Revenue gets the headline. Profit pays the doctor. Most dental practices growing revenue 15% a year are growing profitability less than half that — because their overhead grew with them, their write-offs got worse, and their team turnover quietly cost $200K. Profitability coaching is the math the rest of the industry doesn't want to talk about.
We don't cut team pay to improve profitability. We don't cut continuing education. We don't cut quality. Cutting is what consultants do to make a quarterly P&L look better. Coaching grows the practice past the cut.
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A well-run general dental practice produces 35–45% owner profit margin (after market-rate doctor compensation). Most practices we engage with are at 18–28%. The gap is recoverable in 12 months without cutting anything that matters.
Industry-wide it ranges 20–40%. Most uncoached practices land 20–28%. Well-coached practices land 35–45% after market-rate owner compensation.
Almost never. Payroll cuts trigger turnover, which costs more than the savings. The faster path is increasing the production per existing team member through coaching.
Fee schedule audits and write-off cleanups land immediately. Case acceptance work shows in 60 days. Hygiene optimization in 90 days. Team retention savings compound over 12+ months.
Accounting tells you what already happened. Coaching changes what happens next month. Both matter.
There's usually still 10–15 points of recoverable margin in profitable practices. The work is whether the recovery is worth the effort. Tammy will tell you that on the assessment call.
We guarantee the work. Profit guarantees are how consultants get sued.
Four levers. Fee discipline. Case acceptance. Hygiene optimization. Team retention. Dental practice overhead is rarely the actual problem — even though it gets the most consultant attention. Dental practice efficiency improvements show up as overhead reduction but the lever is production-per-team-member, not cost cutting. Dental margin improvement that hurts the team always reverses within 12 months.
Industry average is 20–28% owner profit after market-rate doctor compensation. A good dental profit margin for a coached general practice is 35–45%. Specialty practices reach 45–55%. Dental practice profit isn't just about revenue — dental practice financials matter more than dental practice production once you cross $2M.
Audit lab bills against actual lab work delivered. Renegotiate the top three vendor contracts (supplies, lab, IT). Move from per-procedure scheduling to block scheduling — same revenue, less wasted chair time. Dental profit margins improve faster from production-per-hour increases than from cost-side cuts. Practices that lead with overhead cuts almost always lose revenue at the same rate they cut cost.
Free 45-minute assessment. Tammy will give you the four highest-leverage profit moves for your practice. No commitment.
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