Dental Economics
Cost of Electronic Health Records for Dental Practices (2026)
EHR Switching: The Cost Nobody Warns You About
Dental Economics
Dental Practice
Heartland Restructuring: The Reckoning Arrives
Heartland Dental's $4B+ restructuring proves PE's consolidation thesis failed: synergies don't exist, debt crushes returns, and DSOs can't scale profitably.
Dental Practice
Supply Chain Has Stabilized. Margins Are Going to Pressure Again.
Dental supply shortages that plagued 2021-2023 are over. Patterson, Henry Schein, and Benco...
Dental Practice
Dental School Enrollment Dropped (More Consolidation Coming).
Dental school applicant pools contracted by 7 percent in 2024 admissions cycles.
Dental Practice
The Clear Aligner Market Just Fractured. Invisalign Is Losing Ground.
Invisible Braces, SmileDirect, Candid, and six smaller players all claimed 15-20 percen...
Dental Economics
Collections ratio: what top practices hit
Collections ratio: what top practices hit
Insurance
Membership Plans Are Eating PPO Margins. Start One or Lose
Membership Plans Are Eating PPO Margins. Start One or Lose
Dental Practice
Infection Control Regulations Just Got Stricter (Compliance Costs Are Coming).
Several states tightened infection control standards in February 2025, alignin...
Dental Economics
Dental supply costs: are you overpaying by 20%?
Dental supply costs: are you overpaying by 20%?
Industry Trends
Practice Valuations Hit Record Highs (And You're Timing This Wrong).
Private equity and DSO buyers paid record multiples in Q4 2024 and January 2025.
Dental Practice
CBCT Is Mainstream Now. Here's What That Costs You.
Cone beam CT adoption crossed 50 percent for general practices in early 2025. Dexis, i-CAT, Carestream, P...
Practice Management
Hygiene department profitability benchmarks
Hygiene department profitability benchmarks