Is That Dental Practice Part of a DSO?
Type a practice name and get an affiliation verdict backed by public records: brand matches, location directories, shared registry officials, and more. Free, 10 checks a day.
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See founding pricingThe six signals behind a verdict
ProviderSignal canonicalizes 200+ DSO brands across state-by-state legal-entity variations and checks every practice against six independent public-record signals. The full methodology is written up in How we measure DSO affiliation.
Brand name match
The practice or entity name matches one of 200+ canonicalized DSO brands, across the legal-entity spelling variations states file.
DSO location directories
The address appears in a national DSO's own published location directory.
Shared registry officials
The NPI registry's authorized official for the practice also represents other locations of a known DSO.
Shared phone networks
The practice shares its registry phone number with other locations operating under one brand.
Address co-location
Providers at the address already carry a DSO affiliation from the other signals.
Multi-location entities
One organization operates several distinct practice addresses, which marks a group even when no national brand is involved.
Working at cluster scale? DSO acquisition teams, brokers, and CPAs use the full product for location rosters, sibling providers, and exports, and AI agents can call the per-lookup agent API.
Frequently asked questions
How do I find out if a dental practice is part of a DSO?
Type the practice name into the lookup above. ProviderSignal checks it against six public-record signals, including DSO location directories, NPI registry officials, and 200+ canonicalized brand names, and returns a verdict with the signal behind it.
How accurate are the verdicts?
Each verdict names the public-record signal it rests on, and the engine is tuned to predict how a practice buys supplies rather than to maximize flag counts. It is a floor, not a ceiling: some affiliations leave no public trace, so a practice with no flag may still be affiliated. Corrections are welcome at support@providersignal.com.
Is this lookup free?
Yes, 10 checks per day. Bulk affiliation data, location rosters, sibling providers, and exports are part of ProviderSignal's paid plans, and AI agents can call a per-lookup API.
Why does DSO affiliation matter?
Supply purchasing, practice valuations, and referral dynamics all change when a practice joins a DSO. Reps route around corporate purchasing, brokers price differently, and CPAs benchmark differently.