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How to start a dental bookkeeping checklist to follow in your practice today.

Bookkeeping For Dentists

When you have finished entering your transactions from your bank and credit card accounts, do you go back and check your work? Does your CPA have to constantly remind you to do certain tasks or do you have to constantly remind your dental practice's bookkeeper? Here at Bookkeeping for Dentists, every staff accountant must complete a monthly checklist for each practice they finish for month-end bookkeeping.

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The Rise of Corporate Dentistry—and the Demise of the Solo Practice

David Schwab & Associates, Inc.

The corporate dentistry asteroid has hit the earth. The skies are darkening. Solo dental practices are declining at a rate of 7% per year. Independent solo practices may not become extinct—they are always a few contrarians who soldier on—but they are becoming an endangered species. The 7% rate of decline may not be fixed; it is likely to accelerate.

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Have We Lost Our Ability to Savor?

Go Ask Fred

As we roll deeper into the 21st century and face the beginning of yet another new year, I wonder sometimes what this rampant ADD we all seem to be fully engaged in will add up to in terms of life … Continue reading → The post Have We Lost Our Ability to Savor? appeared first on Go Ask Fred: The Blog of Fred Joyal.

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Infant to be Questioned in Calcium Theft case

Dentist of Albuquerque

MAUMEE, OH–7 month old Taylen Mackenzie Harper is being sought for questioning in an ongoing case of alleged larceny. The victim…her 27 year old mother. According to Becky Harper she always had perfect teeth. “I never had a cavity. I mean sure, my family has always had soft teeth and my mom had dentures when she was seventeen,” said Becky while sipping on a Super Big Gulp of Mountain Dew. “But I never needed nothing done to them before.

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Here’s Exactly What to Do When You Break a Tooth

Batchelor-Dentistry

Help! I broke my tooth! What should I do! Here at Batchelor Dentistry, my team and I receive frantic calls like this quite often. We’re always so happy to help, but even more happy that the individual has called us. That’s because if you’ve broken, chipped, or cracked a tooth, the first thing you should always do is contact your dentist. Keep reading to learn why calling your dentist right away after a dental injury is important, and how you can expect your dentist to react and treat your injury

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Why dental insurance makes good people do bad things

Dental Buzz

When I was a kid, my dad would tell me on the way to the dentist to be prepared to pay out of my own pocket for any cavities I had. $38 per filling was an insane amount of money for an eight year old with a 75 cent allowance per week and 7-Eleven candy […].

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How to Floss Dental Implants in Plattsburgh

ADK Perio

Have you made the choice to replace your missing teeth with dental implants in Plattsburgh? That is great! Now that your smile is complete, it is time to protect your investment with the right oral hygiene habits. Although they are not subject to tooth decay, you must still brush and floss daily. If you do not, it could lead to an infection known as peri-implantitis, which will cause your dental implants to fail.

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Dental Implants for a Front Tooth – Jackson, MS

Harmony Dental Care

Tooth loss can be difficult, especially if it occurs in the front of your mouth. While it’s cute to lose your front teeth as a child, as an adult it can significantly hinder you aesthetically and functionally. Your front teeth are the essence of your smile, so when one goes missing, it’s hard to conceal it. As soon as tooth loss occurs, you want to make sure you have a plan set in place to fill the space and restore your smile.

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How to start a dental bookkeeping checklist to follow in your practice today.

Bookkeeping For Dentists

When you have finished entering your transactions from your bank and credit card accounts, do you go back and check your work? Does your CPA have to constantly remind you to do certain tasks or do you have to constantly remind your dental practice's bookkeeper? Here at Bookkeeping for Dentists, every staff accountant must complete a monthly checklist for each practice they finish for month-end bookkeeping.

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Five efficient methods to streamline paying bills in your dental practice.

Bookkeeping For Dentists

We have dental practices from 500k in revenue to 8 million in revenue that manually write 2 to 3 checks per year. It keeps the books clean and transparent along with the cash flow consistently accurate. Every practice can benefit from streamlining bills and reducing the old school check writing for many reasons, including the following: Always have a reliable cash balance.

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Five efficient methods to streamline paying bills in your dental practice.

Bookkeeping For Dentists

We have dental practices from 500k in revenue to 8 million in revenue that manually write 2 to 3 checks per year. It keeps the books clean and transparent along with the cash flow consistently accurate. Every practice can benefit from streamlining bills and reducing the old school check writing for many reasons, including the following: Always have a reliable cash balance.

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Six overhead expense benchmarks to live by in your dental practice

Bookkeeping For Dentists

What are Dental Expense Benchmarks? Every practice has variations in their expenses such as paying rent or paying mortgage, if you have associates, and how many employees you have. But there is a clever way to group together specific expense accounts from your Profit & Loss report into six bite-size categories. Then you compare those six categories of overhead expenses against national averages of dental practice expenses calculating them as a percentage of income.

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Six overhead expense benchmarks to live by in your dental practice

Bookkeeping For Dentists

What are Dental Expense Benchmarks? Every practice has variations in their expenses such as paying rent or paying mortgage, if you have associates, and how many employees you have. But there is a clever way to group together specific expense accounts from your Profit & Loss report into six bite-size categories. Then you measure those six categories against national averages of dental practice expenses using the percentage of income.

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Employee gifts in your dental practice: are they taxable income?

Bookkeeping For Dentists

Thanking your dental practice team with nice gifts and bonuses should be a pleasant and simple process while providing a positive impact in the workplace. But if you want to avoid IRS penalties in an audit, it's important to know that any cash or cash equivalent items provided by you (the employer) and given to an employee must be added to payroll as income with regular payroll taxes taken out.

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Employee gifts in your dental practice: are they taxable income?

Bookkeeping For Dentists

Thanking your dental practice team with nice gifts and bonuses should be a pleasant and simple process while providing a positive impact in the workplace. But if you want to avoid IRS penalties in an audit, it's important to know that any cash or cash equivalent items provided by you (the employer) and given to an employee must be added to payroll as income with regular payroll taxes taken out.

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Capturing Great Dental Patient Testimonials

David Schwab & Associates, Inc.

Great video testimonials are powerful because they engender trust. All advertising about is claims: we’ve got the best car repair place, we’ve got the best jewelry store, we’ve got the best dental practice; but is that true? If they can see you, if they can see you on video ahead of time, the credibility factor goes up tremendously.

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Dr. Benny Shoots from the Hip

Dentist of Albuquerque

West Oklahoma dentist Benjamin Winthrop, or “Dr. Benny” as his patients call him has a unique style of practice. He specializes in a one of a kind brand of smile makeovers. While most well known comprehensive dental educators like Spear or Kois recommend a combination of disciplines, like orthodontics, oral surgery and even airway management, to effect a great cosmetic result, Dr Benny likes to just “crown ’em all.”.

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How to Transform Your Health Through Your Mouth

Batchelor-Dentistry

It takes work to achieve optimal health and wellness. The latest wellness fads just won’t cut it. Making drastic lifestyle changes based on something your friend told you about last week won’t do the trick either. The secret to transforming your health can be as simple (and important) as taking better care of your mouth — from what foods you put in it to how you treat your gums.

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6 Books New Dentists Should Read

Dentist of Albuquerque

My last article, 5 Things Dental Students and Noobs Should Do , generated a lot of emails from noobs asking what books, other than “ Profit First ”, I would recommend to jump start their dental career. Some were asking for help with interpersonal communication and some were interested in anything that would help with managing life in general. I am quite impressed by the hunger for more information.

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How Do I Know My Dentist Is Right For Me?

Batchelor-Dentistry

As the connection between dental health and overall wellness becomes clearer and clearer, the importance of working with the right dentist for you becomes more and more important. In today’s post, we’ll talk about how to find the right dentist for you and much more. Does your dentist listen to you? When you visit the dentist, who’s doing most of the listening: you or your dentist?

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It’s About F*@$&%g Time!

Dentist of Albuquerque

Triage and time management – skills that come naturally to some, and not so naturally to others. But these skills are vital to running a successful practice. And when you don’t manage your time, it manages you. Your days feel out-of-control and leave you, your patients and your team feeling frustrated and unsatisfied. Successful offices know how to keep the schedule moving, leading to patients who are happy with their experience, a team that is loyal, and a doctor who is less stressed (and more

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Nutrition Tips for a Healthier Mouth & Smile

Batchelor-Dentistry

The food you eat affects your wellbeing, including the health of your teeth and gums. Let’s take a closer look at what this means and how you can improve your dental health by eating healthier, more tooth-happy meals. The role food plays on your teeth & gums. During a meal or when drinking, bits of food get caught in between and coat the surface of your teeth.

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It’s Time to Elevate Dentistry!

Go Ask Fred

Let’s face it; the majority of the population doesn’t value dentistry anywhere near as much as they should. And they don’t value it anywhere near as much as other things of considerably less value that they spend money on gladly. … Continue reading → The post It’s Time to Elevate Dentistry! appeared first on Go Ask Fred: The Blog of Fred Joyal.

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New Limits For Opioid Prescriptions in Ohio

Central Ohio Periodontics

New guidelines for opiod prescriptions were approved by Ohio Governor John Kasich, in an attempt to reduce the number of opiates getting into the hands of addicts. Highlights of Ohio’s new opiate prescribing guidelines and limits for acute pain include: • No more than seven days of opiates can be prescribed for adults. (Patients have 14 days to fill their prescription.). • No more than five days of opiates can be prescribed for minors. • Health care providers can prescribe opiates in e

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What type of Marketing are you doing?

Dentist of Albuquerque

The post What type of Marketing are you doing? appeared first on Dental Hacks.

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5 Secrets to cut dental accounting fees in your dental practice

Bookkeeping For Dentists

Have you ever noticed when your dental accountant starts talking, its a downright foreign language? Almost alien. They start throwing terms around like Gross Profit, Section 179, Basis, Capital Gains, AMT Tax… and you say “gesundheit.”. I’m guessing you most likely don’t find accounting exciting, and you don’t have the time to understand it. As your dental accountant is going over fees with you, you force a smile and nod in agreement.

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5 Secrets to cut dental accounting fees in your dental practice

Bookkeeping For Dentists

Have you ever noticed when your dental accountant starts talking, its a downright foreign language? Almost alien. They start throwing terms around like Gross Profit, Section 179, Basis, Capital Gains, AMT Tax… and you say “gesundheit.”. I’m guessing you most likely don’t find accounting exciting, and you don’t have the time to understand it. As your dental accountant is going over fees with you, you force a smile and nod in agreement.

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7 Reasons to fire your dental practice CPA today.

Bookkeeping For Dentists

We currently work with more than 100 CPA's here at Bookkeeping for Dentists. Unfortunately, it's very rare to come by a dental practice CPA that does all seven of the following items as they should. But there are a handful, okay maybe. 4ish that I've worked with, who have been awesome with this list. The ones who fail to follow the below list are the ones that make my blood boil.

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7 Reasons to fire your dental practice CPA today.

Bookkeeping For Dentists

We currently work with more than 100 CPA's here at Bookkeeping for Dentists. Unfortunately, it's very rare to come by a dental practice CPA that does all seven of the following items as they should. But there are a handful, okay maybe. 4ish that I've worked with, who have been awesome with this list. The ones who fail to follow the below list are the ones that make my blood boil.

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How to Calculate Dental Office Overhead

Bookkeeping For Dentists

Too often, dentists are super focused on production, but they are not monitoring their dental overhead expenses, which is a huge factor in what you get to take home. That kind of mentality will force you to work harder. If you are increasing production, but not improving your practice systems to get better control on practice overhead expenses, you may be spinning wheels.

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How to Calculate Dental Office Overhead

Bookkeeping For Dentists

Too often, dentists are super focused on production, but they are not monitoring their dental overhead expenses, which is a huge factor in what you get to take home. That kind of mentality will force you to work harder. If you are increasing production, but not improving your practice systems to get better control on practice overhead expenses, you may be spinning wheels.

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All You Need Is Followers

Dentist of Albuquerque

The Fab Four of dentistry: John, Paul, George and Clarissa’s new single “All You Need Is Followers” is tearing up the airwaves with it’s timely message and sound. Critics have noted that the song bears an uncanny resemblance to The Beatles’ “ All you Need is Love” but as John explained, “Sure we may have borrowed a bit from those Liverpool lads, but our song has a distinct Jamaican rhythm which makes it truly unique.

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Dental Implants for Missing Molars: What Patients Should Know

Harmony Dental Care

A missing tooth can lead to a lot of problems when it comes to the appearance of your smile as well as everyday tasks you might take for granted. For instance, if you’re missing a molar or multiple molars, eating certain foods can be a major hassle. That’s where the team at Harmony Dental Care can help. A number of patients who visit our Jackson, MS practice wonder if dental implants can be used to help replace missing molars.