Posts by Author: Melani Seymour
What Happens to Your Dental Practice if You Die or Become Disabled?
Nobody wants to read this one. I understand that, and I will keep it practical. A dental practice is probably one of the two largest assets you own. It is also the most fragile one you own, in a way that a rental property or a share portfolio is not, because its value depends on…
Read MoreWho Owns NVA in 2026—and What It Means if You’re Selling to Them
Key takeaways JAB is the ultimate owner. NVA is the operating company, and published records describe JAB as a privately held investment group controlled by the Reimann family. NVA and Ethos are distinct platforms. The 2023 separation placed general-practice operations with NVA and specialty-and-emergency operations with Ethos, while both remained connected to JAB. The contract…
Read MoreWhen Your Dental Partner Wants Out: Buy Them Out or Sell Together?
The conversation is almost never a surprise by the time it happens. Usually there were months of signals. Fewer days. Less interest in the equipment decision. A slightly different tone about the five-year plan. Then one afternoon your partner says they are thinking about winding down, and a question you had been avoiding becomes the…
Read MoreWhat Should a Veterinary Practice’s Profit Margin Be in 2026?
Key takeaways No universal percentage is defensible: the useful target depends on which profit measure you use and what the practice must fund. The numerator changes the answer: operating profit, normalized EBITDA, and net profit do not measure the same thing. Owner labor still has a cost: treating a working owner’s clinical or management work…
Read MoreReady to Retire but No One to Take Over Your Dental Practice
For about fifteen years, a lot of owners ran the same plan. Hire a young associate. Bring them along. Sell them the practice when the time comes, probably on friendly terms, probably with some seller financing. Everyone wins. The patients keep their dentist, the team keeps their jobs, and the owner walks away knowing the…
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