In this episode of The TechDental Podcast, Dr Randeep Singh Gill speaks with Andy Sloan, Managing Director Dental EMEA at Agilio Software, about why dental groups break as they scale and how leaders can build predictable, investor-ready organisations using structured operating models and AI decision support.
If you are a DSO leader, private equity investor, dental founder, or executive navigating AI, compliance, membership plans, or operational integration, this episode will reshape how you think about growth.
Key themes covered:
What breaks first when dental groups scale beyond five practices
Why informal control collapses at scale
How operational variation compounds across acquisitions
Why predictability beats growth in private equity conversations
The difference between buying tools and building clarity
Where AI delivers real operational value in dentistry
Why AI cannot fix bad data or unclear ownership
The strategic logic behind Agilio’s acquisition of Patient Plan Direct
How recurring revenue, membership plans, and structured systems influence valuation
Why systems thinking will become a core leadership discipline in dentistry
Andy Sloan shares practical insights from scaling systems, integrating acquisitions, and building decision-support layers across compliance, people, patient engagement, and performance.
This conversation is not about hype.
It is about governance, structure, and disciplined use of technology.
Guest:
Andy Sloan
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andysloanned/
Agilio Software: https://www.linkedin.com/company/agiliosoftware
Host:
Dr Randeep Singh Gill
Founder, The TechDental Podcast
www.techdental.com
info@techdental.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-randeep-singh-gill-576580357/
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