A 21-minute story about the moment success became the biggest risk I never saw coming, and the lessons that now protect dentists before it’s too late.

 

I built multiple fee-for-service practices to consistent 31% EBITDA.

I taught esthetic dentistry nationwide.

I advised on transitions totaling more than $100 million.

 

Then one deal that looked perfect on paper took it all.

 

The collapse was total.

The rebuild was deliberate.

 

What I learned in those years is what most advisors will never know: where transitions actually break, how culture carries more value than spreadsheets, and what dentists must protect long before the first offer arrives.

 

This is not a cautionary tale.

It is the reason the Foundation Dental Alliance exists.