Free Download: The Dental Practice Staffing Checklist
45-item staffing checklist with real benchmarks for dental practices. Includes compensation benchmarks, hiring process, scheduling targets, and retention metrics.
76% of practices say hygienist hiring is "extremely challenging." This is the audit they're missing.
Staff cost is 24-28% of collections in healthy practices. Above 30% means scheduling, comp structure, or roles need a hard look. This checklist walks you through every checkpoint.
- Compensation benchmarks by role (BLS Q4 2025 data)
- Staff-cost-per-production-hour formula and benchmarks
- Scheduling efficiency audit (patient load vs staff)
- Hiring red flags: when overhead points to wrong role mix
- Retention math: cost of one hygienist turnover ≈ $35K
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The Dental Practice Staffing Checklist
Stop losing $30K/month to missed calls and bad hires. This checklist covers every staffing decision that moves the needle.
What you get:
- Front desk performance benchmarks (call answer rate, conversion rate, no-show rate)
- Hygiene productivity targets by days worked and production per hour
- Staff-to-provider ratios for practices at every size
- Compensation benchmarks updated for 2026 (role, region, experience)
- Red flag checklist for spotting turnover risk before it hits your schedule
- New hire 90-day onboarding framework
- Exit interview template to stop the same mistake twice
The real cost of one bad hire: $15K-$50K in recruitment, training, and lost production. Most practices make 2-3 bad hires per year. This checklist cuts that number.
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