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When someone calls your office and asks this question, what do you say? Assume the patient has no insurance. $80... dougAll cleanings are done by prescription and without an insurance plan, when you have healthy gums, the price for regular cleaning is _____. But before we can
August 18, 2018
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, FMD, bleaching trays2. Lets start with 1,16,17,32 all Surg ext, followed by socket preservation with collagen membrane and silk sutures. That should be all together about 1600-2500 depending where you work3. White teeth and healthy gums? I beg to differ dear sir, look again, pt is smoker
March 12, 2009
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gums healthy again. Then I stop talking (We dentists tend to overtalk) Breakaway provides the missed call report to me. As for the Google thing, it's a longgg story. Basically, I bought South Tampa Family and Comestic Dentistry. Well, I opened a new Google Page called South Tampa Dentistry - Dr
March 22, 2016
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opportunities.The work itself completely sucks. Breaking your back all day scraping teeth while everyone complains about their sensitive teeth and how they cant get themselves to floss but why arent their gums healthy? when you could have become an ultrasound tech or something interesting.Theres
February 07, 2025
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evaluation: 32 BW: 48 Prophy child: 48 Topical Fluoride: 22 Dump to local hygiene program, FQHC if you can't get good fees. Short-term fix, change policy to give the super healthy patients ONE prophy/exam/x-rays a year. They don't get seen every 6 months, just yearly. That cuts the problem in half
April 06, 2026
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that the business stays healthy. Which means some growth. I've done a lot of mailers and online advertising to get the growth I have had, but now my next new patient slot is in September and I'm starting to put off hygiene patients that don't schedule ahead or have to reschedule. I really like where I
April 16, 2026
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I bought a small office about 2 years ago. We have had steady growth since I purchased it and hope to keep growing. I was looking over some of our numbers the other day. In comparing Jan-June 2016 to Jan-June 2017, our production increased by 18.5%. My question is, what is a healthy percentage
July 26, 2017
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it is a very relaxing way to practice but not sure if it's the best exit strategy?? Karim, any ideas on marketing on a budget? I have a similar practice to Brad that I purchased 2.5 years ago. Lots of long time healthy patients. I get about 8 new patients per month which is not enough. Thanks
October 19, 2015
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verbiage is one small component of this. This kind of blows my mind. Can you raise your fees? Raise your fees until the new patient flow slows down. One idea I have heard of is to determine the patients in your practice that are "healthy" and shift them to prophies once per year. That should free up
November 13, 2025
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over my max." You: "I understand. Think of your insurance like a $1,500 gift card. It's a great coupon that helps us get started. But just like a gift card at a restaurant, we shouldn't starve ourselves just because the coupon ran out. Let's use the coupon for the first part and get you healthy
January 29, 2026
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You did better than we did on the same volume of mail. I am almost to the conclusion that contacting past due and incomplete treatment folks is a monumental waste of time, energy and resources. The rate of scheduling just seems to be so low. If they don't want to come in, they just don't. If they...
October 22, 2015
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people to have problems with their...Elective procedures. Prophy palace. Fine tune the healthy patient maintenance visits. Focus on efficiency while having great and consistent customer experience. I agree with this. Also, how are you selling? If you're bread and butter services, you may need
January 25, 2018
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This is happening in March 2015! 8 Days/7 Experts talk about Wealth & Dental Health. No $ to attend. Reg here:
February 26, 2015
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but this is my ideal. Between 30 and 60. Working, gainfully employed. Hasn't been to a dentist in 2-4 years. Has a couple teeth needing new fillings and a crown or two needing to be done, along with some mild gum problems. Is mentally ready for treatment, knows he/she needs to get caught up and wants
November 06, 2014
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Gum guy approached me today that is retiring, fairly young at 49 yrs old. He is moving to the area and looking to work part time at gp offices. My question is, what do you think is reasonable and fair compensation system for a periodontist coming into an office to do work? Thanks Specialists
June 18, 2025
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and one kind of floss. It is all prepackaged in a white paper sack. Its handed to the patient and You get what you get ( pick the paste, reg or sensitive) Dont like it, go buy what you want. We hand out toothbrush, dental floss, and to those patients that we recommend it to a five pack sample of GUM Soft
March 25, 2021
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vacation plans but not really getting much out of it. Those patients are usually pretty healthy, and if they do need something it's often just a single tooth treatment. Just curioushas anyone ever called the number? Doubtful The hygiene model works well for us. But only because we can charge our
March 15, 2025
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Gum guy approached me today that is retiring, fairly young at 49 yrs old. He is moving to the area and looking to work part time at gp offices. My question is, what do you think is reasonable and fair compensation system for a periodontist coming into an office to do work? Thanks
November 03, 2015
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pretty healthy teeth. I practice relatively conservatively, but still find that there just is not much treatment needs. Goal would be to grow to a point where I can play the insurance cut down game and transition OON totally over the next few years. In order to do this and still function properly
October 31, 2025
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it generates some business. It's hard waiting for patients to come in, really, it sucks. I know we're lucky with between 60-70 patients per month coming in new. Darn it if they don't have healthy mouths. Some days I just want to have that patient who needs that $4300 treatment as someone said
July 03, 2012
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was harmed in the delivery of the training. All patients walked out healthy, alive, and free from extreme provider behavior. This thread makes me ill. Sorry to hear that. Good luck to ya. But somehow you felt DentalTown was free game? The fuck? Oh I miss Hogo, he would never allowed this happen
April 11, 2024
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. Citanest and the compounded pharmacy topical. no problem, I have them come back for the prophy free cleaning or if I have time that day I would just do it. we eliminated the SRP vs free cleaning by saying gum treatment, or periodontal treatment. we don't say deep cleaning. I dont see how
January 05, 2024
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good staff, no marketing budget, no recall system, etc. It's just a challenge knowing which lever to pull when you are at a healthy equilibrium and don't want to break anything. (Especially when you see a lot of the "visionary" dentists around you closing their offices, consolidating locations
March 07, 2026
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the treatment plan should add up to the doctor's definition of a healthy mouth. A good exercise to do is to take some time and sit down and write out your idea of a healthy mouth. Now, compare that definition to every person that comes in. Lets say a patient needs three crowns. You tell him what he needs
May 13, 2014
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who have opted for DSO care (ie. cheapest/most convenient) but have pockets of money waiting to spend it on getting their gums zapped? Or.... Did you happen to stumble upon a savvy laser sales rep :) A goodCO2 laser is around $30-35K. That is going to be tough. You would probably have better
March 07, 2018
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No consultant in the profession will say to leave your backdoor open and expect these patients just to call. I've been in the same spot for 55 years so I understand your point. But I'd rather raise my fees and make that simple prophy (with no dentistry diagnosed) profitable. Because that healthy
June 18, 2023
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to replace your single tooth treatment out of hygiene with more comprehensive cases. Mark This isn't a new problem in dentistry. I've certainly seen it many times over the years. The same healthy patients come in every six months and they don't need any dentistry. At the same time, many of the other
December 20, 2023
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sending overdue reminders to healthy pts with no pending treatment.Let them call if they want to Not always, there is a reason why many are emergency patients. we have marketed for LOEs and have done extremely well. but many remain LOEs for good reasons and i am perfectly fine
April 24, 2023
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for 20,000$ and I just can't afford that typically (but not always) way over tx planned How much do you charge to put antibiotics in my gums they wanted to put it in every one of my gums? We don't practice voodoo here, only evidence based dentistry so no magic powder in your gums sir, and you only have
March 21, 2018
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and they do the rest. They give the patient free Nicorette gum and every month you just ask the patient how things are going and you can bill it. It is a good deal.Can /should / whether get into prescribing transdermal nicotine patches. I have heard that they have side effects and their efficacy
January 19, 2017
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and warn them about what to expect, but when I did do calls it was either Im fine, bye or it opened the door for them to complain about sore jaw, gums, etc Office staff calls the next day for extractions, implants, rct's. If patient has a problem, they leave note for doc. I often leave patients a business
November 23, 2023
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, it's a gum disease factoid or a dental meme. I know others will say it helps grow their practice, but I find that the conversion is terrible. People get on Facebook for two reasons: entertainment (memes and those nifty cooking videos) and to stalk their exes. I'd love for Jaysmasher to chime
October 29, 2017
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experience at this same office--work not done right, outrageous estimates, etc. One of those friends recommended her dentist to me and I went last week. To my surprise, I did NOT need a crown and I only need to fill some areas where there has been gum recession. (In addition, I was told I should wear
February 18, 2015
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on NDAS for a comprehensive tool for setting competitive and sustainable dental fees. Regular fee analysis, strategic pricing, and transparent patient communication are all key to a financially healthy practice. By staying proactive and adjusting fees as needed, dentists can ensure long-term success while providing high-quality care. 1
July 09, 2025
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spoke with was having little to no return on her Google Ads. She had a $0.78 CPC (cost per ad click), which is about 10x lower than the healthy industry standard ($7.50-$12.00 and beyond). An unusually low CPC and poor conversions indicate that your ad is being shown to people who don't matter to you
October 10, 2025
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because you net more overall. And if you are ppo you can go ffs and increase fees. If you are ffs you can increase fees and be totally ok with losing some of those healthy mouth patients. Its freeing. I purposefully pay as little attention to hygiene as possible. It runs well, makes money, and we do great
February 21, 2025
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reason to. The best way I've found to make a PPO practice successful is to add as many services to your practice that are FFS or Non Covered or Higher price ticket items. -Ortho -Six Month Braces -Veneers -Gum Grafting -Implants -Full Mouth Rehabs -Ceramics -Botox -Many of these things bring in FFS
December 18, 2014
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be aware that some aesthetic outcomes, such as gum recession, may not be ideal. C. Alternatively, I offer a regenerative procedure akin to LASIK for the gums. This non-invasive laser science approach targets the disease at its source without the need for cutting or suturing. To enhance understanding
October 08, 2024
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, and they need to back you up on your recommendations. If all your hygienists are doing are prophies both you and them are failing your patients, IMO. Well said, hardly any adult patients are healthy enough for prophies. When I practiced clinically, we did all of the above, for many posters here, it appears
February 11, 2025
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. In addition they are not booking out on their restorative schedule as far because they are doing recalls on 8 healthy pts a day. The doc has time in their schedule to book $14k days because they are not being interrupted for multiple hygiene checks. In this model hygiene is offered as a courtesy to pts
March 19, 2026
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Hey everyone, I am long time lurker and occasional poster on these forums. I have a startup which is getting to be three years old.We are a typical PPO/Medicaid practice which is beginning to finally grow at a healthy clip and we are headed towards collecting 600k this year.I have two full time
September 27, 2017
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. Well done keeping an overhead that low on fees that arent stellar. I would love to learn and do more complicated stuff like sinus lifts, gum grafts and 3d printed prosthetics. Its just the fees I can command are so low its not worth the headache. If I could charge higher id be more motivated. Its
April 17, 2025
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numbers that you can measure accurately today. Examples would include: If a desired result is to achieve a healthy profitability percentage (40 – 50%), one crucial KPI would be Collection Per Active Patient ($800 + per year), another would be Production Per Patient Visit ($350 to $450
July 24, 2014
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and do SRP with other treatment 4. High Percentage ofFFS is best 5. Refer all perio do only 'general dentistry' 6. Depends on your state, but technically a prophy is Supragingival removal of plaque and tartar. In some states assistants are allowed to hand scale and prophy above the gum line. - problem
December 31, 2015
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it first, and see what are the pitfalls and how they handled them. Nobody with a healthy mouth is going to sign up to give you $2500 a year for a few prophys so you can expect the patients that would sign up will need some significant treatment. Also, what stopping them from dropping your concierge
March 24, 2023
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booked schedule with discounted fees can be more profitable than a partially booked schedule with full fees. If that fully booked schedule is handled in a low-stress high-efficiency environment, then taking PPOs is very doable and healthy. Of course, as the practice's schedule reaches capacity
January 25, 2014
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. We wish you a very happy New Year filled with happy and healthy smiles! Namaste, Howard Farran DDS To do a better job of turning it off evenings and weekends. To cultivate some new hobbies, to carry me into retirement, someday. To drink less beer And to completely ignore resolution #3
January 01, 2015
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to bridge the gap between healthy patients and perio patients, it is not an all or nothing enterprise. Hence great for cash patients to be able to treat the problem without having to bill them for SRPs. Additionally, since this is an early stage perio or gingivitis case, you are more able to justify
February 08, 2017
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I'm posting on behalf of a client to get some feedback on an idea: client has a very busy, well run FFS practice. New patient growth is ok, lets just say they're not waiting in line at the door and the back door has minimal loss. a very healthy practice. that said, they (multi-doctor practice
December 06, 2014
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years are always stressful. Where are you? Your NP flow is plenty healthy...so my first instinct would be look at your schedule, case presentation, average value per case and financial options. If you ever want, I'm happy to build you a dash board and tell you what I see. Just don't panic. I've
July 15, 2016
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