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word of mouth and insurance referrals. I don't know what an expensive website would do and how much it' costs. Officite website is there so we can say we have a page. That's it. Once a year I go edit something. 100\month seems a lot to host since they don't really do anything else. Not even edit. can
May 10, 2026
Dentist Websites
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or insurances. We have issues keeping pace with inflation with our income. We are the tallest dwarf. Meaning, compared with the rest of the working class we are doing well and that's why 99% hate us. That said, we are still dwarves. We don't have political lobbying power and unlike the billionaire class
May 20, 2026
Personal Finance
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, troubleshooting CAD/CAM systems, managing sterilization compliance, handling insurance headaches, coordinating implant workflows, educating patients, juggling schedules, monitoring inventory, calming nervous patients, and somehow still finding time to ask if you want your loupes cleaned. A great
May 11, 2026
Dental Assistants
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they share in common on the test 4. Malpractice insurance rates for DTs in MN are about $100, similar to that of Dental hygiensits and much lower than that of dentists. THese malpratice insurance companies are not stupid 5. 100% of the published studies demonstrate high quality of DT services. If you have
May 01, 2026
Ethical Issues
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be today's definition of close-to-poverty. I would be curious to know what medical insurance premiums were in 1979 vs 2024. I'm going to try to explain my thoughts on wealth in the US but I admit it's hard to articulate. Let's assume that middle class is doing marginally better. The issue, and many don't
May 02, 2026
Personal Finance
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with a shitty product. Thank capitalism. this is what you live for. this is your Granada. Your Venezuela. Just be careful when you masturbate..... If you were a more creative thinker, you'd hit your insurance sales quotas much sooner. It's gotta be stressful squeaking through at the last moment
May 04, 2026
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systems, train team members, manage recall, control overhead, track case acceptance, reduce insurance dependence, and build a practice that can breathe without you standing over every operatory like the dental version of air traffic control. The reports all point to the same reality. Dentistry has
April 30, 2026
DSOs Dental Group Practice, Multi-location Dental Practices, and Dental Su
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rather see soothing decor elements. Me too George. Plus, you can see those before and after pictures that Howard posted in many offices as they are stock photos sold by Practicon I believe. They don't care about diplomas. Just if you 'take their insurance.' "Hey, Mr. and Mrs. Patient . . . I'm a TOP
May 03, 2026
Office Decorating
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contract a bit due to hefty FFS population and some insurance optimization. Now on 10 days hygiene and 4 days of doc. Percentage was 45-50% now its 35-40%. Came from a doctor production heavy office. Became a refferal-dontist pretty quick unless its stuff I want to do. Im fairly young too with sedation
May 07, 2026
Ask a Dental Consultant
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are the accomidations working out. when is your next follow up visit so we can adjust the scheudle -Are the implant surgery guides complete for friday -We just dropped one insurance carrior and I am seeing more new pt exams and full mouth debridments. Is the schedule managable? We discussed no more than 1
May 15, 2026
Practice Management & Administrative Forum
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spaces, signage, who can own units, who can practice in the building, right of first refusal in the sale of a unit, etc. In our condo, we share alarm systems, compressors, vacuum units, amalgam recovery units, water, building insurance, janitorial services, garbage removal and lawn care, all of which
May 08, 2026
Dental Office Design/ Construction
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to heart. Really depends. I can't control their taxes or what they pay at the pump or health insurance (I can a little) or what items cost at Target. I can control their wages and work environment. Hard to say who has a greater impact. I may have to go with billionaires. I'm here for the same reason. I've
May 13, 2026
Personal Finance
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if your malpractice rates go up because you don't need the insurance anymore. Damn, typing this out makes me want to retire. I liked working, but almost immediately after putting my practice on the market, I could not wait to be gone. I was very surprised by my reaction, imagining a comfortable cruise
April 29, 2026
Retired and Soon to be Retired Dentist's Forum
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grants to the states, along with 50-50 cost sharing on all manner of funding. Is there an outbreak of uncontrolled fires now? I'd agree to some extent. But schools should be state and locally funded. We already pay different insurance rates depending on where we live. Yes, costs for things like
May 01, 2026
Politics
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and first time home owners are 40+. even though gas is 6-7+$ a gallon even though we have a combo of inflation + shrinkflation of goods. even though consumer sentiment index is the lowest its ever been. even though health insurance for a family of four is more expensive then its ever been. Do an experiment
May 07, 2026
Personal Finance
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teeth and stable perio before the ortho was done! Now there's a ton of defects and the occlusal plane is way off. Patient said she missed seeing me, but blamed me for not taking her Delta Dental Insurance. Sorta a weird, bittersweet feeling. Harkening back to the OP from about 18 years ago, I've
May 11, 2026
Just Plain Bitching and Moaning
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$15,689 $12,047 Legal/professional $6,550 $6,466 $5,076 Dues/subscriptions $1,765 $2,640 $1,946 Utilities $6,234 $5,782 $5,667 Dental supplies $114,467 $81,052 $58,691 Laboratory fees $44,246 $56,767 $46,933 Insurance $13,342 $8,748 $6,293 Continuing education $200 $3,485 $960 Office expenses $7,635
May 08, 2026
Practice Acquisitions
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. Production, procedures, schedules, collections, insurance, patient records, and provider activity all start there. Then come the analytics companies, such as Practice by Numbers, Dental Intelligence, Jarvis Analytics, Sikka.ai, and Practice Analytics. These platforms try to turn raw PMS data
May 09, 2026
Software Discussions
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demise of Obamacare has helped. It often came with crappy dental insurance and the only ones who liked Obama care got it for free. I see less of those patients and more people with jobs. Hygiene is up. Airfare prices are definitely higher than 20%. Convoluted inflation report won't answer anything
May 12, 2026
Personal Finance
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. This is what we started doing last year - calculate the total spending on debit and credit at the end of each week, with a monthly target (excluding fixed expenses like mortgage, cars, insurance, savings, 529s, etc). It's been very helpful in controlling spending, but also very eye opening as to just how
May 09, 2026
Retirement Planning
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it the past few weeks. Should be ready today. As for Gerald, he wrote a Filipino cookbook. He's also currently working for insurance companies on how to deny claims from dentists. Update: I'll be giving bass 1 to my wife's coworker, a middle school teacher. She's pretty thrilled to have her own bass. I
May 15, 2026
Art
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see a USC dental education as a good investment. It would be too big of a hole for me to contemplate starting a career of declining reimbursement and insurance company and governmental control. If you had a trust fund like mine... I trust you will find a way to fund yourself...you're screwed
May 11, 2026
School Specific Discussions
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health insurance. For cheap AND nobody would lose their doctors. A REAL president indeed. Wicked smaht.. All the fine national leaders from the party of women's rights agree and support him as well. Wow, if she had only done a bare MINIMUM of background. Would have realized this was just ANOTHER well
May 01, 2026
Politics
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in a consultant in person to observe the office and help guide us into better systems. I had 3 hygienists, lost 1 due to finances; i.e. the PPO fee stagnation. At this point, I am dropping insurances and moving completely OON/FFS. It's about a 50/50 split and I will be dropping another insurance here
April 30, 2026
Dental Office Design/ Construction
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home and it's not big deal. If you don't have a drivers license with Real ID, you can still get thru but it'll cost you $45 and you'll have to provide a whole bunch of cards with your name on them, i.e. CC, Health Insurance cards, SS cards, etc. So bottom line, I wasn't gonna hafta drive back home
May 07, 2026
Vacation
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in the passing lane should be pulled over and pistol-whipped as they drive by the "slower traffic keep left" and "left lane for passing only" signs. :) On the same page here. I remember when I was the "new guy" in town(1974) and I how built something from nothing without ever signing an insurance
May 08, 2026
Retired and Soon to be Retired Dentist's Forum
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/hr ($40k/yr before taxes) cover the mortgage, insurance, property taxes, etc of 200-300k townhouse these days? How much would be left for utilities, groceries, car related expenses, student loans, etc? All of which has gone up significantly over the last 5-10 yrs.., and still rising. Can most even
May 03, 2026
Personal Finance
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far its... 1) Faux unpaid internship at private equity trying to help them form DSO's 2) Chatgpt write a book titled "Is Your Dentist Lying to You?" and having it posted on a Dental forum So next up has to be something in the realm of either Delta dental insurance claim reviewer or State commission
May 05, 2026
Patient Communication / Education
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in the room. This guy will soon be practicing dentistry in another state. I would think the malpractice insurance carriers just might maintain a national database of those that they insure. How does that work? Multi million dollar settlements do get everyone's attention. Has an appeal been filed yet? We
May 04, 2026
Dentistry In The News
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-dentist ratio may also have weak staffing, low fee tolerance, limited specialists, poor insurance mix, and a lifestyle your family hates by month six. A wealthy suburb may look perfect until you realize it has ten polished PPO offices, two DSOs, three orthodontists, a pediatric dentist on every corner
May 03, 2026
Personal Finance
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directions and office insurance policy. I want it SEO optimized also. Please output files for download. Hit enter. 5. Refine as you wish until you are happy. 6. Tell claude: I use X hosting with the domain Y that I bought. Tell me exactly how to upload these files to my hosting and where to put them. Claude
April 30, 2026
Building Your Website
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that anyone who believed in Him, would not die but would have everlasting life. (John 3:16) At age 16, it seemed like a no-brainer. I had nothing to lose, so I asked Jesus to come into my heart. No fanfare, I didn't walk an aisle or raise my hand. I just believed. It was basically a fire insurance
May 17, 2026
Religion & The Spiritual Side of Dentistry
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pocket is. Her insurance estimate is vague. Life happens. Her kid has a game, her boss adds a meeting, her car battery dies, or she just decides today is not the day. Then she tells you she 'forgot.' She did not forget. She deprioritized. That distinction matters because it changes how you fix
May 06, 2026
Practice Management & Administrative Forum
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into the president of IL State Dental Society, if I win. But I do have a big mouth. So we shall see. We have tackled many issues. Some successfully some not so successfully. Our current issues are the ERISA exemption many insurance companies are using to bypass state laws of that state. And the shameful
May 05, 2026
CE Comments / Suggestions / Events
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) and investing wins through about age 89, but by age 90 the delayed strategy (age 70) just barely pulls ahead - and the gap widens significantly beyond 90. Here's the math, normalized to a $1,000/month Primary Insurance Amount (PIA) - your actual numbers scale proportionally: *:first-child]:mt-0 [&_>*:last
May 18, 2026
Retirement Planning
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