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it works as an investment and a (panic) asset. wheel of fortune Yeah, I thought about buying a little gold through the office as an 'insurance to restorative supply changes breaking down.' Can I get the contact for your farm broker? I bought one 80 acre section and had to ask around to find someone
January 02, 2026
Retirement Planning
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on this thread I'll post that I am moving closer to that goalpost. My wife made very little as a teacher, but the insurance alone was with its weight in gold. She also got a 401k, and the pay covered some vacations. If she had continued to work, just from insurance savings, and the resulting medical
January 20, 2026
Retirement Planning
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they know their hands are tied. Oh and that's if they respond. If it's a non violent non life threatening emergency you are gonna be waiting hours for a response. take a number and take a seat- file with your insurance and rinse repeat. You don't think there's an incentive for a semiconductor CEO
November 12, 2025
Personal Finance
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with the medicaid population. No one can get full control over a patient demographic that can lose their insurance from one month to the next, who can't get a ride to the office etc. How? Yes! I'd be happy to look over the Broken Appointment Summary or do a one-on-one complimentary Zoom training on broken
December 14, 2025
Pediatric Dentistry
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have changed. I went to 2million/ 4 million a long time ago. There won't be much cost difference. I have my building (slip and fall and property) insurance through the same company as my malpractice. I did an umbrella that covers in the event I exceed the coverage on either policy. Again, cost
April 20, 2026
Dentistry In The News
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on the owner, insurance profile, fee schedule, employee payroll, overhead, location, patient mix, and basic modernization. You do not control market multiples, but you do control these levers. The same changes that make a practice more transferable and valuable usually make it more profitable
April 01, 2026
Future Planning General Discussions
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The Rockefeller Method to read during my recovery. It compared Rockefeller, whose wealth has lasted generations over a century, and the Vanderbilts, whose wealth disappeared in a few generations. Their big pitch was investing in whole life insurance, which I never did, and well never do, so
May 30, 2025
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was amazing when I was a kid. Obviously, the issue is not as clear-cut and simplistic as you would like. Quality of life encompasses the cost of housing - that is part of it. Buying a house - as anyone of us who owns one knows - is not the only cost of housing. Taxes, utilities, insurance
May 29, 2025
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and next January we might do some lower teeth when his dental insurance plan renews itself. He had a $2000.00 yearly limit and we flew by that!! 44 year old lady with uneven anterior teeth. Laterals had deep mesial depressions as well so I reshaped the mesial with Renamel. I was already started when
August 29, 2025
Cosmetic Dentistry
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bankrupt in the process. Still it is very difficult to get an appointment with them unless you have private insurance. You should actually be rally against the high tuition. I saw a short with Cardi B being interviewed and she stated something very profound. 'We always complain about not having enough
September 09, 2025
Medicaid and Welfare Issues
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on. According to their website, its 179 the first year then 129. I'm sure if you want to use any of the features like I use e prescribe on Dentrix, requires you to have some level of subscription to keep all of the software current with the new government and insurance BS Open dental is fantastic
September 17, 2025
Dentrix
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of margins. Think about insurance company actuary departments. This is a structural kill shot disguised as moderation - not a walk-back. Trump's team knew if they slammed existing holders immediately, the courts, corporations, and universities would swarm them with injunctions and sob stories about
September 20, 2025
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profession? Either a foundation or an insurance company has to be paying him something. Follow the money. Strip away his dental license. Wont matter much he probably doesn't use it. getting your ass off the lazy boy, getting a job and finding a dentist would solve access to care. there already are too many
September 22, 2025
Medicaid and Welfare Issues
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it to QB and pay with the click of a button. Do this ASAP because I think they have to send a pin via mail if it's the same as before. I've done payroll for 12 years and never messed it up. I've now added 401k and health insurance so it's slightly more complex, but still find it easy enough
October 17, 2025
Accounting / Bookkeeping
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should step in and force private companies to offer insurance to high risk locations. Dems love Big Government. Same way you are scapegoating and ostracizing Trumptards. Next, you will want everyone Trump supporter to wear a yellow MAGA patch so you know who you can beat up and terrorize. Ram
July 02, 2025
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into stained fissures; be leery of promises of mentorship. Feel free to pm with any questions. I have 0 regrets I separated and hope I'm not making it seem bad - it's just quite different. Thanks for the reply. Utah gets a pretty bad rap for insurance reimbursements. Is it as bad as they say? And do you feel like you are able to earn a comfortable living in Utah?
August 06, 2025
Future Planning General Discussions
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is the no shows are through the roof. It is a college town, so a lot of the patients are young, don't value a doctor's time at all, and expect to pay nothing when the go to the doctor (I have insurance, I don't have to pay for anything attitude). I am considering requiring new patients to pay $25 to book
August 08, 2025
Ask a Dental Consultant
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Holistic Dentists. Unfortunately, most of them ended up with big treatment plans after we evaluate them. Mostly end up with EXT, RCT, Crowns. I had no idea what holistic dentist before. As i learnt, they mostly don't accept insurance. Their website similar with yoga studio websites, no FL,they prefer
July 23, 2025
Pediatric Dentistry
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representation, particularly those with additional charges to the buyer; or receive or offer referral fees with lenders, consultants, insurance providers and/or attorneys. rush parties into signing contracts without ample time to consult with an attorney
August 13, 2025
Practice Sales
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cartels. Perhaps the US can offer insurance guarantees to the US oil companies. Oil execs are meeting with Trump today to hammer out details. The point is that an agent shouldn't stand in front of a running and occupied vehicle like that......I thought I already said this. It was a dangerous move
January 08, 2026
Politics
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folks believe that is some type of sin we are committing. This has nothing to do with changing your ethics, moral compass, and all of that. As the insurance industry tries to commoditize our profession, believing that one dentist is interchangeable with another, I'd suggest you don't fall
January 23, 2026
Personal Finance
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labeled it 'problem child' in your chart. The Big Book of British Smiles The Big Book of British Smiles DOCTOR: looks like you don't have any health insurance so we're gonna let you die ME: okay fantastic thank you A man walks up to a librarian and says, 'Do you have any books on Pavlov's dog and Schrodinger's cat?' The librarian replies, 'Hmm. That rings a bell, but I'm not sure if it's here.' Oral Surgeons Oral Surgeons
January 27, 2026
Jokes
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Had a nice visit from the board inspector today. One of our patients filed a complaint with the board because their insurance denied covering their SC/RP treatment, and she was mad because she had to pay out of pocket. Best thing is the OM adjusted off her balance, but still filed a complaint
January 29, 2026
Politics
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. 'Annuity' salesman is cover for something much broader that he is embarrassed to offer up. I figured he is probably mostly selling whole life insurance, but now Deads has me thinking that it could be time shares after that Glengarry Glen Ross reference. It won't let me embed here, but click
February 02, 2026
Politics
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possible. There are a variety of public health repayment jobs out there that will pay your loans after 4 years. They offer salary, paid malpractice insurance, paid healthcare, matching retirement, holidays, PTO etc. Yes but do you really think this administration will stick to its word? you put in your
October 30, 2025
Practice Management & Administrative Forum
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the government, calling it 'the dumbest thing possible that won't work.' Kennedy mocked the plan for handing $35 billion in taxpayer money to insurance companies 'without any commitment to lowering premiums,' adding, 'Earth to Chuck... The short answer is no. The long answer is h*ll no.' Never seen the Book of Mormon play. Making fun of an Lds missionary in Africa hits a little close to home.
November 08, 2025
Politics
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, betcha Delta will be the first to start rejecting poor radiography and clawing back the $$$. That one is coming.. When dental insurance maximums were $1500 decades ago and crowns were less than a hundred dollars it was a different time! Now on food delivery apps you can finance your food delivery
November 15, 2025
Patient Finance Plans
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). OpEx = staffing, utilities, maintenance, insurance, taxes, admin/booking software, reserves (turf replacement). Require DSCR 1.25x at conservative utilization; if it misses, walk. Control downside with paper: Site control via PSA/option with outs (entitlements, environmental, geotech, financing
November 20, 2025
Real Estate Investment
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insurance on a CC. I have a patient who takes care of the fat cats who have Capitol One credit cards. I asked her how much they are charging on the card. She has a handful of clients who charge over 1 million dollars per month. I do the gift card hack for office supplies that we buy off Amazon. I buy
November 23, 2025
Personal Finance
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likely will get my membership as well. My wife has no interest but daughter will get trained on gun safety soon. Within 1 year, she will buy a house so I ll make sure she can handle a firearm. Can you buy private insurance? I'm told ALL of it is Trumps fault. Let THAT sink in. Fortunately it's prolly
November 28, 2025
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insurance policy. Myself and the wife work full time so with at least 2, I can get the BETTER deal. Wanna know what the BEST deal I get for 2026? My premiums are ONLY going up $10,428!! And my max deductible is a paltry $10,900!!! What a fuking STEAL this year. Staying in the individual policy
December 13, 2025
Politics
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, insurance companies, picky patients, etc! I also enjoy the sponsors: they do not pressure you into buying anything (although you do need a lot to do implant dentistry!) Thanks CII, Peter Lee, DDS Interesting that everyone reviewing the course is on their first post on dentaltown. Not making assumptions
February 12, 2026
CE Comments / Suggestions / Events
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presidential term, what are you complaining about? Promises made, promises kept. By the way, how do you guys underwrite whole life insurance for trans people? Do you quote it any differently? Thomas Massie's questions are not in your clip What a disgusting culture and nation. Needs to be invaded
February 13, 2026
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takes the lead in Iran will not be able to buy life insurance. Field hockey, already exists In the summer Olympics: Ballroom Dancing and Shuffleboard. The SC has ruled the Trump tariffs to be unconstitutional. The discussion going on now is how to return all the billions and billion$ to those that paid
February 20, 2026
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ending (no one even knows what that will look like and when) will get the stock market to ATH? 1 week of oil at $100 caused so much damage already to the supply chain all over the world. Ships all over the wrong places, the ones in and near the strait insurances getting cancelled, oil fields
March 14, 2026
Personal Finance
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often imagine AI only affecting clinical work, but administrative tasks may change even faster. Insurance narratives. Chart notes. Progress reports. Appointment reminders. Case presentations. These are all pattern driven writing tasks. Which means software can generate them extremely quickly
March 08, 2026
Orthodontics
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immigration? Thats another benefit to living in Kansas. We have the same hygienist issues, just not as extreme. We also have a hygiene school in town. Like I said. Less crappy Obamacare dental insurance. Seems like the fill in hygienists are always looking to fill days. Its quite a racket
March 05, 2026
Politics
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senators. They dropped it like a Tiger Woods insurance policy. From time to time, I have mentioned the inevitable implications of sex robots. "Oh, but men will miss dealing with us. They long for intimate discussions and long walks on the beach. You're not going to wear that shirt, are you?" Negative
March 28, 2026
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a lot of details that may make one of these choices preferable to others, including occlusion, esthetic concerns, spacing and alignment of anterior teeth, gingival resorption in the 10 space, bruxism, dentist's experience and preference, insurance coverage, patient habits (such as fingernail chewing
April 04, 2026
Fixed Prosthodontics
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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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skilll, judgement, and time. If insurance companies were smart that would reimburse these at a higher rate (promoting its implementation), as I feel like it would save them money by reducing what they are paying in root canals, extractions, implants. We don't work slow, but it does take time
May 16, 2026
Bonding Products &Techniques
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photos of the delivered restorations. What they are doing is amazing and intriguing. I haven't done a case with them yet. I'm an insurance/DSO dentist, so it doesn't really work for me. As one that learned a technique similar to Tucker's that produced the same results, I have an appreciation
May 20, 2026
Restorative Dentistry
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involved, I'd be looking to the Florida dental board for relief. While I am sure they exist, one of the only cases I have heard of where dental Eq. was stolen. We hd a case years ago that should have made the stupid criminals videos, doctor filed an insurance claim that his chairs were stolen 4
May 21, 2026
Dentistry In The News
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the financials and the second office was barely breaking even. Another doc is perpetually trying to find an associate to staff the other office. And the third one ended up just working both offices themselves but moved to a more DSO style of tx planning (every insurance imaginable, add ons like irrigation
May 21, 2026
DSOs Dental Group Practice, Multi-location Dental Practices, and Dental Su
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Springs weather, like as in 90-100 degrees and when you take the gondola up and get out it is chilly and you need a jacket How long more are you staying in the Islands? btw, interesting to note, that injection ( Synvisc). is not covered by insurance. Doc said if we wanted to get some from local
August 14, 2025
Leisure
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to 9k with surgical exts of 7 and 10 (snapped off a 4 unit bridge that someone did). Hes walking around with no anteriors (other than canines) currently. I presume his insurance might kick in 1000. For almost all anterior work, I charge flat 1300/unit regardless of insurance. This fee includes all
August 17, 2025
Dental Students
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of Alabama. However, there is still a hygiene shortage. Moreover, our reimbursement rates for hygiene appointments are pretty much the lowest in the country. Alabama has a hard time retaining specialists, dentists, and hygienists because the insurance reimbursements are atrocious. BCBS is monopoly
June 27, 2025
Hygiene Discussions
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I'm have an opportunity to take a break from dentistry and explore. I would love to become a consultant, any tips? How did you get started? In what fashion would you be consulting?? Practice growth, overhead management, insurance navigation.....I imagine you need a niche I want to consult on how
August 09, 2025
Ask a Dental Consultant
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a root canal evaluation. My endos will always do a consult first and not pressure anyone to do a root canal unless they really think it's needed. Also that would have likely been covered by her insurance, whereas her old dentist was not (one of the reasons she left him). And he didn't charge her
August 07, 2025
Patient Communication / Education
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am not a huge producer and college tuitions are no joke with 4 kids. I am completely over the mental game of running a practice and worrying about all of this stuff. Unfortunately, though car insurance, health insurance, real estate taxes alone are 50k. Hard to imagine that is what it cost to wake
November 01, 2025
Retirement Planning
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