“By most people’s standards, it appeared that my practice would be hard to sell and if it could be sold, the selling price would likely be substantially less than a similar practice in a metro area...”

“My wife, Sue, and I enjoyed our time off from Covid so much in 2020 we thought, ‘hey, we could get used to this!’ We were excited to go ahead and sell our general dentistry practice located in Wooster, Ohio…”

“I am happy as a North Carolina clam now that I sold my endodontic practice in Westerville. But selling it was a real struggle…”

In my view, dentists leave practice ownership for several reasons. Those reasons include: 1) Health, 2) Ready to do other things in life, or 3) Burn out, including dislike for the business side of practice ownership. My story is #3.