Financial Strategy
Dental Practice Overhead by State 2026
Dental Practice Overhead by State 2026: ADA HPI benchmark data and what it means for your practice.
Signal Team
Healthcare operators and analysts covering the business side of dentistry. Benchmarks from ADA HPI, BLS, and Dental Economics. Dental Intelligence. No Noise.
Financial Strategy
Dental Insurance Aging Report Benchmarks: What Good Looks Like
Your insurance aging report is the fastest read on whether your billing is healthy or quietly bleeding. Most PMS systems bucket outstanding claims into 0-30, 31-60, 61-90, and 90+ days. Here's what good looks like in each bucket, and what to do when yours doesn't match.
Practice Management
Dental Receptionist to Patient Ratio: The Optimal Staffing Benchmark
Most staffing questions in a dental office get argued by feel. Front desk staffing shouldn't be one of them, because the math is simple: it's a ratio of admin capacity to patient flow, and when it's off you can see it in your recall
Knowledge Base
July 2026 Benchmarking Report: Collections Tick Up
July 2026 dental practice operating data: median collections $852,663, top quartile $1,196,002, overhead 61.9%, hygienist wage $48.93/hr.
Practice Management
Dental Patient Communication Software: Cost vs. ROI Benchmark
Patient communication software runs $300 to $600 a month for a single location. Weave and Solutionreach sit at the top of that range, NexHealth and RevenueWell land in the middle, and stripped-down reminder tools can come in under $250. Most vendors add a setup fee of $250 to $1,000
Financial Strategy
Dropping a PPO: What Actually Happens to Collections
Every PPO exit conversation starts with the same fear: "I'll lose 30% of my patients and my collections will crater." Here's what the numbers actually look like when practices drop a plan, and why the collections math is usually better than the fear. Start
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PPO Exit Strategy for California Dental Practices (2026)
California ppo exit strategy benchmarks for 2026. Operator-focused analysis + free calculator.
Practice Management
Dental Practice Acquisition Due Diligence Checklist for 2026
Buying a dental practice is probably the largest check you'll ever write. Most deals in 2026 are closing between $500K and $1.2M for a solo GP office, and the difference between a good buy and a five-year headache usually comes down to what you verify in the
Practice Management
When Should a Dentist Sell to a DSO? A Decision Checklist
Most dentists get their first DSO letter around year 10 of ownership. The right answer isn't yes or no. It's a checklist, because the same offer that's smart at 58 with no associate is a mistake at 45 with a growing practice. Here'
Knowledge Base
June 2026 Benchmarking Report: Top-Quartile Gap Continues to Widen
June 2026 dental practice operating data: median collections $848,421, top quartile $1,190,644, overhead 61.9%, hygienist wage $48.68/hr.
Practice Management
New Patient Exam to Treatment Conversion Rate: What the Benchmark Is
The benchmark: healthy practices convert 60% to 75% of new patient exams into accepted treatment plans, and get 45% to 55% of diagnosed dollars actually scheduled and completed. If you're measuring by case acceptance rate alone and seeing 85%+, you're probably only counting prophys and small
Practice Management
Dental Hygiene Chair Time Per Prophylaxis: What the Benchmark Is
The benchmark for an adult prophylaxis appointment is 45 to 60 minutes of chair time. Well-run practices land near 50 minutes including radiographs and the doctor exam. Pediatric prophies run shorter, usually 30 to 40 minutes. If your hygiene appointments routinely run 70 minutes or more, you're leaving