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Dental Practice Loan Pre-Qualification Checklist
Loan pre-qualification is the work you do before a lender starts underwriting. Assembling the document package and the metrics a lender will evaluate, so you…
Practice Insights
Digital vs Film Radiography: Practice Economics
By 2026 the large majority of U.S. dental practices have already converted to digital radiography, the American Dental Association has stated adoption above 90%, so…
Practice Insights
Dental Hygienist Bonus Structures & Compensation Models
Hygiene bonus design has a real overdiagnosis problem most practice-management content ignores. Compensation models, the break-even production formula, and the ethical guardrails for hygienist bonuses.
Practice Insights
Intraoral Scanner ROI: iTero vs Trios vs Medit
Intraoral scanner pricing for iTero, 3Shape TRIOS, and Medit is dealer-quoted, bundled, and varies by configuration, trade-in, financing, and territory, none of the three publishes…
Practice Insights
Dental Assistant Salary by State 2026
Dental assistant salaries range from $37,760 (Utah) to $65,270 (Minnesota), a 73% spread. Full 50-state BLS OEWS table, loaded-cost math, and the assistant-to-hygienist staffing ratio.
Buying & Selling Practices
Working Capital True-Up in Dental Practice Sales
A working capital true-up is a post-closing adjustment that reconciles the estimated working capital delivered at closing against the actual working capital calculated afterward, and…
Practice Insights
Dental Practice Referral Program Economics
Referral programs produce the lowest cost per acquired patient of any channel, DPI’s own acquisition data puts referrals at $25-$180 (typical $110) against $150-$340 for…
Practice Insights
Dental Waste Management + Amalgam Separator Compliance
The EPA’s Dental Office Category Rule (40 CFR Part 441) requires most U.S. dental practices discharging to a public sewer and placing or removing amalgam…
Practice Insights
In-Network vs Out-of-Network Dental Practice: The Math
In-network and out-of-network are not a lifestyle choice. They are a volume-for-margin trade. Every in-network claim is paid at a contracted fee below the practice’s…
Insurance Independence
Dental Insurance Verification SOP
Dental insurance verification is the process of confirming a patient’s active coverage, plan limitations, and remaining benefits before treatment, and it is the single highest-CPC…