Australasian Dental Group

What Australasian Dental Group does

Australasian Dental Group (ADG) is a privately-held dental practice partnership organization founded in 2014 by a group of dentists and headquartered in Willetton, Western Australia. ADG partners with dental practice owners via flexible partnership structures, allowing practitioners to retain clinical autonomy while offloading non-clinical functions to ADG's centralized support team. The group's core value proposition is "founded by dentists for dentists," explicitly avoiding long-term contract lock-ins and offering either equity-unlock arrangements for sellers or ongoing management support for partners who retain clinical involvement.

The company's product surface is twofold: (a) a partnership model that delivers centralized back-office services — including administration (HICAPS, Medicare, property maintenance), accounting, payroll, HR, IT help desk, marketing (Google AdWords, online advertising, print, social), and web/graphic design — and (b) a network of 16 partner dental clinics across Western Australia, Queensland, and New South Wales, supported by a Member Portal at ausdentalgroupportal.com. ADG distributes through a sales-led GTM targeting dental practitioners via Expression of Interest forms and direct meetings with the executive team; it also supports patient acquisition for partner clinics through multi-channel marketing.

Revenue mechanics are managed-services in nature: ADG provides its support infrastructure to partner clinics in exchange for partnership stakes or management fees. Pricing to patients is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, consistent with dental-sector norms. The company operates three offices (Willetton HQ, Osborne Park WA, Bondi Junction NSW), employs 101-250 staff, and discloses no external funding rounds or institutional investors, suggesting founder/operator ownership with organic growth.

Name

Australasian Dental Group

Legal name

Australasian Dental Group

Website

https://ausdentalgroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Australasian Dental Group is a privately-held dental practice partnership organization operating a network of 16 partner clinics across Western Australia, Queensland, and New South Wales, offering dentists clinical autonomy alongside centralized admin, IT, HR, and marketing support.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Dental Practice Management Services

NAICS

Offices of Dentists (621210)

akta.pro primary industry

Dental Support Services Organizations (Non-Clinical MSO/Back-Office Platforms) (HLABAKAN)

akta.pro secondary industry

General Dentistry Group Practices (HLABAKAB)

Keywords

• Dental practice partnership
• Dental support services
• Practice management solutions
• Dental clinic network
• Healthcare administration services

Headquarters

HQ city

Osborne

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Dental Practice Partnership Revenue: Revenue generated through partnership arrangements with dental practices. The group provides support services including admin, accounting, payroll, HR, IT, and marketing to partner clinics in exchange for partnership stakes or management fees.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Australasian Dental Group operates a dental practice partnership model where dentists maintain clinical autonomy while receiving centralized back-office support. The group provides a network of 16 partner dental clinics across three Australian states and offers comprehensive support services including administration, accounting, payroll, HR, IT, marketing, and web/graphic design to partner practices.

Product overview

Australasian Dental Group operates as a dental practice partnership organization offering a unified platform combining flexible partnership models with comprehensive support services. The core offering includes the ADG Partnership Model (enabling dentists to maintain clinical autonomy with organizational support), a network of affiliated dental clinics across Western Australia, Queensland, and New South Wales, centralized Support Services (Admin, Accounting, Payroll, HR, IT, Marketing, Web/Graphic Design), and a Member Portal. The group was founded by dentists to deliver clinical excellence and the best possible patient experiences through a partnership framework.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ADG Partnership Model
• Centralized Support Services
• Member Portal

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Dentistry on MarlstoncoreOthersPartner dental clinic located in Bunbury, Western Australia. Clinic was renovated upon partnering with ADG. Part of the Western Australia dental clinic partner network.
• Mandurah Dental Implant CliniccoreOthersPartner dental clinic specializing in dental implants located in Falcon, Western Australia.
• Everwell DentalcoreOthersPartner dental clinic located in Mandurah, Western Australia offering affordable dental services.
• One Dental RossmoynecoreOthersPartner dental clinic located in Willetton, Western Australia.
• Opulent DentalcoreOthersPartner dental clinic located in Falcon, Western Australia.
• Whitfords Dental CentrecoreOthersPartner dental clinic located in Hillarys, Western Australia.
• Golden Bay Dental CarecoreOthersPartner dental clinic located in Golden Bay, Western Australia.
• Midland Dental Implant CliniccoreOthersPartner dental clinic specializing in dental implants located in Morley, Western Australia.
• My Midland DentistcoreOthersPartner dental clinic located in Midland, Western Australia.
• Silver Sands Family Dental CarecoreOthersPartner dental clinic located in Mandurah, Western Australia offering family dental services.
• Atherton Family DentalcoreOthersPartner dental clinic located in Atherton, Queensland offering family dental services.
• Robert Street Dental PracticecoreOthersPartner dental clinic located in Atherton, Queensland.
• Dental on LouisecoreOthersPartner dental clinic located in Atherton, Queensland.
• Ebley Dental CliniccoreOthersPartner dental clinic located in Bondi Junction, New South Wales. The only NSW partner clinic in the network.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Abano Healthcare Group: NZX-listed Australasian healthcare group that historically owned Lumino The Dentists (NZ's largest dental network). Comparable to ADG in DSO/roll-up strategy across Australasia, but primarily New Zealand-focused rather than Australian.

Direct peers

• Totally Smiles: Australian dental group operating a network of partner practices. Comparable in scale and partnership orientation to ADG, serving as a similar mid-sized DSO competitor for practice owners evaluating partnership options.
• National Dental Care: Australian dental group operating a network of partner-affiliated practices across multiple states. Closely comparable to ADG in its partnership-based DSO model targeting practice owners seeking operational support while retaining clinical autonomy.
• Core Dental Group: Australian dental group with a partnership/affiliation model across multiple practices. Comparable to ADG in approach (multi-site partnership network with centralized support), competing for similar practice-owner partners.
• Pacific Smiles Group: ASX-listed Australian dental clinic network operating Pacific Smiles Dental and HCF Dental Centres. Highly comparable to ADG as a multi-site DSO in Australia with a centralized support model, though materially larger in scale.
• 1300SMILES: ASX-listed dental group operating affiliated practices across Australia. Comparable to ADG as a multi-state dental partnership/affiliation network, though with a longer public-market history and broader geographic footprint.
• Smile Solutions: Large multi-specialty dental practice group based in Melbourne with broader national reach. Comparable to ADG as a multi-clinic Australian dental operator, though anchored in a single flagship location rather than ADG's distributed partner network.

Emerging players

• Dental Boutique: Fast-growing Australian dental group focused on cosmetic and smile-design services. Partially comparable to ADG as a multi-clinic Australian dental network, but differentiated by premium cosmetic positioning rather than ADG's general-practice partnership model.

Broad incumbents

• Maven Dental (Bupa Dental): One of Australia's largest DSOs, now part of Bupa. Directly comparable DSO model but operates at significantly greater scale under a global health insurer's umbrella, giving it materially stronger capital and brand positioning than ADG.
• Bupa Dental: Global health insurer operating a large network of dental clinics across Australia (including the acquired Maven Dental network). Overlaps with ADG's DSO model but operates at vastly greater scale with insurance-backed demand and capital.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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