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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
Ask a Dental Consultant
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not have to be enemies if the workflow is engineered properly. Silker passed away in 2020, and while there is no long formal obituary circulating in dental media, his influence lingers. His book still reads like a blueprint for dentists who want to control their destiny instead of waiting for insurance
January 31, 2026
Associates Corner
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his thoughts on luck, envy, greed. He also buys entire insurance companies and then invests the float, so while he seems conservative he can actually leverage about 1.7X
November 12, 2025
Personal Finance
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. Consistency across the internet is another important local SEO signal. Google checks whether your name, address, and phone number match exactly across websites such as Health grades, Yelp, ADA Find-a-Dentist, insurance networks, and local directories. Even small inconsistencies like 'Suite 200' vs. 'Ste
November 29, 2025
Marketing
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From my front porch at 5:55. I see how people can have different views on things but dang, how could you not love this? Mark I condensed into 2 days/week when we went OON with a lot of shit insurances (before it was cool, like 8 years ago) Made as much as I made on 4 days/week. Very tough to staff
February 13, 2026
Practice Sales
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in certain cases, especially aggressive disease. The real question is whether you can deliver high-quality instrumentation in one long visit without fatigue degrading precision. A four-hour marathon that exhausts you and the patient may be inferior to two focused sessions. Precision beats speed. Insurance
February 21, 2026
Hygiene Discussions
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, insurance narratives, review of prior radiographs, drafting post op instructions, and generating patient education materials are low risk, high leverage tasks. AI is excellent at digesting large volumes of data and turning them into readable summaries. It is not yet a reliable autonomous triage clinician
March 03, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
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is uually covered by insurance . Excelllent results! Love it! Keep it coming. Thank you , I'll dig for more lol Amhad nice work and this is easy after you do it a few times. In NB a 5 surface bonded composite costs over $350 and CDCP pays 85% of this and blue cross usually pays 80% so times 6 or 7 equals
November 06, 2025
Cosmetic Dentistry
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, then total risk goes down even if the legal standard goes up. That is exactly what happened with every imaging advance in medicine. There is another blind spot. Not every scary study predicts real lawsuits. Mock juries are not real juries. Real cases involve experts, insurance carriers, settlements
March 21, 2026
Radiographic Diagnosis
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of it happening to anyone else. Shit! They try to back the implant out - they try really hard - but it just won't come back out. It's too far down and seems stuck somewhere. What to do now? How's the nerve? Will this patient be numb for the rest of their life? What's going to happen to my insurance? Am I
March 30, 2026
Implantology
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daughter recently, HIRE A FORENSIC ACCOUNTANT!! It will pay for itself. For those married BOTH SPOUSES should have access to ALL FINANCIAL RECORDS and WILLS AND TRUSTS and insurance policies. Don't be left out in the dark. It will come back to bite you Personally think most of divorce is about dirt bag
May 03, 2026
Personal Finance
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is out again today. No emails saying what the issue is or heads up just a bunch of dead iPads and a down website! Hello. I would like some feedback from PBN users. I am looking to switch to either weave, pbn or adit. Also, is insurance verification a feature? Thanks
May 21, 2026
Practice Management & Administrative Forum
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at the time. We literally signed on with just a couple of insurance companies and had no business plan from there. Pretty pathetic now that I look back. I had a pretty good associateship at the time that put food on the table. From year one we made money and paid down our debt quickly, but I imagine
May 24, 2026
Practice Start-Up
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always say they will match pricing from others, but why waste your time. Price it competitive or get eaten by your competitors. If the assumption is things in dentistry have gotten cheaper than is it fair to assume that Insurances see this as a reason to keep reimbursement stagnant . I for one dont
August 13, 2025
Dental Supplies
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the going gets tough. Everything changed post covid, and I think it's fair to say there aren't many industries affected more than dentistry.......got shut down, arguably most dangerous profession during covid, lost huge percentage of our workforce, insurance companies doing everything in their power
September 26, 2025
General Discussions
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+ mins for a prophy. What a joke. all dentists should just become dental consultants or coaches I feel like this is aimed at me, but sure. Absolutely.. Says one would be shocked to see how many nurses are working in middle to high ranking admin positions in insurance/hospitals/etc making 300k
September 30, 2025
General Discussions
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the interest is tax deductible. So, on average, this strategy above has paid off very nicely, and lately it has paid off ridiculously. That is how Ilive. YAAAARRRRR!!! PS: I am not kidding. Seriously. PPS: I have good life insurance juuust in case. PPPS: I know that this is not popular advice on DT
August 03, 2025
Practice Management & Administrative Forum
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fees is always needed but you need to start adding implants,grafting ,PRP,sinus lifts,pinhole ,lanap,etc. this allows you to rely less on insurance patients and have more treatments to do on each patient that comes in the door. Why do you say this " raise fees only if you are growing" ? why would
January 06, 2026
Practice Management & Administrative Forum
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are pretty based as the kids say. I would add they are also in bed with insurance companies And they dont have a 142 million dollar budget. Thats the number they have spent over 3 years. I do not know what their yearly budget is but no where near 140 million. 53 million was spent trying to upgade
November 20, 2025
Practice Management & Administrative Forum
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to hell. But you won't cuz you're full of shit. Euro-simps haha Democrazies raising their hand that healthcare insurance should cover undocumented immigrants propelled trump to the presidency IMHO. Never forget this picture. Voters wanted the status quo changed, yes. But the change lead to more
January 21, 2026
Personal Finance
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began to emerge. The 30-year mortgage would not be authorized by Congress until 1948 (for new construction) and 1954 (for existing homes) i guess it's possible that you are maybe partially right. I think the 20 percent downpayment and property taxes/insurance are major roadblocks for a lot
November 10, 2025
Politics
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gets a little crazier. if you deleted her access the day you fired her... can you describe what it meant when you said she sat at her computer and "started working"??... also you don't need direct access to money to embezzle. She could (very hypothetical) file someone's insurance (her husband
February 12, 2026
Staff Management Issues
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old farts will continue taking insurance and keep wages muted, who cares, we have inflated assets. It only saves you on interest if they apply the extra payment to principle, which they generally did not do. I ended up spending hours on the phone arguing with them....then there were some law suits
February 17, 2026
Personal Finance
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a few at your practice so they can gain confidence and speed at a relaxed pace. Especially if you're not looking to make a profit off them. They could have most of the PPO insurance production that they sign up for. You can also teach them about the business and mentor them about restorative. i'm
April 17, 2026
Retired and Soon to be Retired Dentist's Forum
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, but haven't really done the SEO game yet. We have nothing but 5 star google reviews (ok 1 or 2 that are 4 stars). Most of our new patients are either internal referrals, google search/reviews, and from insurance websites. I imagine there are different strategies for different goals. My goals (poorly thought
May 10, 2026
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it on her income statement. Also her insurance rates would be affected as 2nd homes and vacation homes have different insurance rates- insurance fraud. So, many ways to create some legal basis for the Cook investigation. There is no false equivalent statement made. Only a false sense of prosecutorial
May 19, 2026
Personal Finance
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rebuilding....anyhow why so many of you are in denial that iran is a threat to the US is very odd to me. The leader openly states 'death to America' and is enriching uranium not to cook his morning eggs with but to build a bomb....crazy how naive some people can be... cult Not naive. You are naive
March 03, 2026
Associates Corner
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a salary from my parish, and that is redonated to the motherhouse, which provides the necessities: room, board, insurance, use of a car as necessary - all those sorts of things. I live near Columbus Circle, where the church is, with 20 other priests; all of our salaries or pensions go into the house, so
March 09, 2026
Dentistry In The News
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that have toddlers....life gets really expensive when you have teenagers. When you start talking vehicles, auto insurance, clothing, sports/activities, cell phones, extra vacation costs, etc. I never imagined I would be spending per month what I currently spend. Another thing....a whole lot depends
January 07, 2026
Retirement Planning
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in 2 years. My 8 year hygienist and my front who knows all of insurance ins and outs and collects at time of service. when they go- I am dreading it. So much so that I am debating on selling and taking a break if I have a huge chunk of cash from investing. let the new grad figure it out while I
January 13, 2026
Retirement Planning
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and is ultimately legally and ethically responsible for what happens under my roof. I have agreements with 3rd party vendors to do insurance verifications, to do lab work, to do payroll, to do the landscaping etc etc. Why is there so much pressure to give up this model? Why are DSOs so adamant to have
January 14, 2026
DSOs Dental Group Practice, Multi-location Dental Practices, and Dental Su
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what has happened to wages, supplies, insurance reimbursements, and interest rates since the easy money era ended. Salaries and benefits alone run well over 140 million dollars per year. Lab and supply costs, occupancy, depreciation, practice overhead and corporate overhead stack on top. Interest
February 26, 2026
Practice Acquisitions
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that will pay for my ADA membership. I still did not join. I consider it quite resistance. This is the first year I said No to renewing. Im not sad at all. I still renew cause our staff insurance is the MDA sponsored.....should really look at other options. We used to have a great CE program, got top
March 18, 2026
Just Plain Bitching and Moaning
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out of debt. However when deciding on the type of practice is where I am hung up. If all you seasoned docs are concerned with insurances, should I just open a ffs practice out of the gate? So far the patients I have now seem to really like me and trust me somewhat even being straight out of school
June 09, 2025
Delta Dental
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a community health clinic was opened 15 minutes down the road which accepts Medicaid, cash, and most insurances. It has grown so quickly due to the low fees, that it has absorbed a lot of the cash patients and now has 3 dentists... The dentists have all commented that this has given a major blow
September 05, 2025
Ideas To Make Your Practice Grow
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minutes. Instead of "How to Answer the Phone" When you don't have room on the schedule for a new patient, check with the doctor before turning them away. When a prospective new patient calls and asks about insurance, redirect them to our patient care and value script. When a caller hesitates
December 21, 2025
Staff Management Issues
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Looks like House voted: Subsidies for ACA WILL GO AWAY for millions of people who get their health care insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace We be gettin a new war in Venezuala!!! Market taking massive shits as AI begins to pop!! 2026 is going to be FUN Where my perma-bulls
December 18, 2025
Personal Finance
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you exist. Now layer in the accelerant. Social media. Dentists post about everything. Insurance companies. DSOs. fluoride. COVID. politics. public health. staffing shortages. angry patients. funny operatory moments. Sometimes it is education. Sometimes it is venting. Sometimes it is a joke you would
February 08, 2026
Social Media
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of the pyramid actually does the deed to the tune of 10% of the original expenditure. There must be accountability - "Show me what you - actually - did." Dentrix. Years ago, an OS in our area was telling me that he caught his FO creating fake production, filing insurance on it, and splitting it with friends
October 29, 2025
Politics
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Every dentist knows the mid career fantasy. Sell the practice, give away the loupes, move to the beach, and finally escape insurance audits. A surprising number of colleagues actually do something wilder. They leave the operatory for the pulpit, the rectory, the beit midrash, or the mission field
November 30, 2025
Religion & The Spiritual Side of Dentistry
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are implementing this policy. Sure, That is the way Democrat Senators operated in NJ, doug Simple . . . Adjust your fees by at least 3% and you won't have patients complaining. That doesn't work unfortunately for the insurance patients. Now that I think about it, I'm not sure why I don't at least charge my
December 04, 2025
Billing
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all so pigheaded, his method is probably the only way it will sink into their thick skulls. Rs have a plan to give funds directly to people into something like an HSA account so they can choose which insurance to buy. But for now, the simplest path is probably to just punt, extend the subsidies
December 10, 2025
Politics
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like Dental Insurance Guy's advice. I'd do what he says with the itemization and whatever you think's fair. Since the case isn't finished, I'd honestly give her the damn abutments or models or whatever the hell else you've got. But I would put in writing with the itemization that obviously the case
February 10, 2026
Billing
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increase, 3 1/2 front staff, 3 rdh's, 2 RDA's AI has helped me keep my labor cost just above %25 including 401K and profit sharing. How? AI relieves my staff to concentrate on patient care rather than insurance appeals, insurance verification etc. We are just on the cusp of what AI can provide dental
February 28, 2026
Personal Finance
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and rural patients, without timely or affordable care. One such patient, Tina Perrault, developed severe dental problems after a diabetes diagnosis but can't find or afford a dentist despite having insurance. The shortage has forced some residents to wait months or travel long distances for care
April 14, 2026
School Specific Discussions
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expected. At first, veterinary looked like the perfect private equity target. Thousands of small clinics, steady demand, emotional spending, and mostly cash-pay. Pet owners do not argue over treatment plans the way dental patients do. A dog in distress does not wait for next year's insurance maximum
April 30, 2026
Veterinary Dentistry
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? If not much difference in selling price, I would rather have 2 more ops with comfortable size in next room than 3 ops with kind of compact size. thank you 5 ops is the sweet spot for someone to build a following then drop most if not all insurance assignment and really be able to groove. Two doc ops
May 20, 2026
Dental Office Design/ Construction
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insurance and standardization is a double edged sword, potentially putting everyone at a 'disadvantage'; except the insurance company You are 100% correct that this 'type of dentistry' is not feasible for PPO rates, but every dds I know is looking to get out of network and regain more autonomy
May 27, 2026
Restorative Dentistry
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gas cards due to inflation, , Im surprised people do. I am helping my staff more with their rising health care insurance costs year after year. That's the real kicker. Luckily most of my staff are living local. No long commute. So no gas cards for my folks. im to poor to give out that kind of money
May 28, 2026
Personal Finance
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on) but, in broad terms, the answer could be: yes, you should have done that. Last but not least, DO NOT CALL HIM BACK! Hope this helps. Thank you for the answers! I will not call him.I am a PPO office. Most most of my patients, when I mention bone graft, insurance doesnt cover it, they opt out
May 31, 2025
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
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