Dental Practice PPO vs FFS: The Math Still Favors FFS Pure PPO dentistry reduces your profit margin by 40-50% compared to FFS, despite higher volume. Here's the financial breakdown and why the math still favors fee-for-service for independent practices.
Dental Practice Teledentistry Rules: Still Unclear After a Year Teledentistry regulations remain fragmented across states and insurers one year post-pandemic. Most practices don't know what's legal or reimbursed.
Dental Practice Management EHR Switching: The Cost Nobody Warns You About EHR Switching: The Cost Nobody Warns You About
Dental Practice Management Patient Financing: The Lender You're Leaving on the Table Patient Financing: The Lender You're Leaving on the Table
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. 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 Enrollment Dropped (More Consolidation Coming). Dental school applicant pools contracted by 7 percent in 2024 admissions cycles.
Dental Practice Patient Financing Is Becoming Standard, Not Optional. Patient Financing Is Becoming Standard, Not Optional. LendingClub, Sunbit, Affirm, and 12 other fintech platforms all launched or expanded dental lending in ...
Dental Practice Management New patient experience: first-visit economics New patient experience: first-visit economics
Dental Practice Management Dental malpractice insurance rate changes Dental malpractice insurance rate changes
Dental Practice The Clear Aligner Market Just Fractured. Invisalign Is Losing Ground. The Clear Aligner Market Just Fractured. Invisalign Is Losing Ground. Invisible Braces, SmileDirect, Candid, and six smaller players all claimed 15-20 percen...
Dental Practice Management Temp Hygienist Markup Just Hit 35%. Your Budget Is Broken Temp Hygienist Markup Just Hit 35%. Your Budget Is Broken
Dental Practice Management Collections ratio: what top practices hit Collections ratio: what top practices hit
Dental Practice Management Multi-Location Operators Are Breaking Free From DSO Payroll Multi-Location Operators Are Breaking Free From DSO Payroll
Dental Practice Management Membership Plans Are Eating PPO Margins. Start One or Lose Membership Plans Are Eating PPO Margins. Start One or Lose
Dental Practice Management Dental office design trends affecting patient flow Dental office design trends affecting patient flow
Dental Practice Management Front desk phone scripts that convert Front desk phone scripts that convert
Dental Practice Management You're Scheduling Wrong. Your Competition Knows It You're Scheduling Wrong. Your Competition Knows It
Dental Practice Infection Control Regulations Just Got Stricter (Compliance Costs Are Coming). Infection Control Regulations Just Got Stricter (Compliance Costs Are Coming). Several states tightened infection control standards in February 2025, alignin...
Dental Practice Management Associate productivity benchmarks by year Associate productivity benchmarks by year
Dental Practice Management Dental supply costs: are you overpaying by 20%? Dental supply costs: are you overpaying by 20%?
Dental Practice Associate Dentist Compensation Is Up 6 Percent (And You're Not Competing). Associate Dentist Compensation Is Up 6 Percent (And You're Not Competing). Associate salary ranges went up significantly in February 2025. Reports from FDS a...
Dental Practice Practice Valuations Hit Record Highs (And You're Timing This Wrong). 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 Management Patient recall systems that actually work Patient recall systems that actually work
