Associate Recruiting & Ownership

Associate Recruiting

Grow your practice with associates who become owners

A clear dental associate path to ownership: we help you recruit, onboard, and transition associates into equity partners, with a path both sides agree to upfront.

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How we help you add doctors who become owners

The problem

Adding a doctor is the biggest growth lever a practice has, and the hardest one to pull.

You are maxed out clinically, but adding a doctor feels risky: cost, culture fit, and the fear of training a future competitor
Good associates leave because no one offers them a real path to ownership. DSOs offer a salary, not equity
Buy-ins break down when terms are vague or decided late, and owner-associate disputes have no neutral referee
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What we do

From the first interview to the day an associate becomes a partner, with the terms written down at hire.

Recruiting team: sourcing, interviewing and vetting associates through dental schools, our partner network and targeted outreach, plus office manager recruiting
Competitive offers: we structure the associate’s compensation and offer so you can win good doctors
Economics review: what a second or third doctor does to fixed-cost coverage, chair utilization and owner profit, before you hire
Standard hire-to-ownership path: associates are eligible to buy in after one year, with milestones and terms written down at hire
Agreements and buy-in structures: associate and partnership agreements, financial models and valuations based on industry-standard revenue and profit multiples
New-doctor onboarding: training on systems, workflows and leadership, plus credentialing and insurance enrollment
Third-party dispute resolution: a neutral process when owner and associate disagree

What you keep

You choose who joins, set clinical standards, and approve every term. The associate’s equity comes from your share on terms you set, not from a corporate parent.

You choose who joins
You set clinical standards
You approve every term
Equity comes from your share, on your terms
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Selling equity to an associate can raise your profit

One doctor at capacity carries every fixed cost alone. Two doctors share them.

One doctor at capacity: every fixed cost rests on one schedule
Two doctors: fixed costs are shared across more production
Better chair utilization and fixed-cost coverage
Our bank partnerships help the associate finance the buy-in

The path to ownership

Agreed upfront, so nobody is guessing.

Hire: milestones and terms written down on day one
Onboard: training, credentialing and insurance enrollment
Year one: the associate becomes eligible to buy in
Buy-in: valuation on industry-standard multiples, financed through our bank partners
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Frequently asked questions

Associates are eligible to buy in after one year. The milestones leading up to it are written down at hire, so both sides know the path from day one.

Accelerate values the practice using industry-standard revenue and profit multiples. Our bank partnerships help the associate finance the buy-in.

Not necessarily. A second doctor shares the practice’s fixed costs and improves chair utilization, so selling equity to an associate can raise your profit. We model the economics with you before you hire.

There is a neutral, third-party dispute resolution process for exactly that situation.

The expectation is set at hire, so both sides know from the start whether ownership is part of the plan.

Yes. We recruit through dental school relationships, our partner network, and targeted outreach in each market.

"Accelerate is a partner that helps you run your business, your HR, your marketing, and just overall helps you run a better, more efficient and effective dental practice."

Dr. Corbin Stringfellow

Ready to add a doctor?