Financial Strategy - The Dental Signal (Page 2)

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'

Dental Practice

Patient Financing Is Becoming Standard, Not Optional.

LendingClub, Sunbit, Affirm, and 12 other fintech platforms all launched or expanded dental lending in ...

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.

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.

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.

Practice Management

What Is a Good EBITDA Margin for a Dental Practice?

Ask three brokers what a good EBITDA margin is and you'll get three answers, because most of them are quoting numbers before owner compensation is normalized. Here's the version that holds up in an actual deal. The benchmark bands For a general practice collecting $800K to

Practice Management

Dental Lab Fees as a Percentage of Production: What the Benchmark Is and How to Audit Yours

Lab fees should run 8-10% of production in a restorative-heavy general practice. If you're mostly hygiene and fillings with few crowns, 5-7% is normal. Above 12% and you're either overpaying your lab or underpricing your crowns. Here's the math on a $1M practice. At

Practice Management

Dental Office Rent as a Percentage of Collections: The Rule of Thumb and When It Breaks

The rule of thumb is simple: rent should run 5 to 7 percent of your collections. Under 5 percent and your space is cheap relative to production. Over 7 percent and the lease is quietly eating the margin you think you have. Put real numbers on it. A practice collecting

Practice Management

Dental Supply Cost as a Percentage of Collections: What the Benchmark Actually Is

The benchmark: dental supplies should run 5% to 7% of collections for a general practice. Most offices we look at are sitting at 8% to 10% and have no idea, because supply spend hides across three vendors and a dozen credit card lines. On a $1M practice, the gap between

Dentistry

Your Overhead Is 62%. Here's Exactly Where You're Bleeding

You collected $1. 2M last year.

Dentistry

Insurance Reimbursement Dropped 2-3% Last Year - Here's How Top Practices Offset It

You didn't announce it. Your insurer didn't send a notice.

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