Viturtal Consulting is a boutique consulting firm in Madison, Wisconsin, founded in 2020 and led by Managing Partner Hendrik Lai. It advises DSOs, private equity sponsors, and growth-focused dental practices on operations, strategy, and execution. The firm operates as a DBA of Midwest Business Consulting LLC and was previously known as Sage Dental Consulting.
Viturtal Consulting helps dental practices and dental service organizations grow faster, operate leaner, and build enterprise value that lasts. Led by Dr. Hendrik Lai — a practicing dentist turned management consultant with 20+ years of combined clinical, operational and consulting experience — we bring boardroom discipline to the operationally complex world of dental. Whether you're a single-location practice owner, a DSO scaling across multiple sites, or a private equity sponsor looking to maximize returns from a dental investment, we build the operating systems and decision frameworks that translate strategy into measurable results.
Every dental transaction is priced on one number: adjusted EBITDA. Whether a DSO is buying a single practice or a private equity sponsor is underwriting a 40-location platform, the purchase price is that number times a multiple. Most owners have never calculated it, and many buyers calculate it differently from the seller.
Viturtal Consulting is a boutique dental consulting firm led by Dr. Hendrik Lai — advising dental practices, DSOs, and private equity sponsors on operational execution and value creation.
Independent practice owners and multi-site operators optimizing performance, improving collections, reducing overhead, and preparing for a future DSO transaction at maximum valuation.
Regional and national DSO platforms managing operational complexity at scale — from post-acquisition integration and RCM optimization to supply chain transformation and medical billing implementation.
PE sponsors and operating partners with dental platform investments — from pre-acquisition operational due diligence through hold period value creation and pre-exit EBITDA optimization.
Every engagement is led by Dr. Hendrik Lai — a practicing dentist and multisite operator who brings direct operational experience to every client relationship.
Schedule a ConsultationDr. Hendrik Lai is not a consultant who advises. He's not a coach who guides. He's an operator who builds—specifically, he builds operating systems that deliver value creation through disciplined execution.
He fixes what actually limits performance: decision quality, operating cadence, and execution discipline. He builds data-driven operating systems where accountability is embedded, performance improvement is sustained, and value creation is measurable—not episodic consulting projects.
Dr. Hendrik Lai brings 20+ years of combined clinical, operational, and consulting experience — as a practicing dentist, multisite dental operator, and management consultant advising dental organizations from single-location practices to national DSO platforms.
He understands the operational realities of scaling dental organizations—regulatory complexity, workforce productivity, operational leverage, and the discipline required to sustain performance. He doesn't provide generic business advice. He builds systematic frameworks for execution excellence that compound value over time.
Five disciplines that drive performance transformation in every engagement
Bias toward action over analysis
Results quantified, not qualified
Data-driven frameworks, not opinions
Systematic processes that sustain performance
Built to compound value over time
We work across three areas where operational discipline drives the most value in dental organizations.
For independent practice owners and multi-site operators looking to improve collections, patient retention, overhead ratios, and production per visit.
For dental service organizations managing acquisitions, post-close integration, and multi-site performance standardization.
For private equity sponsors and portfolio companies building data-driven operating systems that deliver measurable EBITDA improvement across dental platforms.
Talk with operators who build systematic solutions for performance.
We focus on what actually limits performance. 20+ years of operational experience delivering disciplined operational rigor and measurable value creation.
Operating systems that deliver quantifiable ROI—not consulting reports. We build frameworks where performance improvement is sustained and measurable.
Systematic approaches to decision quality, operating cadence, and accountability—applied across DSO platforms to translate strategy into results.
Every engagement is led by Dr. Hendrik Lai, a former multi-site DSO operator, with analysts and subject-matter experts added as each engagement requires.
Operating systems designed to sustain performance improvement over time—value that compounds, not one-time fixes.
20+ years of combined clinical, operational and consulting experience across dental practices, DSOs and private equity-backed platforms.
Operational Opportunity Identified
Across published DSO platform engagements
Published Case Studies
Documented engagements from $13.2M to $263M in identified opportunity
Years of Operating Experience
Dr. Hendrik Lai's combined clinical, operational, and consulting experience across dental organizations
Organizations achieving measurable performance transformation through systematic execution.
"I thoroughly enjoyed my time working with Hendrik, and came to know him as a truly valuable asset to absolutely any team. He is honest, dependable and incredibly hard-working. Beyond that, he is an impressive management consultant who is always looking out for the best interests of his clients. His knowledge of clinical dental operations and expertise in business analytics was a huge advantage to our entire office. He put this skillset to work in order to stabilize declining revenues and implement strategic and operational plans of the strategic business unit."
Dr. Alan L.
Doctor of Dental Surgery
Dental Practice
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