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Bridgepoint’s IDH buy could signal pan-European ambitions

Bridgepoint has been confirmed as the buyer for the UK's largest dental group IDH/mydentist, which is to be sold on a 10x EBITDA multiple. The private equity firm already owns a Norwegian dental asset and others are coming to market in the next 12 months, so the deal could see the emergence of another pan-European dental group. But it is a poor outcome for current holders Carlyle and Palamon.