Blackford Dental Management (Blackford), a holding company for leading dental support organizations, has sold TF Dental to North American Dental Group (NADG), a portfolio company of ABRY Partners. Cain Brothers served as financial advisor to Blackford.

Based in Lancaster, PA, Blackford has invested in a number of leading regional DSOs that provide support services to the affiliated dental practices in Georgia, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Blackford’s companies offer business and management support services, non-clinical personnel, facilities and equipment for dentists and hygienists.

TF Dental, based in Atlanta, GA through its supported practices provides comprehensive general dentistry services, as well as multiple specialty services including endodontics, oral surgery, pedodontics and periodontics. TF Dental has grown through an innovative de novo strategy, and has an established reputation for providing quality dentistry to its patients.

Headquartered in New Castle, PA, NADG is a leading provider of dental support services in the US. NADG supports affiliated dental practices in all non-clinical aspects of dentistry including staffing, patient scheduling, billing and collections, financial reporting and analysis, enabling associated dentists to focus exclusively on delivering high quality patient care.

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