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Dental · DSO playbook 30-day per-location launch

A repeatable acquisition rollout for every new location — without re-inventing the wheel each time.

A dedicated rollout team for DSOs, multi-state operators, and PE-backed dental groups. Centralized brand, distributed local execution, and per-region P&L dashboards — built around how acquisitions actually close, not how agencies like to bill.

dso · rollout-control
overview regions P&L
live
Locations live
23/27
+4 this quarter
Avg. days to launch
21d
▼ 38% vs. industry
Blended CPA
$76
▼ 12% QoQ
Active rollouts day · status
Brightline · Frisco TX
live
d 21 · 100%
Brightline · Plano TX
qa
d 18 · 86%
Brightline · Austin TX
build
d 11 · 52%
Brightline · Round Rock
build
d 6 · 28%
27-location DSO · TX + AZ blended CAC $76 · per-location LTV $2,412
21d
Avg. per-location launch — paid + GBP + landing pages
142+
Dental locations rolled out across 11 DSOs since 2018
$76
Blended CPA across active DSO rollouts (TTM avg.)
62%
Faster to first-50 patients vs. greenfield site builds
Who this is built for

Multi-location growth needs multi-location operating discipline.

A rollout playbook isn't a deck — it's the difference between launching a location in 30 days versus losing six months to brand inconsistency, vendor sprawl, and per-region politics. Pick the shape that matches yours.

02 — ROLL-UP

PE-backed groups acquiring practices

You're rolling up acquired practices onto a single brand and patient acquisition system. Each acquisition is two parallel jobs: rebrand the front-of-house and stand up acquisition before recall revenue softens.

Typical engagement
$25k–$60k/mo
03 — FIRST DSO MOTION

5–10 location groups going systematic

You've grown beyond what one practice manager and a generalist agency can run. You need the first version of a real playbook before the next 5 locations exposes everything that's still tribal knowledge.

Typical engagement
$12k–$22k/mo
— THE 21-DAY ROLLOUT —

One sequence.
Five teams. Twenty-one days.

Each new location runs through the same five-stage sequence — production-tested across 30+ launches. The team for each stage is named, the day target is fixed, and the deliverable is shippable, not a deck.

stage 01

Intake

NAP audit, demographics, insurance mix, competitor map-pack, service-line priority. We write the per-location playbook brief, not you.

Day 1 — 3 Strategy
stage 02

Build

Location page, GBP profile, citation push, schema, conversion tracking, PMS integration, and ad accounts — all from the centralized template, locally tuned.

Day 4 — 11 Web + SEO
stage 03

QA

Cross-browser, mobile, PageSpeed, GBP verification, call tracking, insurance UX, and front-desk script handoff. Nothing live until QA signs off.

Day 12 — 16 QA + Ops
stage 04

Launch

Paid live (LSA + Google Ads + Meta), GBP active, organic indexed, dashboards turned on. Launch checklist signed off by the regional lead.

Day 17 — 21 Paid + Local
stage 05

Optimize

30/60/90 cadence: optimization sprint, recall handoff, patient flow tuning. Location moves from rollout into managed steady-state.

Day 22 — 90 Lifecycle
Day 1 — Day 21 · location goes live
What's included in every rollout

One playbook. Six dental-specific production assets.

Every location ships with the same six assets, locally tuned. Not "we'll figure it out per market" — fixed deliverables, fixed day targets, fixed owners.

02

30-day launch playbook

The five-stage sequence above, codified per role with checklists, day targets, and accountable owners. Same playbook every rollout — only the local content changes.

  • Per-stage checklists for 5 internal teams
  • Day-by-day exec visibility into rollout state
  • QA gates so nothing launches half-built
03

Centralized brand system

One brand source-of-truth. Every location page, GBP, ad creative, and email pulls from the same components — so a brand change ships everywhere in hours, not a quarter.

  • Component library + design tokens
  • Location page templates (multi-doctor, single-doctor)
  • GBP brand kit (photos, posts, services)
04

Local execution layer

Per-market: GBP, citations, neighborhood pages, geo-targeting, and Local Service Ads. Centralized brand, but every location ranks like a local business — because it is one.

  • Per-location GBP + citation strategy
  • Neighborhood + service-area pages
  • Local Service Ads + geo-radius paid
05

PMS & ops integration

Each location wires into your enterprise PMS — not a duct-taped per-location stack. Booking, recall, insurance pre-qual, and call tracking all attribute back to the same source-of-truth.

  • Open Dental, Dentrix Enterprise, Denticon, Carestack
  • Cross-location call tracking + recording
  • Patient identity reconciliation across markets
06

Acquisition rollout pipeline

The "what's coming next" view your COO needs. Every acquired or new-build location enters the pipeline at intake and exits after the 90-day optimization sprint — with a single owner per stage and a published day target. No more "where are we on Plano?" Slack threads.

  • Forward-looking rollout calendar (next 6 months)
  • Per-stage SLA + owner — escalation if breached
  • Acquisition-day-zero handoff: from M&A to marketing
  • Post-launch handoff into managed steady-state team
07

You own the entire stack

Ad accounts, websites, analytics, dashboards, and tracking. We don't lock value inside our walled garden the way most multi-location agencies do — every account is yours from day zero.

  • You own ad accounts, GTM, GA4, and call tracking
  • Code + content delivered with full handoff package
  • Vendor exit takes days, not quarters
Per-location economics

Pricing that scales with the rollout, not the agency.

Three engagement shapes. Flat per-location rollout fee for setup, then ongoing managed services scaled to active locations. No per-deliverable invoicing, no surprise change-orders.

01 — First DSO motion

Pilot rollout

$8,500per location
  • Up to 5 locations in the rollout
  • 30-day launch playbook
  • Centralized brand kit
  • Per-region dashboard (lite)
  • Open Dental / Dentrix integration
  • Ongoing: paid + local SEO + reporting
Start with Pilot
03 — Multi-state operator

Enterprise rollout

Custom
  • 50+ locations or multi-state
  • Custom playbook tuned to ops model
  • Per-region growth pods
  • White-label ops portal for franchisees
  • Dedicated success team
  • SLAs + security review
  • Quarterly board-ready reporting
Request a proposal
important

The per-location rollout fee is paid once, on launch. Ongoing managed fees scale with active locations — so your economics improve as you scale. Most clients see their per-location CAC drop 30–50% by location #10 as the playbook compounds and ad accounts mature.

How we stack up

What you'd pay somewhere else.

Apples-to-apples comparison of a Multi-Location Rollout package versus the three alternatives DSOs typically evaluate: a generic multi-location agency, a freelance team, or in-housing the function.

Capability
Generic agency
Freelance team
In-house
Redefineweb
Dental-specific rollout playbook
build it yourself
Avg. days to launch new location
60 — 120d
unpredictable
90 — 180d
21d
Per-region P&L dashboards
Spreadsheet
BI build, $$$
Enterprise PMS integration
Often missing
You own ad accounts + analytics
walled garden
Sometimes
Dedicated rollout strategist
Account manager
Hire one
Acquisition day-zero handoff
Tribal
Total cost — 20-location DSO, year 1
$340k–$520k
$280k–$400k
$420k+ (FTEs)
$260k–$380k

Comparison reflects typical industry quotes for dental DSO programs ≥10 locations as of 2024. Cost ranges include per-location rollout fees and ongoing managed services across acquisition, local SEO, and reporting. In-house cost includes 2 FTEs at fully-loaded comp + tooling.

Real DSO rollouts

Real practices.
Real rollouts.

Three engagements where the playbook was the unlock. Browse the full archive for more across single-location, group, and multi-state operators.

Common DSO questions

Questions every DSO COO asks before signing.

30 days from intake to live, end-to-end — paid, GBP, location page, schema, call tracking, PMS integration, and dashboard. The 30-day target is the SLA for stage 1–4 of the playbook. Stage 5 (the 90-day optimization window) starts the day the location goes live and runs in parallel with whatever's next in the pipeline.
Open Dental, Dentrix Enterprise, Denticon, Carestack, and Curve Dental as primary integrations. We also handle cross-location call tracking (CallRail / CallTrackingMetrics) and patient identity reconciliation when a single patient may be in multiple location systems. If you're on a less common PMS we'll scope the integration on the strategy call.
When you close on a practice, we get a one-page brief from your M&A team within 48 hours. Day 1 of the 30-day rollout starts the day the deal closes — not the day someone remembers to loop us in. We also handle the "graceful brand transition" so the acquired practice doesn't lose recall revenue during the rebrand window.
Yes — every account is provisioned in your name from day zero. Google Ads, GA4, GTM, Meta, call tracking, and the rollout dashboard. If we ever part ways, the handoff package is days, not quarters. We've been on the receiving end of bad agency exits and we don't replicate them.
They're complementary. Our dashboards are operational and acquisition-focused: spend, calls, booked, showed, treated, CPA, CAC, contribution margin per location. Most enterprise BI tools handle the clinical and financial side well but have weak marketing attribution. We feed cleaned acquisition data into your warehouse if you want everything in one place.
A senior dental rollout strategist with at least 5 multi-location DSO programs under their belt. Not a generalist account manager. They own the relationship with your COO and have direct authority over the five execution teams (Strategy, Web+SEO, QA, Paid+Local, Lifecycle). One name, one accountable owner.
5 locations is the floor where the playbook ROI starts to compound. Below that, a single dental practice agency is usually a better fit — the rollout overhead exceeds the per-location savings. Above 50 locations we move into the Enterprise engagement shape with custom ops portals and per-region growth pods.
Per-location rollout fees are paid on launch (one-time per location). Managed services run on 90-day commitments with month-to-month renewal after that. We'd rather earn the next quarter than lock you in. PE-backed engagements occasionally need annual contracts to satisfy LP reporting — we'll accommodate that.
There naturally with

Three services that compound the lift.

A DSO rollout is the foundation. These three services are what drive the demand it converts. Most clients stack at least one within 90 days of the first launch.

Ready when you are

Let's roll out the next 10 locations like the first one.

Book a 30-minute strategy call with a senior dental rollout strategist. We'll review your current rollout cadence, benchmark against the 142 locations we've launched, and quote a per-location plan against your pipeline.

  • 01 → 15-min audit of your current rollout cadence and per-location CAC across markets.
  • 02 → Match you with a senior dental rollout strategist who's run multi-state DSO programs.
  • 03 → Get a written per-location quote scoped against your acquisition pipeline within 48 hours.
  • 04 → Kick off with the 30-day playbook on the next location — live in 30 days from sign-off.
// Case studies

Real practices, real numbers.

A sampling of recent engagements that match this work.

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