James (Jim) Clark, DMD

Dr James M. Clark (Jim) has filled many roles in dentistry for more than 40 years. He graduated from the University of Alabama with a BS in Health Care Management in 1979, and immediately entered dental school at the University of Alabama School of Dentistry, graduating in 1983. Dr Clark started his first practice from scratch in Birmingham Alabama and grew it to one of the largest practices in the area. He bought several other practices in Alabama and personally experienced 14 different transitions. Dr Clark used his business education to implement solid systems to turn around failing practices. He has personally experienced every type of dental transition from buying, selling, merging, and even selling to a DSO and then separating from that DSO.

The last six years Dr Clark practiced clinical dentistry, he owned and managed a practice in Fairhope AL while also working for the Air Force in Florida as a contract dentist. Dr Clark retired from clinical dentistry in 2018 and was then connected with Chuck Cohen, the CEO and owner of Benco Dental, who asked him to take over the Transition program at Benco. Dr Clark served as the Benco Transition consultant nationwide for 4 years and helped over 1,000 dentists with their transition needs.

Dr Clark is passionate about using his firsthand knowledge of Transitions to help his dental colleagues during the transition process. The decision for a dentist to sell their practice is the biggest career decision they will make, and emotions run high during this process. Dr Clark understands these emotions having personally experienced them. He considers it an honor to be selected as the broker of choice to sell a dental practice and will do everything possible to achieve the goals of the seller and make the process as smooth as possible.

Dr Clark has three adult children and four grandchildren. He lives in Miramar Beach Florida and enjoys boating, working out and golf.