Dental Cipher — Decode the Deal

Practice Acquisition Intelligence

Decode the Numbers Decode the Lease De Novo Projector

The broker said 15% Medicaid. The reality was 42–61%.
That gap cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Dental Cipher exists because no dentist should buy a practice blind.

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The Problem

Most practice acquisitions are closed on incomplete data.

Brokers represent sellers. Numbers get stated, not verified. The dentist absorbs the risk.

Broker-Stated Payer Mix

15%

Medicaid / government-funded

Verified Actual Payer Mix

42–61%

Medicaid / government-funded

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Result: Dramatically lower net collections, restructured operations, and active legal claims — all discoverable with the right analytical tools before closing.

// Impact Analysis — Payer Mix Misrepresentation

Stated

15%

Actual

42%

Financial Impact

$XXXk+

Interactive Demo

See what Dental Cipher would have caught.

Enter the deal numbers below. The analyzer flags risk in real time.

// Module 01 — Decode the Numbers

Stated Medicaid / Government Mix (%)

Actual Medicaid / Government Mix (%) if known

Asking Price ($)

Annual Collections — Stated ($)

// Risk Assessment Output

Overall Risk Score

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AWAITING INPUT

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Enter deal data to begin analysis Dental Cipher will flag payer mix risk, valuation anomalies, and key financial red flags.

Platform Modules

Three tools. One blind spot eliminated.

Built for dentists buying a practice, starting from scratch, or negotiating a lease — by a dentist who built it out of necessity.

Decode the

Numbers

The acquisition analyzer that catches what brokers don't disclose. Payer mix verification, valuation stress-testing, and red flag detection before you sign.

Payer mix gap analysis
Net collection rate benchmarking
Valuation multiple stress test
Acquisition risk scoring

Decode the

Lease

Upload your commercial lease and get plain-language analysis of escalation clauses, exclusivity terms, exit provisions, and financial exposure you may have missed.

Escalation clause detection
Personal guarantee exposure
Exclusivity & co-tenancy review
Plain-language risk summary

De Novo

Projector

Financial viability modeling for dentists opening a new practice from scratch. Know your break-even, cash flow timeline, and whether your location and plan actually work — before you sign anything.

Break-even production calculator
SBA startup loan modeling
Months to cash flow positive
Startup Viability Score

Why This Exists

Built from a
$XXXk mistake
no one should repeat.

In 2024, Dr. Brandy Herring, DMD purchased a dental practice in Cary, NC. The broker represented the payer mix at approximately 15% Medicaid. Post-acquisition data revealed the actual figure was 42–61% — a misrepresentation that restructured the entire financial picture of the practice.

The tools to catch it didn't exist in a form accessible to a solo practitioner going through acquisition. So she built them.

180%

Payer mix understatement

10yr

Statute of limitations on fraud

Dentist who decided to build a solution

Other dentists who should face this alone

The numbers were right there in the data — the Medicaid claims, the fee schedules, the reimbursement rates. I just didn't have a tool that knew what to look for and how to present it. Dental Cipher is that tool.

Dr. Brandy Herring, DMD · Founder, Dental Cipher · Owner, Nouveau Smile Studio

Also founder of

Nouveau Smile Studio

// Free Buyer Resources

Two free guides to read before you make an offer.

Guide 01 — Valuation

How to Value a Dental Practice

Collections verification, payer mix, equipment age, location factors, debt service modeling, and the walk-away framework.

Read the Guide →

Guide 02 — P&L Analysis

How to Read a Dental Practice P&L

What a P&L hides, how to find add-backs, and how to recast a real $1.4M practice to reveal true buyer cash flow.