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
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 Associates Are Leaving for $5K More per Year. Your Turnover is Suicidal.
Associates leaving for $5K more reveal a retention crisis. The true cost of turnover - $50K-75K per replacement - makes market-rate compensation a business imperative, not a luxury.
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
Teledentistry in 2026: What Actually Works and What's Still Broken
Dental Practice
February production dip: it's not just the weather
February production typically dips 8 to 12 percent below the prior month. Every practice owner expects it. Most think it's patient behavior.
Dental Practice
The solo practice premium: why independents are worth more per chair
Private equity firms are paying 9x EBITDA for group practices. That same metric for independent dental practices is 11x to 13x. Why are they paying 20 to 40 ...
Dental Practice
Dental benefit plan design is getting worse, not better
Insurance carriers raised premiums 6. 8 percent for 2026. They didn't raise patient benefits. In fact, they narrowed them. Deductibles stayed flat.
Dental Practice
Your patient data is worth $250/record on the dark web
Healthcare data breaches hit 725 incidents in 2025. Dental practices accounted for 34 of them. When a breach happens, your patient records sell for between $...
Dental Practice
3D printing hit milling costs. In-office fabrication just became inevitable.
3D printing hit milling costs. In-office fabrication just became inevitable. In-office milling (Cerec, Dentsply) has owned the CAD/CAM crown market for years.
Dental Practice
Dental AI companies raised $800M in 2025. Where did it go?
Forty-three dental AI startups closed funding last year. $800 million poured into the sector. Not one changed how most practices actually work.