A benchmark built from practices like yours, with the things usually left out

Most dental benchmarks stop at the five buckets. This one asks the questions that explain them: PPO share, recare, team tenure, debt service, the owner's draw. Twenty eight answers, one closed year, about twenty minutes with the profit and loss and the practice software open. Confidential by design.

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What you get, and what we promise

Now: your practice against the healthy ranges, on this page, before you send anything.
At twelve practices: the network report, medians and quartiles by size and PPO mix. Members get the summary; Inner Circle members get the report with their own practice placed on every chart.
Confidential: the database is keyed by a practice id this page makes for you, never by name. Nothing is published below five practices in any group.
Tied out: every entry is checked against the tie out rule before it counts, so the medians mean something.

The practice

The yearA full fiscal year, closed books.

Practice type

StateTwo letters.

Years since the practice opened or was bought

Owner doctors

OperatoriesEquipped and in use.

Doctor clinic days a weekAll owner and associate doctors combined.

Hygienist full time equivalents1.0 is 32 or more hours a week.

Team headcountEveryone on payroll except the doctors.

Average team tenure, yearsUsually left out. It explains team pay better than headcount does.

Entity

Practice software

The money, for the year

CollectionsWhat patients and insurers actually paid for the year.

Gross productionAt full fee, before adjustments.

Net productionAfter insurance adjustments.

PPO share of productionUsually left out. Percent of production under PPO contracts.

Team payWages, payroll tax, benefits. Not the doctors.

Dental supplies

Lab

FacilityRent or building cost, utilities, repairs, property tax.

General and adminSoftware, insurance, professional fees, bank and card fees, office.

Marketing

Owner W-2 salaryAll owner doctors combined.

Owner distributions or drawsUsually left out. What actually came out beyond salary.

Debt service for the year (optional)Usually left out. Principal and interest on practice and equipment loans.

Associate pay (optional)If any. Leave blank if none.

The things usually left out

New patients a monthAverage for the year.

Active patientsSeen in the last 18 months.

Hygiene recare rateUsually left out. Percent of active patients with their next hygiene visit booked.

Receivables over 90 daysPercent of total accounts receivable.

Insurance plans in networkHow many PPO contracts you hold.

Fee schedule last reviewedYear.

Associate pay modelUsually left out.

Owner hours a week, all inClinical plus everything else.

Tie out. Collections above agree to the year's bank deposits within 2 percent, and the five buckets come from the profit and loss, not from memory.

Your practice id: . It is made in your browser and stays with you; it is the only key the database uses. Numbers stay here until you choose to submit.

Your practice against the ranges

Number	Yours	Healthy		Usually left out?

Then the network

Once twelve practices are in, the same table shows the network median and the top quarter beside the healthy line, and Inner Circle members see their own practice placed on each chart. Until then, the Library benchmark stands in.

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Submit the questionnaire

Submit the questionnaire. Your name and email tie the entry to your membership so you get the summary and the note; the network database carries only your practice id. Tick the consent line, then send.

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