of time."

  • Dr. Oqba Tujjar, DMD

    sold his pracitce in Odenton, MD

    "I have worked with other brokers in the past but working with David was a true pleasure.

    He managed to make an inherently stressful process as smooth as possible and was consistent in sincerely seeking my best interest every step of the way."

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