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What Is OWS™ (Owner Wealth Score) in a Dental Practice?
OWS™ (Owner Wealth Score) created by Shishir Khadka is DentPulse’s proprietary diagnostic metric that measures a dental practice owner’s true financial health and exit readiness — across six core components:
- Cash Flow
- Profit
- Assets
- Tax
- Financing
- Exit Strategy
It’s the first comprehensive, real-time score designed to answer one powerful question:
“Is your practice building wealth for you, or just keeping the lights on?”
OWS™ transforms fragmented financial reports into a single score that tells you how close you are to long-term financial freedom.
Why OWS™ Matters for Dental Practice Owners
Most practice owners see snapshots of financial data — cash flow reports, profit figures, or tax bills.
But these don’t show the whole picture.
OWS™ connects the dots across six domains to reveal:
- Are you generating surplus or just surviving?
- Is profit translating into personal wealth?
- Are tax decisions optimised or reactive?
- Is financing helping or hurting long-term value?
- Are you building assets or extracting value?
- Are you on track for a profitable exit — or just hoping?
Just like dentists use a BPE score for gum health, OWS™ is your composite score for financial health.
How OWS™ Is Calculated in DentPulse
| Component | What It Measures |
| Cash Flow | Liquidity strength (12-week buffer, burn rate, CFFP™ health) |
| Profit | Net profit, associate/treatment/chair margins (EEE™ Engine) |
| Assets | Practice value, chair efficiency, growth of net worth |
| Tax | Real-time Corporation + Personal tax exposure and optimisation |
| Financing | Debt servicing, leverage ratio, return on borrowed capital |
| Exit | Practice valuation, exit timeline readiness, retained equity |
Each pillar is scored 0–100 and rolled into a weighted composite OWS™ out of 100.
How DentPulse Uses OWS™ to Drive Action
| Feature | Function |
| OWS™ Dashboard | Shows your score per pillar — and your weakest link |
| Red–Amber–Green Zones | Classifies each pillar to prioritise improvement |
| Pillar Benchmarks | Compares you to top-performing practices by size/stage |
| Growth Map | Shows what to fix next to raise your score |
| Exit Simulator | Projects how raising your OWS™ affects practice valuation and take-home wealth |
OWS™ makes financial clarity not just visible — but actionable.
DentPulse Tip™
Revenue is vanity. Profit is sanity.
But OWS™ is freedom.
It’s the only score that tells you if your business is making you wealthier — not just busier.
Related Glossary Terms
- CFFP™ – Cash Flow Future Pairing – Supports liquidity and cash resilience
- EEE™ – EBIT Efficiency Engine – Drives profit per associate, chair, and treatment
- PTP™ – Profit-to-Pocket – Connects business profit to personal income
- Practice Valuation Engine – Links assets, profit, and exit readiness
- Tax Exposure Tracker – Informs OWS™ tax pillar score
Glossary Summary Table
| Term | Meaning |
| OWS™ – Owner Wealth Score | A composite score measuring your financial health across six pillars: Cash Flow, Profit, Assets, Tax, Financing, and Exit |
| Purpose | Shows whether your practice is building long-term owner wealth |
| Key Use | Benchmarking, strategic planning, exit readiness |
| DentPulse Advantage | The only platform in dentistry that scores financial health this holistically — with real-time automation and strategic next steps |
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Shishir Khadka