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Edgemont Partners Advises Amazing Dental Group on its Sale to Great Expressions, a Portfolio Company of Roark Capital

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Transaction is Edgemont’s Fourteenth Clinician Services transaction in the last three years

NEW YORK, NYJanuary 5, 2022Edgemont Partners (“Edgemont”), a premier healthcare investment bank and a leading M&A and capital raising advisor exclusively serving healthcare companies, announced that it acted as exclusive financial advisor to Amazing Dental Group on its sale to Great Expressions, a portfolio company of Roark Capital. Amazing Dental Group is a leading dental services organization in the Detroit metropolitan area. The terms of the transaction, which closed on December 30, 2021, were not disclosed. Edgemont’s deal team was led by Brett Skolnik, Managing Director.

Amazing Dental Group established its first office in Wyandotte, Michigan in July 2018 and is one of the fastest-growing DSOs in the Midwest. Currently, the Company employs 28 dentists and hygienists and delivers state-of-the-art care across 4 locations in the Detroit metropolitan area. Dawsar Najor, Co-Founder and CEO of Amazing Dental Group, will serve as Vice President, Enterprise Transformation of Great Expressions. Dr. Nawras Najor, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer of Amazing Dental Group, will serve as a Clinical Director of Great Expressions.

Amazing Dental Group’s sale to Great Expressions marks Edgemont’s fourteenth Clinician Services transaction in the last three years. Other recent transactions include the sale of Michigan Institute of Urology to Solaris Health, the sale of Tennessee Retina to Retina Consultants of America, the sale of Progressive Vision Institute to SightMD, growth investment in Mindful Health Solutions by Norwest Venture Partners, recapitalization of Quigley Eye Specialists by New Harbor Capital, the sale of Arizona Dermatology to West Dermatology, and the sale of Spine Nevada to HopCo. Edgemont is the leading investment banking firm advising independent clinician practices and private equity-backed clinician services companies on strategic alternatives, including mergers, acquisitions, sales, and private equity recapitalizations. Edgemont’s Clinician Services group serves practices across a broad range of office-based and hospital specialties, including outpatient mental health services, orthopedics / musculoskeletal care, cardiovascular care, dental, dermatology, ophthalmology, urology, urgent care, primary care, psychiatry, gastroenterology, rheumatology, pain management, women’s health / OB-GYN, and fertility as well as emergency medicine, hospitalist medicine, anesthesiology, and radiology.

About Amazing Dental Group

Amazing Dental Group is a rapidly growing dental services organization with practices in the greater Detroit market focused on providing the highest level of dental care. For more information, please visit amazingdentalgroup.com.

About Great Expressions

Great Expressions Dental Centers provides access to affordable dental care delivering both quality and convenience within its dental offices in nine states. Great Expressions has been a leader in preventative dental care, orthodontics, and specialty care for over 45 years. For more information, please visit greatexpressions.com.

About Edgemont Partners

Now in its 21st year, Edgemont ranks among the most active and best-performing independent healthcare M&A and financial advisors in the U.S. We focus solely on providing expert strategic advice and transaction execution to healthcare and life sciences companies, bringing a steadfast commitment to our clients, driven always to prioritize their best interests. Edgemont’s principals have executed 185+ transactions with an aggregate value of $80 billion+.

For more information on Edgemont and how we can best serve you, contact Ben Hughes at +1 (646) 632-3967, or visit our website at www.edgemont.com.

Investment banking services are provided by Edgemont Capital Partners, LP, a registered broker-dealer and member of FINRA and SIPC.