Liberty Dental Group

Liberty Dental Group provide a comprehensive range of services, including the design and manufacture of dental prostheses (crowns, bridges and dentures) and orthodontics (braces, retainers and aligners), utilising technology including CAD software, computer-aided milling and 3D printing, as well as local craftmanship. The Company currently services c.5,000 clinics across nearly 70 dental laboratories throughout Europe.

Our Investment

Oakley will work closely with the management to establish Liberty Dental Group as an independent business and to become a leader in the global dental lab market. Through this transaction, Oakley is leveraging its network of entrepreneurs, partnering with Hidde Hoeve, the co-founder of Excent Tandtechniek, a group of dental laboratories acquired by EDG in 2018. The collaboration between Oakley and the Company’s experienced management team will see the execution of an ambitious growth strategy, driven by organic growth, international expansion and targeted M&A.

Market dynamics

The European dental lab market is large and growing with strong customer stickiness, valued at approximately €10 billion today, and is also highly fragmented offering compelling opportunities for value creation through buy-and-build, which is an area Oakley has extensive expertise in.