For independent dental practices

Get more new dental patients and keep your practice independent.

You run the practice. We run the work around it. Radi8 is the operations partner for independent dentists. We set up and look after the work that pulls you out of the chair: how patients find you online, your reviews and the routine admin. You stay the owner and the dentist.

Tell us about your practice or start on your own, 30 days free. Looking for a dentist? Find an independent practice.

Independent dentists: one partner across the work outside the chair

Just opened, or been here for years. The pressure is different.

Most practices are a bit of both. We start with what matters most to you.

Opened or bought in the last few years: When you are also the marketer and the billing office

The loan arrived before the patients did. You need the practice found quickly while the debt clock runs. If you bought in, the team and the patients are loyal to the last owner. Corporate groups are recruiting the same young dentists and advertising to the same patients.

"The buyer has all the responsibility but none of the authority to make changes and lead the team." Bill and Christina Blatchford, DentistryIQ

Established practice: Staying independent while DSOs and private equity compete

Your reputation is built. Your margin is not. Costs keep rising while insurance fees stay flat. The hygienist you need is hard to find, and the team you have is stretched. The schedule has gaps, and a DSO keeps calling about buying.

"Revenues are down as practice expenses are up." ADA Health Policy Institute

How to get more new dental patients, without doing it all yourself

These are services our team sets up and looks after for your practice. You see everything and approve anything that goes out under your name.

• Audit. See your practice the way patients do: A plain-language look at your Google listing, reviews, website and local search, and where new patients are slipping away.
• Friction. Clear what stops a patient choosing you: Wrong hours, missing services, a listing that does not match your site. We find and fix the details that cost you the first visit.
• Automation. Routine work, drafted for your OK: Where we set it up for your practice, Olivia, our AI practice manager, drafts routine work like blog posts and other content for your team. Nothing is published, sent to patients or changed in your systems without your approval.
• Growth. Found by the patients near you: Your listing, reviews and local search kept current month after month, so patients find accurate, current details when they look.

A partner that does the work, not another login.

We look first: we review your practice as a new patient sees it and walk you through what we find. We set it up: we start with the biggest gap and take on the work you choose, on top of the systems you already use. You stay the owner: you approve what goes out, see what changed every month, and decide what we take on next.

What independent dentists are up against

• 60% of dentists say they have enough hygienists on staff. 91% of those recruiting call it very or extremely challenging. (ADA Health Policy Institute, 2026)
• 1 in 3 dentists report insufficient patient volume. (ADA Health Policy Institute)
• 1 in 4 dentists up to 10 years out of school were affiliated with a DSO in 2024. (ADA Health Policy Institute)

Stay independent. Get the help.

Tell us about your practice and what's taking your time. We'll tell you plainly where we can help, and where we can't.

Start on your own

Create your account and connect your systems. Your 30-day free trial starts once they are connected and verified.

Looking for a dentist? Search independent practices near you in the Radi8 directory. Practices: your listing is free to claim. Claim your listing

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Photos: Daniel Frank, Peter Kasprzyk, Jon Tyson, Marcelo Matarazzo (Unsplash, CC0 via Wikimedia Commons).