If you can do it without taking out exorbitant loans, then yes I would. Otherwise no. Every young dentist we interviewed for an associate position with $500k+ in loans ended up working at a chain because we couldn’t pay them the same (offered no commission). All of them we have kept up with hate their jobs and one even called it “soul sucking”. If you don’t have a lot of student loans, you can get a business loan to buy a practice and make a great living without compromising your ethics.