Who we are
Wert-Berater, Inc. has prepared independent feasibility studies for lenders, certified development companies, and federal agencies since 1998 — more than four thousand engagements representing $40.2 billion in evaluated project value across all fifty states and international assignments. Our fiduciary duty runs to the lender and the agency, never to the sponsor’s optimism: fees are fixed, quoted up front, never contingent on findings, and a determination is never changed under pressure.
What we do
Dental facilities — general practices, pediatric and orthodontic offices, oral-surgery centers, and multi-site DSO locations — are chair-economics businesses: production per operatory, the provider hours that fill the chairs, and a payer mix spanning PPO contracts, fee-for-service, and Medicaid that prices identical procedures very differently. The study sizes patient demand from population-to-dentist ratios in the draw area, models production by operatory against provider capacity, and validates the buildout budget at clinical costs — plumbing, imaging, sterilization — that commodity office space never carries.
How we do it
Demand from dentist-per-capita gap analysis and competitive census, production modeling per operatory at procedure-mix yields by payer, hygiene-department economics modeled separately as the recurring base, startup ramp from documented new-practice curves, and acquisition analyses tied to verified production history rather than asking-price narratives.
How we can help you
Owner-dentist projects are core SBA territory — practice acquisitions, ground-up buildings, equipment packages; DSO-affiliated expansions route conventional with the management agreement reviewed. The firm's professional-practice underwriting applies its standard throughput discipline to the operatory: chairs, hours, and yield.
How to engage us
Standard delivery is 10 to 15 business days from complete project data. Rush delivery for deals already in underwriting is accepted case by case for an additional fixed fee, quoted up front and committed in writing. Engagements are typically initiated by the borrower, with lender or CDC confirmation obtained before work begins — institutions differ, so confirm the procedure with your lending contact.