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or check we are starting the 3% cc surcharge today, i pay 30k in fees per year. Only in one of my offices where there arent enough dentists and im the only holdout still taking insurance. I would probably not do it quite yet in my other office where there is dental saturation. Going to also look
January 05, 2026
Accounting / Bookkeeping
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great uses for AI but replacing your front desk isn't one of them. Well said. AI can MAYBE take your order of nuggets. ask it 'how much will insurance pay for this crown' or 'this is Chris, just returning your call to confirm my appointment' and it will short circuit. 'Ok Chris, what's your date
January 07, 2026
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, another communication from you this time. Document every single attempt to schedule them. If you do a fall project [we recommend this for patients with and without insurance] you catch them again and they will also be part of the reactivation project in the beginning of the year. Your team needs
February 05, 2026
Front Office Discussion
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frustrating to deal with All delta goes to one RDH, how is this a logistical nightmare? Have you read some of the threads of what people try to do to appease delta pts so they dont leave when they drop...that stuff seems like a nightmare. Pre-stamped envelope for insurance payments, excel
December 07, 2025
Delta Dental
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into not using one because 'you'll cook the tissue'. cant you just drill the tissue away and apply monsels solution if needed? Do y'all bill it for gingivectomy? Does insurance pay? Or just bill the patient? I've never thought about it but i guess i probably should bill for it if needed (usually only when
December 08, 2025
Equipment
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sharing-401k plan and possibly a cash balance DB plan. After doing these things and still have large taxable income, you had a great year. Don't do promotions you sense aren't legit such as captive insurance subsidiaries, conservation easements, and R&D tax credits. Told this by tax attorney
March 13, 2026
Taxes
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agree. I think he could have gotten a 3.4 in there. This is what happens when there is no communication from perio. Very frustrating. Bummer. Realize the patient probably did NOT see a specialist, but someone who paid to show results when someone searches 'periodontist who takes my insurance.' I have
March 26, 2026
Mini Implants
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, etc. After a few hours the accounts were closed, but it left me wondering. What is the play here? What could they do to scam our office? My office manager said they could potentially call insurance companies and re-direct funds to go to their account. Anything else I need to watch out for? Has
May 21, 2026
Staff Management Issues
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, competent team gets them back for years. The biggest mistake is treating 'patient ghosting' like one problem. It is not. It is fear, cost, confusion, inconvenience, weak systems, poor handoffs, insurance frustration, and human procrastination all wearing the same Halloween costume. So yes
May 21, 2026
Patient Communication / Education
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the phone. Says he needs #3 implant restored. Then he goes off on how he doesn't want to use insurance benefits for the exam and x-rays, etc. as he wants to conserve his benefits for the actual crown. He goes back and forth with my front office, finally understands exams and x-rays are non-negotiable
May 24, 2026
Just Plain Bitching and Moaning
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there is no waltzing into a DSO, much less with a million in student loan debt. As with every profession/industry there are turning points that really change the profession. 1) 2008- that was the time when insurance companies stopping really giving raises to dentists. I remember older docs telling me
October 15, 2025
Personal Finance
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the downright weird and strange things that happen with products and people. It's a good thing when the manufacturer's who make the products carry actual product liability insurance. ZERO recourse on the privately imported Chinese equipment. No need to insure for what you are totally insulated from
April 19, 2026
Dental Supplies
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not DSO, it's the provider, It's not the insurance, it's the provider. It's not the lab, it's the provider. Its not the design of the office but the provider. Every dentist CAN do endo and CAN extract teeth. They wouldn't have graduated from dental school if they couldn't, so that's not even a topic
July 30, 2025
Endodontics
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someone's ankles in the form of massive student debt, of course they cannot buy a practice for a decade or more. Rising tuition benefits dental schools first, but it also serves other interests. DSOs gain access to a steady supply of labor to support their margins. Insurance companies benefit from
January 04, 2026
General Discussions
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agencies will provide you malpractice insurance some will not. Since locums are not covered under tort law, they have to have malpractice insurance. If he had to buy his own that is an added expense. I have heard there are agencies out there that will pick up medical insurance if you stay with them
November 25, 2025
Personal Finance
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4 days a week and had one hygienist doing assisted hygiene. Last year it was $1.1M in my first calendar year as an associate (owner the last 2 months). Previous owner was there for 7 years (did one day per week at the 'main' office). Always been heavy PPO. I'm about 87% insurance. I'm confident
January 18, 2026
Personal Finance
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Solo plus, and restored with Clearfil Majesty. (1. Treatment plan should have done correctly so all teeth needs RCT should be the first priority and 13 along with 19 should have been priority so insurance money is not used on procedures that wont cause pain; 2. 19 AND 13 should have been your
June 04, 2025
CE Comments / Suggestions / Events
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for a nice dinner on me and say Ill be back. HEHEH ON another note, how much havethe HOA insurances and maintenance cost rise compared to a decade ago? These cost are %20-%30 more since the exchange rate is not favorable for Canadians. Im trying to show a repeated pattern. Nobody is to blame except
September 01, 2025
Politics
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. The clinical threads have gotten sparse. Conventional crown and bride, implant restos, fillings, RCT, EXT have gotten pushed to the wayside IMO for complex implant AND more importantly business/admin/insurance related topics. The latter has become so popular because that is the most pressing thing
September 29, 2025
General Discussions
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business. I am been fortunate in that my office has done really well, but no way I am doing a startup in today's environment unless it is in a smaller town and I can be the big fish in a small pond and not have to take every insurance or at least do TPA's and still get patients in the door. I cringe
August 15, 2025
Practice Start-Up
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a computer. There is not much dental art for a technician to do now in the crown and bridge world. And dentists can't pay $300-400 for a pfm when they are getting $800 from insurance when they can get zirconia that works well enough for $100. The pfm market is a niche market now, that is the reality
October 16, 2025
Cosmetic Dentistry
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a tight margin will shift into a loss and he may have no choice but to stop treating Medicaid patients. The article frames this as a micro-case of a broader national issue: dental benefits in Medicaid remain poorly paid compared with private insurance; dental care is often siloed away from broader medical
October 29, 2025
Pediatric Dentistry
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/reimbursement is that low is going to be hard imo. I guess most of these doctors do not accept delta? You know the insurance accepted by upwards of 80% of doctors? Those terrible fees are within like 20% of deltas fees for the same procedures, with the exception of the filling. I am sure some crappy
July 13, 2025
Ideas To Make Your Practice Grow
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with the condenser while we were hosing it off. Other than that, haven't noticed any issues. My primary insurance companies require an x-ray following cementation. That makes it easy for me to check for cement removal and still show the insurance company the seated crown so I can get paid. Finally something
June 20, 2025
Fixed Prosthodontics
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for the cost of the mailers for a whole year. We also opted out of 3 insurance plans. Now we are only in network with Cigna and Delta. In 2026, I plan to do more marketing to see if we can bring in more cash/out of network patients. If so, we will start dropping the last 2 insurance plans." " Would also like
January 23, 2026
CE Comments / Suggestions / Events
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together I'd say around 120-180k per year sounds reasonable if it's full time work All that plus home insurance, health insurance, food, bills, travel and so on. You gotta have a crap ton of money for that lifestyle especially since you won't be working. You forgot caregiver. Ah, very interesting! Yeah
January 28, 2026
Retired and Soon to be Retired Dentist's Forum
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. Go to a better insurance model maybe - HMO style plans Kaiser and Medicaid (Partnership)in California are trying that here around me. 3. Getting lower paid providers in- Midlevels. 4. Making Education cheaper - Subsidized ?? By the govt in return for work in rural areas maybe. 5. Have TECH come
January 14, 2026
Practice Management & Administrative Forum
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realize what actually happens when the illegal population is gone. Suddenly Americans start getting real raises again. Hospitals stop drowning in overcrowded ERs. Schools breathe, class sizes finally return to something sane. Insurance bills drop instead of climbing every year. Young families can
February 04, 2026
Politics
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not own a boat. He never got right with the IRS. Anyone using crowd health? With many on our team members being single mom's and loss of the subsidy to help pay these premiums....health insurance cost have become a big topic in my office. I've listen to him on podcasts previously and very interested
November 14, 2025
Personal Finance
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will probably never convince your liability insurance provider to cover your participation in "general medicine". This increases your risk, because if you treat things that push the limits of your scope, your malpractice insurance will not help you at all. I get the appeal of a broader scope of practice
December 16, 2025
General Health
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store Man, that is a sweet life The US has not invaded Venezuela. The only thing being stopped in this blockade are oil tankers ALREADY under sanction. There are about a thousand of them. They are travelling illegally with flags of countries not registered in and without the required insurance
December 17, 2025
Politics
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collecting fees, working with DSOs and not standing up to insurance companies. So its up to us to report these things. See that's what irks me. If there was someone out on the street grabbing dozens of women's purses, punching them in the mouth and stealing their money, there'd be a full-blown manhunt
February 12, 2026
Ethical Issues
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. They literally can't pay their goons anymore. For starters, the US should send navy ships to escort oil tankers. The Straight is not closed. Insurance companies have stopped insuring the ships. That's why they are not passing. Trump has even talked about providing insurance for those ships. Pulling all the stops. He can't afford to let this thing fail No matter how hard Democrats try to derail him
March 07, 2026
Politics
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This came up on my feed. Notice the questions wasn't is it worth it. The question was how to pay. Just a reminder that most people do not have dental insurance and if you portray value to your dentistry, you fill find people like these willing to pay....Interestingly enough, the comments weren't
March 18, 2026
Going Out of Network
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completely agree with you on the drivers, but I guess I am really fortunate , but I just don't see that in my patients at all. I never have. Must be my location. Some of it has to do with demographics and fees/insurance participation. Some. But there are those practicing in lower income areas
April 23, 2026
Retired and Soon to be Retired Dentist's Forum
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a cashflow, we take DentiCal. You can cut down on DentiCal as the practice matures but it is difficult when so many kids are on state funded insurance. If you go PPO route, the practice growth is ususally very slow. Interesting...Considering how populated and expensive the metro areas are.....I'm
April 20, 2026
Pediatric Dentistry
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, damages can include lifetime medical care, lost earnings, pain and suffering, and punitive damages, which is how totals climb into eight figures. What's interesting is that even the biggest malpractice cases are usually far smaller than major fraud or racketeering cases. A Medicaid or insurance
April 12, 2026
Legal Issues
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and where you are now, we would focus on the following: 1) Systems for hiring and managing employees, handling new patients, incoming and outgoing calls, scheduling, recare, financial policies, handing insurance, verbal skills, appointment wrap-ups and hand offs. 2) Set goals and structure your
April 07, 2026
Practice Management & Administrative Forum
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extreme. Rich people and those hedged with assets will be more happy and tell everyone that things are great- the poor and middle class will be drowned out by the media that says all is good while they figure out how to manage health insurance, daycare, and putting food on the table. Where
May 06, 2026
Personal Finance
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or short term overhead insurance? I was just listening to a white coat advisor podcast about it yesterday. Not sure if there was anything you don't know but might be worth a listen. Guessing you are left handed. Well that is a positive. I had surgery on mine about a year ago. It wasn't a rupture
June 09, 2025
Practice Management & Administrative Forum
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topics that these dental specialists commonly encounter. This conference will help attendees develop a comprehensive treatment approach that integrates the best practices from both fields. AAPD | AAO Winter Conference Flooding the market with more dentists, is how insurance companies ensure
May 30, 2025
Pediatric Dentistry
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). Just like anywhere in Costal FL it's ungodly busy in winter with snowbirds. What about the cost of property insurance? If you can get it! Der I'm sure this was answered and I might not check for a reply for a couple days, but the thing that I can't get past is that you convinced your
June 05, 2025
Personal Finance
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. If the body healed it, why stir it up? Also, if you extract and leave remnants behind, thats a new opportunity for a foreign body response when the site heals again. If its insurance based though, I doubt theyd reimburse. Endo is clearly successful. In the absence of sinus symptoms, I would ignore
October 08, 2025
Endodontics
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while possibly taking on more debt. For dentists already sitting on strong earnings or substantial savings, the math can work against specialization, especially if the goal is simply to hit a certain income target. In those cases, buying or building a practice, dropping low-paying insurance plans
August 15, 2025
General Discussions
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on the benefits of their insurance for better pt outcomes and case acceptance. Healthcare providers and, in the US, patients are indoctrinated early and bombarded frequently with messages brainwashing us that we need these things to fix our problems. I have yet to see a tv commercial stating the importance
October 18, 2025
Pharmacology
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Hello, I would love your opinions for this case. I have a 12 year old patient that presented for a comprehensive exam. Upon examination we see that the patient has poor home care, and extensive caries. The patient does have Medicaid insurance that covers fillings, root canals, and crowns. What
October 26, 2025
Restorative Dentistry
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and mother of the newborn get 12 months maternity leave between them and usually most often the mother takes most of the 12 months of the leave with pay which equals about 60% of your usual wage paid by our unemployment insurance program. Having a mother around for 12 months pays big benefits later
July 03, 2025
Cosmetic Dentistry
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are great), and my first question for him was whether he participates in any insurance networks. He is not planning to (and good for him), so I let him know I probably wouldn't be sending him much business. I know plenty of periodontists that I can (and do) refer out to, but what our market needs is one
July 28, 2025
Periodontics
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numb your thumb up before you accidentally cut it off to get liability insurance. And this dude will deliver propane straight to your tank to keep you warm in the winter. What else ya got this morning Cha? Molar root canal on 15? Bring it!
June 17, 2025
Personal Finance
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.) and give it some info about your office like hours, location, services, insurance accepted, etc. Tell it to end the call by saying itll pass everything along to the team, and theyll call back as soon as theyre off the phone with other patients. Then register a number just for the AI, and set your VOIP
July 21, 2025
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