Dental Practice Economics: Chair Utilisation, Hygiene, Collections & Practice Value
Run the numbers of a dental practice in a live grid: chair utilisation, production per hour for dentists and hygienists, recall and retention, case acceptance, insurance write-offs and collection rate, overhead targets, associate pay and practice valuation, every cell checked as you go.
The first lesson is free — no account needed.
About this course
A dental practice economics course that runs the numbers of one fictional general practice, Lindenbrook Dental Studio, with six chairs, two dentists and three hygienists, in a spreadsheet, for practice owners and managers, associate dentists, dental students and practice brokers. You measure chair utilisation and the hours lost to no-shows, production per hour for dentists and hygienists, the recall and patient retention rates and what reactivation is worth, case acceptance and unscheduled treatment, insurance write-offs and the net collection rate, overhead by category against targets, an associate's pay as the greater of a percentage of collections and a daily guarantee, and the practice value as a percentage of collections and as an EBITDA multiple in a chart. Illustrative numbers, business math only, not clinical, legal or tax advice. The first lab is free.
Lessons
- Chair Hours & Chair UtilisationFree
- Production per Hour: Dentists vs Hygienists Pro
- Hygiene Recall, Reactivation & Patient Retention Pro
- Treatment Plan Acceptance & Unscheduled Treatment Pro
- Fee Schedules, Insurance Write-offs & Collection Rate Pro
- Overhead % by Category vs Targets Pro
- Associate Pay: % of Collections vs Daily Guarantee Pro
- Practice Valuation: % of Collections vs EBITDA Multiple (with a Chart) Pro