Dental Practice
Patient Financing Is Becoming Standard, Not Optional.
LendingClub, Sunbit, Affirm, and 12 other fintech platforms all launched or expanded dental lending in ...
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Healthcare operators and analysts covering the business side of dentistry. Benchmarks from ADA HPI, BLS, and Dental Economics. Dental Intelligence. No Noise.
Dental Practice Management
AI Receptionists Are Here. Your Front Desk Isn't
AI receptionists handle 80% of routine calls (appointments, insurance, hours) automatically. That frees your front desk for higher-value work. $14K-$39K in annual savings per FTE, plus better patient experience.
Practice Management
How Many Patients Per Day Is Optimal for a Dentist?
Most general dentists see 8-15 patients a day, and the sweet spot for a solo GP with one hygienist sits around 10-12. But the raw count is the wrong thing to optimize. A day with 8 patients and two crowns beats a day with 16 exams that produce $1,900.
Dental Practice
Teledentistry Killed the Cash-Only Dream. Insurance Won't Reimburse It.
Teledentistry as a cash-only revenue stream failed because insurance companies limited reimbursement and patients expected coverage. The margin math doesn't work.
Practice Management
How to Reduce Dental Employee Turnover Below 20 Percent
Average dental practice turnover runs 25-30% a year. Front desk and dental assistants churn fastest, hygienists a bit slower. Getting below 20% isn't about ping pong tables. It's about fixing the three things that actually make people quit. Here's the math that should scare
Dental Practice
Your Overhead Is 62%. Industry Average Is 58%. Here's Why You're Bleeding Money.
Most practices run overhead at 58-60%. If you're at 62%, you're leaving $150K-250K annually on the table through overstaffing and waste.
Dental Practice
PE Has $2.5T Sitting Idle. It's Coming for Dentistry.
Private equity has $2. 5 trillion sitting idle. The clock is ticking on 2025 gains. Year-end M&A in dental isn't random. It's tax-driven math.
Practice Management
Dental Practice Manager Salary 2026: $48K–$85K Range
The short answer: a dental office manager in 2026 costs between $52,000 and $85,000 in base salary, and where you land in that range depends mostly on practice size, not geography. A solo practice with 4 operatories pays $52K to $65K. A multi-doctor practice doing $2M+ in collections
Dentistry
Staff Meeting Templates That Don't Waste Everyone's Time
Your Monday morning staff meeting started at 8:00am. It's now 9:15am, and you're still talking about the broken sterilizer.
Practice Management
How Much Does It Cost to Replace a Dental Hygienist?
Losing a hygienist costs most practices $30K-$50K once you count everything. The recruiting fee is the smallest piece. The big money bleeds out through empty hygiene chairs and the months of ramp-up nobody puts on a spreadsheet. Here's the full breakdown, line by line, so you can
Dentistry
Dental Supply Costs Rose 12% in 2025. Here's How to Negotiate Them Back Down
Your supply invoice jumped from $6,200 to $6,950 this month. Same products.
Knowledge Base
May 2026 Benchmarking Report: Top-Quartile Gap Continues to Widen
May 2026 dental practice operating data: median collections $844,200, top quartile $1,185,310, overhead 61.8%, hygienist wage $48.44/hr.