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? Maybe maybe not. Let's just say it would take a lot of work. Maybe akin to herding cats. I do think there is plenty of room for things like tuition, licensing, fee schedules, access to care, EFDAs, DTs, records management/electronic records, 'insurance' companies, etc to be addressed. The list above
May 28, 2026
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I am graduating this spring and know I need to make a decision about disability insurance soon. I am torn between the ADA's policy and Mass Mutual's unisex policy (I'm female). Over the last several years, we've been battered with so many sales pitches from reps and financial planners with big
April 13, 2017
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is shocked. Randy tells him about his own pastthat he was in denial about how people perceived him, until he had a professor that showed he cared by smacking the truth into his head. And heres what makes Randy special: he listened. Randy says that hes a recovering jerk, and that this student can become
August 24, 2025
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membership and eat the cost of increased disability insurance premiums if that's the route the ADA tries to go. Which they will. Because they are bought and paid for by the DSOs. Do you have a link to some stats on this or names of a few specific schools to look at their faculty lists where you
October 09, 2025
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There is a major dental insurance company that is known for REDUCING what they are paying dentists as well as NOT ALLOWING new providers to sign up for their plan be paid at the same level as existing providers. This major dental insurance company has been congratulated recently for donating
February 03, 2022
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. Some are veteran dentists of decades. The cause? Most common and most affordable procedures due to affordability in a society thats insurance dependent arereferredout 1. Refer all endo and ext 2. Watch small decay and unwillingness to do filling which is the get rich quick mentality 3. To a lesser
July 17, 2025
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. Perhaps I can facilitate what I think is an important topic. If you are happy with dentistry - great!! But there are many who are not. Combining heavy debt with crappy insurance reimbursements, difficult patients, staff problems, the struggle IS real for some, likely many. My 38 year old about
August 23, 2025
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I don't understand how the public can willingly go along with this, paying higher and higher premiums for less and less coverage? It's amazing to me insurance companies are getting away with this. The narrative is that dentists are expensive. Not that insurance rips off patients and dentists
December 09, 2021
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, hospitals being part of private equity or insurance-owned systems, and student debt and training hours that leave many doctors fatigued and financially constrained. Finally, the timing is significant: the U.S. Senate recently passed a bill limiting student borrowing for professional degrees at $200,000
October 24, 2025
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health. Life insurance, health insurance, disability insurance, malpractice insurance. $3k ce, 30 days PTO, paid holidays, 5 paid CE days. Usually comes to 10 paid weeks off annually. $160k current salary, but about to head into negotiations at renewal soon. My husband is a stay-at-home dad, and all
May 17, 2025
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take my insurance". Supercuts/Sportlcips never price gouged tho. Can dental chains employ those dentists who can do a very quality job? My guess is yes, eventually they will be able to recruit them (student debt, higher costs of running business) I wouldn't think to much into it. Corp pharmacies
October 05, 2025
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. I have also invested in a nice pillow to help me sleep better at night. I have been considering going to a chiropractor or PT to have someone look at my neck... My only reservation is how this might affect me getting disability insurance, health insurance, etc. after school. I do not want to have
July 17, 2018
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you can suck it up. Not sure I will start a scratch startup at 41 and have lots of debt with heavy insurance participation . I graduated at 39 in 2012, bought 1st practice 6 mos after graduation and bought my second this year. I'm 43 now and am just getting warmed up!! You'll be fine go
October 09, 2016
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. But I know more than what I knew in thefirst year out of school. And yes i was naive to open a practice right after graduation. I believe who opens a dental clinic right after graduation from dental school in this economy and the world of insurances is stupid The goal of the group is not to own right
June 05, 2017
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like the one who went bankrupt while a poster boy of implant makers. Scott does everything you can imagine and good at all of them. Thats what makes the difference between him and the rest of us. No, my conclusion, is that DSO is not to blame, insurance is not to blame, ADA is not to blame
August 06, 2025
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..in USD... also cost of living..and government coverage of health insurance for the dentists many variables...here..That's the same number as the office health insurance...Aren't salaries across the board down in non-USA countries ? SImilar trend for the other white collar professions as well
November 08, 2016
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Why is dental school cost INCREASING while what dental insurance companies are paying dentists DECREASING?Should this be shared with applicants BEFORE they sign on the virtual dotted line for $500,000 in dental school debt? Yes, but will they listen? No shot. I agree with youDont work
January 15, 2022
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. 4 GPR residents locally just last year each had over 400,000 in student loan debt last year and that number goes up every year, its not the minority of people. Not every dentist is going to be an a successful business person. Dental incomes for associates are generally not going up, insurance
September 24, 2021
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to get a clearance clearing her for dentistry in the clinic....if she didn't get cleared they may of not let her into clinic and may of kicked her out. No joke. a friend told me you should hide everything from doctors until you have a great disability insurance plan in place. Sounds like it may
July 12, 2017
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your body. Bravo. I would easily say you are an exception and I would highly warn most future dentists about the profession.... stagnant insurance reimbursements, higher inflation, higher payroll, etc. You probably made big sacrifices to pay a lot of debt in just 7 years after graduation; to pay off
July 09, 2021
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a caveat. Some of these better reimbursements are due to hospitals merging, creating negotiating power with insurance companies. Its a battle of hospital vs insurance, with the MD merely being an employee. So as I write this, I realize its difficult to compare ourselves to medicine right now. Unless
September 26, 2021
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. At the hospital he works at, medicaid pays him $200 for an epidural....and he has to do it at 2-3 am. There are patients who are illegal immigrants and don't have insurance. He still has to treat them for free....and if something bad happens they can still sue him. He will send them a bill for his service
June 26, 2024
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The only real problem now is that when you graduate and apply for disability insurance, given that you have a medical record for your hands, they are going to exclude any hand injury from coverage. It isn't fair, or right, but it is what they do. Words of advice, whenever you see a doc for any
January 19, 2018
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not have the answer. Same is true if someone asked me to comment on how / what / why you bill insurance on anything you do. Why? I wasn't there. I did not see the x-ray nor present during the intra-oral exam. Therefore it would not be fair for me to comment on something specific like that regarding
June 20, 2023
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... Lol is it time to work for Capital One? haha I know a few people that would consider My friend works at a big dental office, one of their FD staff is someone who has been at it for about 12 years, great with patients/insurance/etc. Not certain on their education background, but I believe they have
November 23, 2021
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extractions, don't do any. If you hate removable, don't do any. I know a dentist who hated it, but found a job as a glorified hygienist, and loved it.high class and educated escort. charge 1500 an hour. You could be a dentist. It sucks but it pays more than that other......Dental Insurance Auditor
May 14, 2015
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phase 1 is free and phase 2 is half off. Can still use insurance tho. Awesome! What school is that?Dont chart it? Get a cool instructor to help. Louisville! I like it here well enough. Obviously ups and downs but it's a very positive learning environment. At our school we only have to pay lab
August 30, 2018
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. They will find out and you'll be in a world if hurt....NOOOOO. Don't report it. I had a peeing in public incident with the police. Insurance companies don't know about it nor should they. If there's a reward out for you, expect somebody on this board to turn you in today.Hellooo state board
January 17, 2015
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in debt upon graduation, which to normal people sounds nuts, but in dental world seems not too bad. Still though, $205k seems like it'd be a crushing weight. How do you deal with the debt? How much money do you ultimately take home each month after servicing your debt and malpractice insurance
April 06, 2018
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with Cigna. Both were higher compensating plans. I dont think anyone with assurant ever came into the office. I did have Cigna patients that came in but when I sold I was still 97% FFS. I have no idea if my successor has signed any other contracts Actually it does make sense. The insurance companies
September 28, 2021
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civilians ~ 70k and learn a lot. Downside is that they will put you where they need you, ultimately mission comes first. You also don't have to pay malpractice insurance. But we also still have paper charts and no cadcam. Technology is slow to come to the military :/ No, AR 670-1 clearly lays out
July 22, 2015
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Good question, i do a few amalgams if i can't achieve ideal isolation or if i'm rebuilding an entire tooth for long term. I charge the same for both procedures for 2 reasons. 1. Advise given at a lecture once that the same fee for both over time will increase your amalgam payout from insurance so
March 02, 2014
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arguing with insurance to pay for treatment. This coupled with the population devaluing our service and expecting everything to be free not knowing how difficult and technique sensitive our treatment is. Dentistry is now all about sell sell sell. As I am a conservative dentist like my dad I feel
October 12, 2021
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are able to leverage a large buying group>check oversupply of dentists with huge debt burden who's only option is to be employees>in the works right now Insurances negotiating with DSO's for favorable reimbursement>check Downward pressure on fees and socialization of dentistry to make volume the only
August 26, 2021
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simply because the insurance will cover it.That is wrong. There are other factors involved in producing that money. Skill involved in a crown prep. is much higher than restoring a class V especially for a new grad. Time it would take to get ready, time it would take to prep a crown, time it takes
May 08, 2023
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insurance, retirement plans, etc. -Ability to enter other fields....favors nursing, management, teaching, etc.... nursing has more avenues to enter, dentistry even as a professor has limited opportunities for hire It isn't really about the money, just compare cost of entry to any field
September 22, 2021
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. And you will have to go into debt for school, probably around 300K+. So that is a total gamble of 620K+ for a profession you are not sure about. And this isn't even touching buying in or ever starting your own practice. And with income of dentists (on average) on a decline, plus all the insurance
April 01, 2014
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) will staff payroll and expectations be less in dentistry? 7) will insurance payments be less? *certainly no one can predict the future but an unbiased answering of those questions would likely not trend towards positives of at least dentistry, maybe other professions too, but forget IBR at 13%. 13
February 12, 2022
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are the current guidelines set forth by ADA/FDA.Doesnt the pan + bitewings combination often get downgraded by insurance? We are FFS but have been taking an FMX instead for most new adult patients to reduce their net out-of-pocket. I thought most offices did this. If insurance reimbursement weren't an issue
November 19, 2017
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. The good old american way! Canadians don't have PPOs, etc, so we don't feel the same squeeze from insurance companies as americans do.Without practice owners to give new grads jobs as associates, what would new grads do to support themselves?The more bobjonesdds posts, the more convinced I am that he
May 13, 2014
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on the new absurd two door rocket. Life is good, so enjoy it. We could be in a medical residency with debt looming overhead (I owed over $500K) and hospitals and insurance companies waiting to pounce but we don't have to. The fundamental difference in us and the MDs.... We tell them what's wrong
August 13, 2024
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is extremely negative for dentistry. From loans, to inflation, to corporate, to insurance companies buying practices, to hygienists and so on. The only real silver lining with dentistry still remains that you can be your own business owner. That's about it. I think dentistry can be good if it's all FFS
August 06, 2025
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enjoy/can tolerate. Dont like insurance, drop it. Dont like doing fillings, hire someone else or charge more. Dentistry is pretty much a printing press for money. Dont want to work 5 days a weekwork two days. Dont want to drill teethdo a ton of ortho/pain. Over the years of getting burned out, Ive
October 14, 2021
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means you are blind, or ignorant. Fewer than 3% of the practices in this country can be considered boutique. At least half of them are medicaid or insurance driven, and anyone with that kind of practice will tell you that patient loyalty is a thing of the past. Patients want what they perceive
August 19, 2021
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anecdotes like these but you get the point. I'm not trying to toot my horn but to make my situation clear. As the hour of school approaches I am having serious doubts about my career choice. I know that saturation is a big problem and it's getting worse and worse. I know corporatization and insurance
June 28, 2017
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harder for even the sharpest tools and hardworking of new dentists to make a very good income every year with the way dental insurances are playing reimbursement games with providers, specially under rising inflation. Dentists working very hard helps, but dental insurances cut the checks
August 01, 2021
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insurances run your career and keep seeing your margins get squeezedthis is the result, some have no choice but to twist the realitythis is one of the reasons I took the handcuffs off and left the networks During negotiations, one associate candidates condition to work at my GP business is that he
May 06, 2023
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be demotivated by a number of things, often tied to both clinical and business pressures. Here are some common ones: Insurance hassles High overhead Patient no-shows or cancellations Lack of appreciation Burnout Staff issues Fear of litigation or bad reviews Inversion helps here. Identify what kills your
April 16, 2025
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and socially drained to come home and put on energy for the kids is rough... not getting a raise because we are stuck in insurance stagnation sucks to. If I didn't make money outside dentistry- investing- I would say the job sucks. But because dentistry gave me the $ to invest- and that in itself
July 19, 2025
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...This should tell us something.... doug the place for the profession to make a stand is not between the new grad and a prospective boss, but between the practice owner and the insurance companies. As long as dentists are willing to sign contracts that put their fee schedule at the mercy
May 12, 2014
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