Tracked deals
10
10 tracked deals across 2020-2025.
Dental Buyers & Acquisitions in California
Buyer mix
Mixed buyer set
9 strategic · 7 pe
Top trend
Volume peaked in 2024
3 tracked deals announced in 2024.
Buyer Snapshot
Top Buyers
Illustrative buyers pulled from tracked transactions on this page. This table is capped and intentionally non-exhaustive.
| Buyer | # Deals | Focus | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| O2 Investment Partners | 2 | Midwestern private equity firm investing in lower-middle-... | PE |
| Aquiline Capital Partners LLC | 1 | Private investment firm investing across financial servic... | PE |
| Beacon Oral Specialists | 1 | Management services organization providing practice manag... | Strategic (PE-backed) |
| Blue Sea Capital | 1 | Private equity firm focused on growth-oriented lower midd... | PE |
| Espire Dental | 1 | Integrated Dental Organization / group practice operator ... | Strategic (PE-backed) |
| Frontier Dental Lab Group (rebranded as Denbright Dental Labs) | 1 | Multi-site dental laboratory platform providing dental pr... | Strategic (PE-backed) |
| Frontier Dental Superholdings LLC | 1 | Full‑service, multi‑site dental laboratory platform provi... | Strategic (PE-backed) |
| Gen4 Dental Partners | 1 | Dental Service Organization (DSO) platform providing fina... | Strategic (PE-backed) |
| Golden Age Dental Care | 1 | Provider of mobile dental services focused on senior livi... | Strategic |
| Level Equity Management, LLC | 1 | Private investment firm providing growth capital to rapid... | PE |
Acquisition Volume in Dental in California by Year
Last 5 years
Supporting Data
Recent Transactions
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- Buyer
- Unnamed strategic buyer
- Target
- SF Dental Group
- Industry
- Dental
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Viper Partners advised SF Dental Group on a transformative transaction with an unnamed strategic buyer to create a new dental platform in California. The deal combines SF Dental Group's five locations and 20 dentists with the buyer's operational resources to scale services and expand access to care across the state.
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- Buyer
- Straine Dental Management
- Target
- Regents Dental Group
- Industry
- Dental
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Addon
Straine Dental Management has acquired Regents Dental Group, a La Jolla-based dental practice led by Drs. Stephen Eskeland and Stephen Lockwood, expanding SDM's California footprint. Regents will join SDM's network and leverage the firm's technology ecosystem (including Overjet, Perio Protect, and Sunbit) while maintaining its comprehensive clinical services.
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December 16, 2024
- Buyer
- Golden Age Dental Care
- Target
- Oral Health Care, LLC
- Industry
- Dental
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Golden Age Dental Care has acquired Oral Health Care, LLC to combine Golden Age's mobile dental services with Oral Health Care's virtual platform and expertise serving residents in skilled nursing facilities. The deal is intended to expand access to high-quality dental care for senior living communities and streamline operations by integrating Oral Health Care's in-house software. Keystone Business Advisors served as exclusive M&A advisor to Oral Health Care, LLC.
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September 12, 2024
- Buyer
- Espire Dental, Rallyday Partners
- Target
- Los Gatos Dental Group
- Seller
- Dr. Matthew Diercks, Dr. Liza Karamardian
- Industry
- Dental
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Addon
Espire Dental, a portfolio company of Rallyday Partners, has affiliated Los Gatos Dental Group, a single-location practice in Los Gatos, California. The deal brings the two-owner practice into Espire’s growing network as an add-on to expand its footprint and patient base in the region.
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July 1, 2024
- Buyer
- O2 Investment Partners, Frontier Dental Lab Group (rebranded as Denbright Dental Labs)
- Target
- Frontier Dental Laboratories, NuArt Dental Lab, Burbank Dental Lab, Jason J. Kim Dental Aesthetics, D&S Dental Laboratory, Friendship Dental Laboratories, Absolute Dental Services
- Industry
- Dental
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Addon
Frontier Dental Lab Group, a portfolio company of O2 Investment Partners, has rebranded as Denbright Dental Labs and consolidated seven dental laboratories (Frontier, NuArt, Burbank, Jason J. Kim Dental Aesthetics, D&S, Friendship, and Absolute Dental Services) into a single multi-site platform. The combined business—headquartered in El Dorado Hills, California—employs roughly 700 people across North America and will focus on digital workflow adoption, clinical education, and expanded prosthetics capabilities.
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September 21, 2022
- Buyer
- Gen4 Dental Partners, Thurston Group
- Target
- Bay Area Dental
- Industry
- Dental
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Addon
Gen4 Dental Partners, a Thurston Group portfolio company, has acquired Bay Area Dental, a multi-location dental practice with sites in Los Altos, Mountain View and Cupertino, California. The deal expands the Gen4 platform into the San Francisco Bay Area and adds clinical capabilities including implant, orthodontic and cosmetic dentistry.
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June 1, 2022
- Buyer
- Aquiline Capital Partners LLC, Level Equity Management, LLC
- Target
- Planet DDS
- Seller
- Level Equity Management, LLC
- Industry
- Dental
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Recapitalization
Planet DDS, a provider of cloud-based dental practice management and imaging software, agreed to be recapitalized by Aquiline Capital Partners with existing investor Level Equity rolling a portion of its equity and investing additional capital. The recapitalization will fund Planet DDS's growth plans and accelerate product and market expansion; the transaction is expected to close in Q3 2022.
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- Buyer
- Frontier Dental Superholdings LLC, O2 Investment Partners
- Target
- Burbank Dental Laboratory, LLC
- Industry
- Dental
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Addon
Frontier Dental Superholdings LLC partnered with and made an investment in Burbank Dental Laboratory, a full-service dental laboratory headquartered in Burbank, California. The deal is an add-on to Frontier’s multi-site dental lab platform (which is PE-backed by O2 Investment Partners); Burbank will continue to be led by President Tony Sedler, who will join Frontier’s board.
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August 23, 2021
- Buyer
- Beacon Oral Specialists, Blue Sea Capital
- Target
- Orange County Centers for Oral Surgery, Desert Oral Surgery
- Industry
- Dental
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Addon
Beacon Oral Specialists, a PE-backed management services organization, entered strategic partnerships to affiliate Orange County Centers for Oral Surgery and Desert Oral Surgery, expanding Beacon's presence in Southern California. Beacon is a portfolio company of Blue Sea Capital and the agreements bring additional multi-location oral surgery practices into its network.
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November 10, 2020
- Buyer
- Western Dental & Orthodontics
- Target
- Salwan Dental Group
- Industry
- Dental
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Addon
Western Dental & Orthodontics has acquired Salwan Dental Group, a single-office dental practice located at 2537 South Euclid Avenue in Ontario, California. Dr. Ranjeev Salwan will remain as the managing doctor, and the acquisition raises Western Dental's total California offices to 235 while expanding its network of services including general dentistry, orthodontics and oral surgery. The office will continue to serve Medi-Cal (Denti-Cal) patients as part of Western Dental's affordable care network.
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