There’s something deeply satisfying about the idea of blowing it all up. We all fantasize, now and then, about erasing the chaos and starting fresh.

No more staff drama. No more insurance nonsense. No more weekends worrying about Monday. No more patients who want champagne results on a dollar menu budget.

Just clean, charred closure.

But in the dental world, that fantasy usually pops up right before burnout hits hard. It’s a warning sign.

You don’t want to destroy your practice. You want to destroy the feeling of being trapped in it.

So here’s what we ask our clients: What if you could keep the good parts… and offload the rest?

What if the practice kept going, but the headaches stopped? What if the next chapter paid you more, demanded less, and let you show up on your terms?

That’s not a fire. That’s a strategy.

Why So Many Dentists Fantasize About a Matchstick Exit

Here are the real reasons dentists want to light the place up (emotionally, of course):

• You’re the only one who can handle the hard cases
• Your staff expects you to be therapist, CEO, and miracle worker
• You haven’t had a real vacation since the pandemic
• You're constantly worried about money despite years of success
• You feel stuck between "I'm not ready to retire" and "I can't keep doing this"

And here’s the kicker: most of those things don’t go away on their own. They either get worse… or they explode.

DSOs know this. They count on it. They wait until you're tired enough to say yes to the first decent-looking deal they throw your way.

There's a Better Way to Burn It Down

Imagine this:

• You get a high 6- or 7-figure cash payment
• You keep working chairside if you want—but without running the business
• You retain equity in the practice, and earn another windfall down the road
• Or, you walk away entirely, knowing the value you built didn't go up in smoke

That’s not destruction. That’s a controlled demolition with a luxury rebuild paid for by someone else. This is what smart dentists are doing. Not the ones who quit. The ones who exit well.

And it starts with getting your practice evaluated the same way a DSO evaluates it: using adjusted EBITDA, not some random percentage of collections from 1997.

Don’t Blow Up What You Can Sell

At Everything DSO, we work with dentists who are:

• Fried to a crisp, but not sure what to do next
• Curious what their practice is worth
• Getting approached by DSOs but don’t trust the process
• Ready to exit in 1-5 years and want a real plan

We help them:

• Get clear on their value
• Match with DSOs that fit, not just pay
• Negotiate deals that protect their freedom, their income, and their sanity
• Avoid the burnout-to-buyout trap DSOs exploit all the time

Our clients don’t settle. They don’t surrender. They walk away with what they earned—or keep working in a way that feels better than ever.

And our fee? Paid by the DSO. Not you.

Burnout Is a Signal. Not a Plan.

Look, if you’re fantasizing about setting fire to the whole thing, you’re not broken. You’re just overdue for a better plan.

We’ve helped dentists like you turn emotional exhaustion into financial liberation. It starts with a quiet conversation—confidential, honest, no pressure.

Light the candle, not the clinic.

Schedule a conversation with us today.

To your unstoppable success,
Your Team at Everything DSO