Who owns the dentists, eye doctors and vets in Plano, TX?

Which Plano practices are private equity backed, corporate-owned or owned by their own clinicians, with the group and a source for each label.

• 344 dental practices: 38 PE-backed or lender-controlled (11%), 4 corporate-owned, 7 in clinician-owned groups and 286 with no known PE ties.
• 131 eye care practices: 11 PE-backed (8%), 9 corporate-owned, 5 in clinician-owned groups and 98 with no known PE ties.
• 14 locations of the vet chains we track: 9 PE-backed and 5 corporate-owned.
• 8 locations of the dermatology chains we track: 6 PE-backed.
• 8 locations of the GI chains we track: 8 corporate-owned.

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Plano dentists

PE-backed 35 PE-backed, now lender-controlled 3 Not PE, corporate-owned 4 Group practice 7 Not confirmed 9 No known PE ties 286

11% of Plano’s dental practices are PE-backed or lender-controlled: about the same as Texas as a whole (13%) and above the US (7%).

The largest group is Heartland Dental, backed by KKR and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, with 8 of the 344 dental practices here.

Keeping a local name but affiliated with a PE-backed group: 1st in Smiles (Star Dental Partners); Advanced Dentistry at Windhaven (Heartland Dental); Craniofacial Pain & Sleep Dentistry, PA (Smile Brands); Donald V. Nix D.d.s., P.A. (U.S. Oral Surgery Management (USOSM)); Family Smiles of Plano (Community Dental Partners); Goldreich Orthodontics - Plano (Southern Orthodontic Partners); Grin Pediatric Dentistry - Plano (MB2 Dental); Gupta Orthodontics - Plano (Southern Orthodontic Partners), and 5 more in the list below.

Groups here: Heartland Dental (8) · PDS Health (formerly Pacific Dental Services) (5) · Sonrava Health (4) · Specialized Dental Partners (4) · Endodontic Practice Partners (4) · Khassa Blanek Dental Group (3) · MB2 Dental (3) · Deca Dental (3) · Star Dental Partners (2) · Elvebak Orthodontics (2) · Community Dental Partners (2) · Southern Orthodontic Partners (2)

More detail on Plano dentists, from our office-by-office check.

Plano eye doctors

PE-backed 11 Not PE, corporate-owned 9 Part of a health system 1 Group practice 5 Not confirmed 7 No known PE ties 98

8% of Plano’s eye care practices are PE-backed or lender-controlled: above Texas as a whole (7%) and the US (6%).

The largest group is MyEyeDr. (Capital Vision Services), backed by Goldman Sachs Alternatives and Charlesbank Capital Partners, with 6 of the 131 eye care practices here.

Keeping a local name but affiliated with a PE-backed group: Brooks Eye & Surgery PLLC (Unifeye Vision Partners (UVP)); Legacy Vision PA (AEG Vision (formerly Acuity Eyecare Group)); Lone Star Vision (MyEyeDr. (Capital Vision Services)); Midway Eye Associates (MyEyeDr. (Capital Vision Services)).

Groups here: MyEyeDr. (Capital Vision Services) (6) · Visionworks (4) · AEG Vision (formerly Acuity Eyecare Group) (3) · Allied Eye Associates (2) · National Vision Holdings (2) · North Texas Eye & Facial Specialists (2) · Unifeye Vision Partners (UVP) (1) · Milburn Eye Center (1) · Texas Eye and Cataract (1) · Eye Exam Pros (1) · Key-Whitman Eye Center (1) · LasikPlus (LCA-Vision) (1)

More detail on Plano eye doctors, from our office-by-office check.

Plano vets

PE-backed 9 Not PE, corporate-owned 5

The largest group is Banfield Pet Hospital, owned by Mars Veterinary Health rather than a PE firm, with 2 of the 14 chain locations here.

Keeping a local name but affiliated with a PE-backed group: Custer McDermott Animal Hospital (VetCor); Ohio Drive Animal Hospital (Western Veterinary Partners).

Groups here: Banfield Pet Hospital (2) · CityVet (2) · Ethos Veterinary Health (2) · Western Veterinary Partners (2) · VCA Animal Hospitals (2) · VetCor (1) · Thrive Pet Healthcare (1) · Vetco Total Care (Petco) (1) · National Veterinary Associates (NVA) (1)

We track the vet chains and groups, not every independent practice, so a practice not listed here hasn’t been checked.

Plano dermatologists

PE-backed 6 Not confirmed 2

The largest group is Platinum Dermatology Partners, backed by Sun Capital Partners and Sterling Partners, with 5 of the 8 chain locations here.

Groups here: Platinum Dermatology Partners (5) · U.S. Dermatology Partners (2) · Dallas Associated Dermatologists (1)

We track the dermatology chains and groups, not every independent practice, so a practice not listed here hasn’t been checked.

Plano GI doctors

Not PE, corporate-owned 8

The largest group is Digestive Health Associates of Texas, owned by GI Alliance rather than a PE firm, with 5 of the 8 chain locations here.

Groups here: Digestive Health Associates of Texas (5) · Texas Digestive Disease Consultants (3)

We track the GI chains and groups, not every independent practice, so a practice not listed here hasn’t been checked.

Every listed practice in Plano

† From an individual dentist’s or doctor’s NPI record; it may not be an open office.

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