An invitation-only dinner seminar for Utah practice owners
Your practice is your retirement plan. Is it fundable?
One evening on what a dental practice is actually worth, what buyers really pay for, and what quietly costs you money at the closing table.
- When
- Tuesday, October 27, 2026
- 6:00 PM dinner · 6:45–8:30 PM program
- Where
- Ogden, Utah
- Private dining room — address sent with your confirmation
No charge · Dinner for two · Bring your spouse
Seating is limited to 30 practices.
Reserve your seats
Dinner for two. No charge.
Limited to 30 practices. It takes about a minute.
What you leave with
Every attendee receives a written valuation of their practice.
The same analysis we charge $2,000 and up for — yours whether or not you ever sell, and whether or not you ever work with us.
The program
Four things nobody tells you until the offer is on the table.
- 01
What your practice is worth — and to whom
An individual buyer with an SBA loan and a DSO price the same practice two completely different ways. We walk both models, line by line, on a real Utah practice.
- 02
The five levers that move the number before you list
Hygiene share. How much production runs through your own hands. Payer mix. Lease term. Whether the practice runs without you. All fixable — all slow.
- 03
How to read a DSO offer without a banker at your elbow
Headline price is not the deal. Cash at close, the holdback, the employment term, the management fee. We read an anonymized term sheet together.
- 04
Turning one sale into thirty years of income
Jim Packard on the part most owners think about last: what a lump sum has to do, for how long, and why the year you sell can matter as much as the price.
16.1%
of U.S. dentists work for a DSO — nearly double 2017.
ADA Health Policy Institute, 2024
68.7
average dentist retirement age. In 2001 it was 64.7.
ADA Health Policy Institute
51
average age of a Utah dentist — 4 above the U.S.
Utah Health Workforce Information Center, 2024
Who you will hear from
Bret Blackham
Business Broker & Valuation Analyst
Gainz Growth Partners
Jim Packard
Financial Advisor
Guest speaker
Fair questions
What is the catch?
There is not one, but there is a reason. Bret is a business broker, and he would like some of the owners in the room to think of him when they eventually sell. That is the whole thing. There is no booking table and no pressure close.
I am not planning to sell. Is this for me?
Most owners in the room are not. Nearly everything that raises the value of a practice takes two to three years, so the owners who get the most out of the evening are the ones who are not selling yet.
Can I bring my spouse or a partner?
Please do. Dinner is for two. In most practice sales the decision is made by two people at a kitchen table, and it goes better when both of them heard the numbers first-hand. A practice partner, or an associate you may sell to, is just as welcome.
I already have an advisor or a broker.
Good — bring them. It is a free valuation and a free dinner, and nobody is going to pull them aside.
What happens with the valuation?
The morning after, you get a ten-minute intake. From it we produce a written range with the method shown, what an individual buyer would likely pay against what a DSO would likely pay, and the levers that would move your number most. It is yours. Nothing gets listed, nothing is shown to a buyer, and nobody calls you unless you ask.
Built for owners. If you are an associate without equity, or already under a signed letter of intent, we would rather give your seat to an owner who can use it.
Reserve your seatsTuesday, October 27, 2026 · 6:00 PM · Ogden, UT — address sent with your confirmation