Heartland Dental Acquires American Dental Partners (ADPI)
May 14, 2021
Heartland Dental, the Effingham, Illinois-based dental support organization majority owned by KKR, signed an agreement to acquire American Dental Partners (ADPI), a Wakefield, Massachusetts–based DSO that supports 23 dental group practices and roughly 278 locations. ADPI, a portfolio company of JLL Partners, will join Heartland’s network (creating a combined footprint of over 2,300 supported dentists and more than 1,400 locations); the deal is structured as an add-on to Heartland’s KKR-backed platform and is expected to close in Q2 2021 subject to customary conditions.
- Buyers
- Heartland Dental, KKR
- Targets
- American Dental Partners (ADPI)
- Sellers
- JLL Partners
- Platforms
- Heartland Dental
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- Massachusetts, United States
- Transaction Type
- Addon
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