Before you sign with a broker, get an independent, conflict-free read on what your practice is worth and how the process really works. We prepare you — so every conversation afterward starts from clarity.
25+
Years combined healthcare M&A
200+
Deals reviewed from the buy side
100%
Independent & conflict-free
$0
Listing agreements — none, ever
A brief introduction to how First Move Advisors helps dental practice owners prepare with clarity before choosing a broker or buyer.
Dental practice owners are approached by brokers constantly, but rarely have an independent, informed voice in their corner before they sign.
The moment you sign with a broker, you’re often locked into a one- to two-year non-compete.
By the time many owners learn what their practice is really worth and how the process actually works, the pivotal choices are already behind them.
It doesn’t have to go that way.
Our work is done before the transaction begins. We prepare you so every conversation afterward starts from a position of clarity — and we work for the seller, full stop.
There are excellent brokers and buyers out there. When you’re ready, we help you choose the right one for your practice’s size, type, specialty, and geography. We’re the independent preparation step that comes first.
Where you are today
Considering a sale
First Move Advisors
Independent preparation
Broker or buyer
The right fit for you
Transaction
From a position of clarity
A clear, low-risk path from first conversation through preparation, going to market, and closing readiness, built entirely around your interests as the seller.
You're considering a sale and want to know where you stand. We analyze your practice the way a buyer would (financials, operations, market position) and show you what it's worth. It always starts with a free conversation.
Always free to start
We normalize your financials and organize your data room, the financial and operating materials a buyer will ask for, so your practice is ready well before it goes to market. Fixed fee, no strings.
Fixed fee, no strings
We help you choose the right path: the right broker, buyer, or partner for your practice's size, type, specialty, and geography. You decide who represents you.
We work for the seller
As you go to market, we keep your data room answer-ready and help you stay organized through diligence toward a clean close. We prepare you; we don't replace your broker, attorney, or lender.
Prepared through closing
A DSO or private-equity buyer evaluates your practice through a specific lens: normalized earnings, operational efficiency, growth potential, and risk factors. You should see that same picture first.
Your free valuation is built the way an experienced buyer would build it, so you walk into every conversation knowing what your practice is truly worth and why. It is a considered, advisor-prepared range we develop after reviewing your numbers, not an instant online estimate.
Financial normalization
Recast owner add-backs to reveal your practice's true earnings.
EBITDA calculation
Establish the operating profitability buyers actually price on.
Operational benchmarking
See how your practice compares on efficiency and growth.
A defensible valuation range
A number you understand and can stand behind — first.
A number tells you what your practice is worth. A readiness assessment tells you how prepared you are to capture it. After we review your information, First Move gives you a scored readiness assessment across the preparation dimensions buyers weigh most, so you can see your strengths and the gaps worth closing before you go to market.
Your advisor walks you through the assessment personally. It reflects your specific practice, not an automated result or a generic checklist.
Clean, normalized financials that show your true earning power and hold up to buyer scrutiny.
Your systems, staffing, and records organized into a data room a buyer can actually work through.
How much of the practice runs through you, and what a buyer needs to see to trust it continues without you.
The materials, expectations, and timeline in place so you can move when the right opportunity appears.
First Move Advisors brings the buy-side perspective to your side of the table — independent, conflict-free, and focused entirely on preparing you to sell well.
25+ years
Combined healthcare M&A experience across the table from buyers and sellers.
200+ deals
Reviewed from the buy side — we know exactly how acquirers think and price.
Independent
Conflict-free advice. We don't take listing fees and we don't represent buyers.
No listing agreements
Fixed-fee preparation with no long-term lock-in and no strings attached.
Straight answers to what dental practice owners ask us most.
An independent, no-pressure look at where your practice stands — before you talk to a single broker.
