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Dental and Medical Practice Lead Generation
Practices are a good outbound target because the buying decision is usually one person, the pain points are consistent across the vertical, and there's an unusual amount of public data — licensing registers, professional bodies, and a review footprint far richer than most B2B verticals.
The constraint is regulatory. Healthcare is a sensitive sector, marketing rules are stricter, and anything touching patient data raises the bar considerably.
Who actually buys
| Practice type | Who decides |
|---|---|
| Single-site owner-operated | The principal dentist or doctor. One person |
| 2-5 sites | The owner, with a practice manager influencing heavily |
| Group or DSO | Operations director or regional manager, longer cycle |
| Corporate chain | Head office procurement. Different sale entirely |
The practice manager is the gatekeeper and often the real evaluator. They own the day-to-day systems and they'll be asked. Emailing only the clinician means your message gets forwarded to someone who wasn't sold on it.
Private-pay beats public. Practices with a meaningful private or cosmetic revenue mix have discretionary budget and a growth motive. Purely public-funded practices often have neither.