Dental Overhead & Cost Management

Overhead is the single biggest lever in dental profitability. The average general practice runs at 62% overhead, but top performers stay under 55%. Understanding where your money goes, supplies, lab fees, rent, utilities, and PPO write-offs, is the first step to keeping more of what you produce.

Latest Articles

• Your Overhead Is Probably 62%. Here's Exactly What That Means. , 2026 overhead benchmarks by practice type, with breakdowns of fixed vs. variable costs.
• Your Overhead Is 62%. Here's Exactly Where You're Bleeding , Line-item breakdown of where overhead dollars actually go in an average practice.
• Dental Supply Costs: Are You Overpaying by 20%? , Supply cost benchmarks and vendor negotiation data across practice sizes.
• Dental Supply Vendor Negotiation Timing , Why October is the optimal month to renegotiate vendor contracts.
• HVAC and Utilities Are Eating 8-12% of Your Revenue , Utility cost benchmarks and efficiency upgrades with real ROI timelines.
• Dental Office Utilities: You're Bleeding $200-500/Month , Specific inefficiencies in dental office energy usage and how to fix them.
• Lease Negotiation: You're Overpaying By $6K-$18K Annually , Lease renegotiation tactics and market rate data for dental office space.
• Your Lease Is Your Biggest Invisible Cost , How lease terms silently erode practice profitability over time.
• Dental Office Cleaning and Janitorial: The Hidden Cost , Janitorial cost benchmarks and in-house vs. outsourced economics.
• Dental Practice Working Capital: How Much Do You Actually Need , Working capital requirements by practice size and growth stage.
• Dental Lab Turnaround: Waiting on the Wrong Vendor , Lab fee benchmarks and the production cost of slow turnaround times.
• PPO Write-Offs: $42K/Year Per Doctor in Lost Revenue , Quantified PPO write-off data and strategies to recover margin.