Oral Surgery Partners

What Oral Surgery Partners does

Oral Surgery Partners (OSP) is a privately held, majority-surgeon-owned Dental Support Organization (DSO) formed in 2018 by Drs. Michael Parsons and Jeffrey Kratky to provide administrative, operational, marketing, revenue cycle, and mentorship support to independent oral and maxillofacial surgery practices across the United States. The platform is built on the predecessor Midwest Oral Maxillofacial & Implant Surgery practice (founded 2000 in the St. Louis area) and now spans more than 40 partner practices, 80+ locations, 140+ surgeons, and 1,000+ teammates, while remaining over 70% surgeon-owned. OSP's offering is bundled as a "Path to Partnership" program comprising six core services — Surgeon Recruitment, Surgeon Mentorship, Operations Support, Revenue Cycle & Billing Support, Referral Marketing, and Talent Recruitment & Retention — with bespoke, non-publicly-disclosed partnership economics negotiated practice by practice.

OSP's underlying platform combines a centralized operations and technology stack (standardized scheduling, communication, and daily workflow tooling) with a revenue cycle management capability that integrates Lightspeed for third-party insurance verification and an RCM Advisor analytics layer. The technology footprint is operationally rather than clinically differentiated, with AI used only at the margin for website accessibility compliance. The go-to-market motion is a high-touch, enterprise-style partnership sales process led by an EVP of Growth & Development, supplemented by community-driven channels — the annual OSP Summit, oral surgery residency program relationships, and surgeon-to-surgeon referrals — that reinforce the partnership funnel.

OSP generates revenue through managed services economics under long-term partnership agreements with oral surgery practices, supplemented by growth via acquisitions and de novo (greenfield) practice openings. The customer base is exclusively U.S.-based independent oral surgery practices, and the company has been institutionally capitalized with $75M of growth equity from Sheridan Capital Partners (June 2024) to accelerate its acquisition, integration, and multi-state expansion cadence under a new CEO, Sohail Malad, who joined in August 2024 from National Veterinary Associates.

Name

Oral Surgery Partners

Legal name

Oral Surgery Partners®

Website

https://ospartners.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Oral Surgery Partners is a privately held, majority-surgeon-owned Dental Support Organization that partners with independent oral and maxillofacial surgery practices across the United States, providing administrative, operational, revenue cycle, recruiting, and mentorship support through a bundled Path to Partnership platform spanning 40+ practices and 80+ locations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Oral Surgery Practice Management Services

NAICS

Offices of Dentists (621210)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Dental Specialty-Only DSOs (Single-Specialty Platforms) (HLABAKAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Dental Support Services Organizations (Non-Clinical MSO/Back-Office Platforms) (HLABAKAN), Regional/Multi-Region DSO Platforms (Aggregators) (HLABAKAK), Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Group Practices (HLABAKAE)

Keywords

• Oral surgery management
• Dental support organization
• Practice partnership services
• Revenue cycle management
• Surgeon recruitment services

Headquarters

HQ city

Chesterfield

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. DSO Partnership / Management Services: OSP operates as a Dental Support Organization (DSO), entering long-term partnership agreements with oral surgery practices in which it takes on administrative, operational, marketing, RCM, recruiting, and mentorship support in exchange for partnership economics. The platform is majority surgeon-owned (over 70%), aligning incentives around long-term practice growth rather than short-term acquisition upside.
2. Growth & De Novo Expansion: Revenue supported by an Executive Vice President of Growth & Development leading acquisitions, de novo (greenfield) practice openings, and surgeon placement capacity building, scaling a multi-site, multi-state footprint (80+ locations).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Oral Surgery Partners (OSP) is a Dental Support Organization (DSO) that partners with independent oral and maxillofacial surgery practices to provide non-clinical administrative, operational, marketing, recruitment, mentorship, and revenue cycle support. The platform is structured as a long-term partnership rather than a transactional acquisition, with over 70% of the platform remaining surgeon-owned and partner practices retaining clinical autonomy.

Product overview

Oral Surgery Partners (OSP) is a single, integrated partnership platform for oral surgery practices rather than a modular software product. It combines a unified Path to Partnership program with six core partner-facing services — Surgeon Recruitment, Surgeon Mentorship, Operations Support, Revenue Cycle & Billing Support, Referral Marketing, and Talent Recruitment & Retention — bundled under its Partner Benefits Overview and supported by a centralized leadership team (CSO, CEO, COO, CFO, General Counsel, and functional VPs). The offering is majority surgeon-owned (over 70%) and includes parallel Surgeon Careers and Clinical & Support Staff Careers programs for talent acquisition into the network.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Surgeon Recruitment
• Surgeon Mentorship
• Operations Support
• Revenue Cycle & Billing Support
• Referral Marketing
• Talent Recruitment & Retention
• Path to Partnership

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 40 practices, 80+ locations, and 140+ surgeons in the OSP network.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Beacon Oral SpecialistscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 September 2024Beacon Oral Specialists announced a strategic partnership with Oral Surgery Partners in September 2024. The announcement also named Vero Beach Surgical Arts as a separate Beacon partner, indicating a sector-level consolidation alignment between the two oral surgery platforms.
• Firm MediacoreGTM or Marketing PartnerFooter credit on ospartners.com attributes "Strategic Digital Marketing and Design by Firm Media®." Firm Media is an oral surgery marketing agency that supports OSP's website, brand, and digital demand generation.
• Lightspeed (RCM / Insurance Verification)supportingTechnology or IntegrationOSP RCM Advisors train and troubleshoot with partner practices on Lightspeed as the tool for third-party insurance verification within the centralized revenue cycle workflow.
• W3C / WCAG 2.1 Accessibility FrameworksupportingOthersOSP commits its website to WCAG 2.1 AA conformance and runs an AI-based accessibility remediation layer to support blind, motor-impaired, cognitive, ADHD, and other disability profiles.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• US Oral Surgery Management (USOSM): The largest US-based dental support organization exclusively focused on oral and maxillofacial surgery, with a similar partnership-based model supporting independent oral surgery practices. USOSM is OSP's most direct head-to-head competitor in the oral surgery specialty DSO segment, and OSP's CFO previously held a senior role there.
• Beacon Oral Specialists: A national oral surgery specialty DSO that announced a strategic partnership with OSP in September 2024. Beacon is a direct comparable in scale, specialty focus, and partnership model, and is also a strategic relationship partner rather than purely a competitor.

Broad incumbents

• Heartland Dental: The largest US dental support organization, supporting general and specialty dental practices across the country. While not focused exclusively on oral surgery, Heartland is a relevant broad incumbent that competes for executive talent, capital, and downstream referral relationships with OSP.
• MB2 Dental: A large multi-specialty dental partnership organization supporting hundreds of dental practices across the US. MB2 is comparable to OSP in its partnership-based model and centralized services, but operates across all dental specialties rather than focusing on oral surgery.
• Aspen Dental: One of the largest US dental service organizations with hundreds of supported practices and a national brand. While Aspen's model is more retail/DSO-style than surgeon-partnership, it is a broad incumbent that competes for patients, talent, and capital in OSP's end markets.

Emerging players

• Affordable Dentures & Implants: A dental services network focused on dentures and dental implants with affiliated oral surgery capabilities. While narrower than a full-service DSO, Affordable Dentures & Implants overlaps with OSP on implant-driven oral surgery procedures and the patient population they serve.
• Imagen Dental Partners: A dental partnership organization supporting specialty and multi-specialty practices with a partnership model similar in spirit to OSP's. While broader in scope than oral surgery alone, Imagen is comparable in size, philosophy, and growth stage to OSP.

Others

• National Veterinary Associates (NVA): A large PE-backed veterinary services platform that scaled from 350 to 1,000+ locations under OSP's CEO Sohail Malad. NVA is a directly relevant cross-vertical analogue for OSP's specialty-support organization model, demonstrating the playbook OSP's leadership is applying.
• Eyecare Services Partners: A specialty physician services support organization focused on optometry and ophthalmology, where OSP's CFO previously held a senior leadership position. ESP is a cross-vertical analogue for the specialty-only partnership DSO model that OSP operates.
• Advanced Medaesthetic Partners (AMP): A specialty services support organization focused on medical aesthetics that grew to 50+ locations under OSP's CFO Kyle Rizos. AMP is a cross-vertical analogue demonstrating the multi-site specialty support model OSP's leadership team has executed before.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ospartners
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/oralsurgerypartners
• Instagraminstagram.com/ospartnersstl

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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