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' their staff members use to measure things like thank you referrals sent, percentage of hygiene appointments filled, over 30 day insurance claims, etc. Each staff member tracks about a half dozen different stats. Twenty years later, we still do the trackers every month and post the results in a staff area
April 17, 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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. They want to hook you on a subscription. In their eyes you can never have too much protection aka insurance... Most are the type of dentist who you just want your prophy and exam with a toothbrush but you are being forced into fluoride laser and irrigation... I think it sounds more like 4Q SCRP because
May 27, 2026
Computer Hardware
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they came from Total Collections Account Aging Insurance Aging A/R Balance Once you get grooved in with tracking numbers, you could add the following: Calls Out Appointments Made Patient Retention Percentage # of broken appointments per provider % of time filled Employee Referrals Welcome letters Thank
June 10, 2025
Practice Management & Administrative Forum
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to blame? What if AI in healthcare makes a mistake will hospitals or doctors be responsible? How will malpractice insurance be structured? So many questions, very few answers. In the meantime, we will just enjoy the mishaps and bloopers of AI. Relax Dr W, my post was a sarcasm. Tech grows
September 02, 2025
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a guy" I am sure he has no debt right ? Doesnt owe any money on property, equipment, insurance none of that? You think finding a hygienist is hard, go find 20 day laborers to run a nursery. I bet that "guy" thinks some days as well when hydrolic hoses break and an employee crashes a truck into a home
October 16, 2025
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. seems like shes offering a wide range of services, no? I bet her business failing has more to do with the hours of operation, poor phone skills from the front desk (ie. handling new patient calls, no we are out of network and dont take your insurance would kill a practice real quick) and maybe bad
August 07, 2025
Endodontics
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you to ADA surveys of steady declining revenue of both dentists and specialists. If you'd like more convincing click almost any thread here on DT, 80% of them are people chatting investments to retire early, GTFOOMO, complaining of staff issues, declining insurance rates, problem patients, etc. etc
December 11, 2025
Financing School and Loan Repayment
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200k doing some simple fill and drill, have your health insurance 100% paid for, a possible pension, and then having your money from private practice sale/work compound in the stock market. I think having 3-5 mil before 40 and jumping ship to govt/fqhc gig would be the ideal scenario. Then you
June 04, 2025
Retirement Planning
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. I would have a conversation with my patient about options based on money, time, value. If my patient doesnt have insurance or enough money to do the treatment they want I would suggest starting with something simple and see if it works: Caries clean out, line pupal floor with IRM, restore both
September 04, 2025
Restorative Dentistry
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in terms of insurance etc. I flew into Copenhagen on SAS on my way to Barcelona, seems like a great place to visit. I think so, Europe in general has a large safety net, Im sure it varies from country to country, but neverthless a safety net. Here we gotta be on point all the time, but the reward can
October 05, 2025
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is the housing cost as a percentage of the median household income. Currently around 50% (mortgage payments + taxes + insurance). It was close to 25% before Covid. We print more money (because it's ok to do that), what do you think happens to those numbers? Reread my post... You are almost full circle
September 17, 2025
Personal Finance
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. AEGDs tend to pay less IME than GPRs. I stand corrected I guess. I never looked into them because I was ready to get to work. Do corporate offices give better contracts to GPR trained dentist? Do insurance companies reimburse more for a crown to GPR trained dentist? Do banks give better rates or more
June 21, 2025
Residencies, AEGDs and GPRs
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ICCMO meeting in September in Phoenix to hear Howard talk about this in person; I hate to be the negative nelly, but you know this technology is going to be 'weaponized' also. Of course insurance companies have already started and will continue to expand their use of this technology to deny claims
August 10, 2025
Software Discussions
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, moved to a better state, retired already with a MAGD and an MBA... That being said, I'd still take a bullet for my wife. I also love Alameda. Also, I think that it depends on what you define as "making." I like to take advantage of every legal tax shelter possible: retirement, health insurance, etc
December 24, 2025
Financing School and Loan Repayment
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to compete and who you want to be in the patient's mind. Are you competing on price or on experience? Are you positioning yourself as insurance friendly, fee for service, sedation focused, implant only, Medicaid heavy, convenience driven, or boutique cosmetic? These are business decisions first
January 11, 2026
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. What happens if you just don't have insurance? What are the penalties? Its adorable when Dtards trot out obese folks to drive the point home that these folks are one weekend away from Ethiopian type famine... It peaked BPs interest.... A TRUE come together healer if I ever heard one. At least Ram
November 04, 2025
Politics
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. Hope this helps AR for days 1-30 could legit just be insurance checks coming in. You could hit the 1.2mil bid and negotiate 100% for days 1-30, 50% for days 30-60, and 20% of days 60-90. the 60-90 gets dicey, so it might not be worth shit. However, you might not want to deal with having to pay
January 13, 2026
Practice Acquisitions
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" and that is what the lawyer was arguing should happen. Man I wish we had the RemindMe bot from Reddit... I've never heard the narrative that the bond market is where the smart money is. The reason it's so big is because its risk free. Doesn't mean its smart money. But when insurance companies collect billions
January 22, 2026
Personal Finance
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more opportunities for outside work and i encouraged it. Turns out working 3 days a week makes you super focused. I think collections increase because you are honing a established system down. You cut the fat, you drop bad insurances because now you know you don't have time to waste on poor payers so
January 03, 2026
Practice Management & Administrative Forum
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the product liability insurance pay out. I'll also take a moment to remind. Should you struggle with real deal products, local reps with deep product knowledge are there for you and are anxious to help. There are a lot of guys and gals that know the glue and goo like I know the suck and blow. They derive
January 26, 2026
Ask a Dental Consultant
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for the first ~6 months while patients are still bonded to them. Perform a thorough accounts receivable audit. Age the AR, check collection patterns, identify any write-offs or uncollectible amounts; look for red flags like missing day sheets, month/year-end reports, monthly statements, or poor insurance
January 30, 2026
Practice Acquisitions
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never wasted my time or yours requesting X-rays. If the patient can't or won't pay for X-rays they can't or won't pay for treatment. Not the kind of patients that I want as patients. So I used to do this but I'm second guessing. We are getting TONS of NP's because offices are dropping insurance
November 10, 2025
Radiographic Diagnosis
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December 13, 2025
School Specific Discussions
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the mucosa and cortical bone for entry of an ablative tip into the tooth bud. It has to be done prior to 3rd molar calcification, so in a 6-7 year old. So this will require pediatric anesthesia in most cases. Insurance companies already balk at approving asymptomatic 3rd molar extraction, why would
February 13, 2026
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
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than someone that is paying $2200. I think it is ok to have different workflows and offer a different product based on insurance write offs and reimbursment. For this current dentrue I am looking to do the "very best" I can do and see the time and materal cost with a no holds barred, spare no expense
March 02, 2026
Removable Prosthodontics
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endless material. Insurance companies act like they were designed by Kafka. Technology fails at the worst possible moment. Specialists have their stereotypes. GPs have theirs too. The schedule blows up by 9:17 a.m. and somebody always says they only need a 'simple cleaning' with a mouthful of broken
March 29, 2026
Social Media
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for an occasional temporary situation are only done by insurance dentists looking to make a little more money. If you remove all caries, etch, isolate and dry properly, a bonded core is the best possible restoration. No gaps and it will actually strengthen the root, not leave a crowbar in the root
March 25, 2026
Restorative Dentistry
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to Aspen and got the filling and she didn't like them She went to the local DSO and got the same day crown and her tooth hurts I started to drill and access hole in the occlusion and the crown split in half.....the crown is about 1mm thick I referred to the endo and she changed and went to the insurance
April 23, 2026
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
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, rent of $4,700/mo, in effect until April 2030. Office accepts most major PPO (Delta, Metlife, Aetna, etc.), much of it contracted through Zelis (something I'm not familiar with, owner suggested I try and drop Zelis to contract with each insurance individually for possible better reimbursement
April 16, 2026
Practice Acquisitions
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TO BAND TOGETHER AND KICK THE INSURANCE AND SYSTEM IN THE ASS! yes this is a given 99% of dentists are more effed then ever. don't worry there will be a oon 1% dentist saying they are doing great and you are doing wrong and to buy their course to learn how to make money Biggest take away from
April 14, 2026
Personal Finance
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appalling.. I left the NHS completely then and have been private ever since with zero insurance other than a tiny percentage of plan patients. most dentists are still in the NHS but many dont leave because of the fear- That fear was engineered out of me by my mentors / teachers at an early age.- now
April 02, 2026
United Kingdom
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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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about it from an office analytics and KPI perspective. I like tracking metrics on a weekly basis. Allows you to adapt quickly and efficiently. Only two ways to decrease overhead are to cut expenses or increase revenue. Look at doing both. Be prepared it may entail cutting down on insurances
May 14, 2026
Ideas To Make Your Practice Grow
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numerous pts where preventive is covered by insurance at 100% AND it doesn't count towards their yearly benefit and they still say they don't want x-rays and/or exams. How or why doesn't giving away a free exam make you care any more than someone that gets renumerated for their work? Unless
May 09, 2026
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to go somewhere else. Jackson. Nice to run into you on DentalTown. It's been ages. Hope life is going well. Fesler Didn't you know Aspen kinda equates to Arestin? I took a bone grafting course a few years ago. General Dentist was in there for mandated CE from the state board/lawsuit/insurance
May 07, 2026
Ethics & Professional Conduct
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the ferrule isn't there. Hard to say I'm basing this off what I see in the stone model, lots of times you don't need to do that when you're opening the bite but if we don't have anything solid to grab onto that isn't a BU then its an insurance policy...Yeah, he'd likely spend up to another 6-8k but I would
May 19, 2026
Restorative Dentistry
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levels below the previous leadership. Its going to take decades for Iran to rebuild. The Uranium is likely under a collasped rock mountain . The Strait is more of a question about insurance than military. They cant pass through because Lloyds of London wont insure them. Iran has been rendered moot. Soon
May 26, 2026
Personal Finance
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What are some of your must read non fiction novel books related to medicine history? The Social Transformation of American Medicine Paul Starr Pulitzer Prize-winning history of how U.S. healthcare evolved into a system dominated by hospitals, insurance companies, and organized medicine
August 19, 2025
Books & Periodicals
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$988 Disability Insurance Fee $55 $51 $51 $51 Clinic Gown Fee $0 $998 $998 $998 Total Billed Costs $114,168 $115,701 $107,956 $107,293 Books, Course Materials and Supplies $2,600
August 08, 2025
School Specific Discussions
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now. Ram really thinks the two are equal cause, well just cause. I will go on record and say BOTH are shitty ideas so he will quit crying about it. You took the loan, pay it fuking back. So far we are striking out on insurance. Keep holding ur breath... Apparently...
October 22, 2025
Politics
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When I google "dentist in my city" there are two blocks of business and the first contains a sponsored section where all the business have a green check mark that states they are verified and have business insurance etc. How do you go about verifying this information? I would assume its worth
October 27, 2025
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about this DDS? dentistry is safe on pregnant women, I'm not sure why things escalated like that great time to be a dentist Absolutely, if you love student loan debt, practice loans, endless insurance games, a nationwide hygienist shortage, PPO reimbursement cuts, TikTok influencers diagnosing
July 26, 2025
Legal Issues
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a beautiful peace to the Middle East. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei was startled today to learn he couldn't purchase life insurance. yes it is. Ray.if your looking for consistency, reason, rational ideas or positions amongst the Trumptards, you have blundered. Paltry? TheSupremeLeaderof the Islamic
June 17, 2025
Politics
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also planning to put the post/crown on the tooth before he lost his benefits. If he had cash and/or PPO insurance at that time why not do the implant? I saw him about a month later and that was the condition. so those who think I was wrong for doing a hail mary treatment....dude they were taking his
July 30, 2025
Endodontics
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use complicated dental terminologies; explain the treatment in easy-to-understand layman's terms. Understand each patient's concerns through attentive listening and provide verbal acknowledgement to make your patients feel valued. No #3: Offer Flexible Payment Options Despite having insurance
January 23, 2026
Ideas To Make Your Practice Grow
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. That is what I was talking about. Set up the sub trust. Cheap insurance. The killing of civilians in Gaza has been as horrifying as the ones in Iran no doubt. But funding it is not the real story here is it? That is not our number one issue with it. I'm just making an observation people who have been
January 27, 2026
Politics
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be surprised] Handle insurance and financial questions Recognize missed opportunities How to acknowledge patients Simple coaching on what to say when the phone rings is not enough because the real opportunities vary on live calls. I've listened to hundreds of calls over the years and trained
February 04, 2026
Front Office Discussion
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. Dennis Quaid is on his way.... In 2012, Justice John Roberts declared the penalty for not buying ObamaCare insurance a "tax", allowing him to uphold the mandate under the taxing power of Congress. Even though the mandate was not labeled as a tax anywhere in the bill. In 2026, John Roberts declared
February 22, 2026
Politics
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should have lower overhead than smaller ones, especially when insurance is only a factor for 1/3 of patients. Subtract $150k/yr for loan payments = $350k. Paying an associate 2 days/wk = $150k or so, assuming they will get about 35% of $400-450k, means your take home is about $200k. I think
March 11, 2026
Practice Acquisitions
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