Category: Dental CPA Blog

    Are you buying a dental practice? Even if you have a great relationship with the selling dentist, it’s still a business transaction. As such, you want to take measures to protect yourself and your future practice with restrictive covenants. Below, we outline the two main types of restrictive covenants – non-competes and non-solicitation…Read More→

  Buying your first dental practice is exciting and a little scary. For young dentists, buying your own practice is perhaps the biggest investment you’ll make in your career. The practice loan and your student loan debt can seem overwhelming, but the payoff can be great and the chance to be your own boss is…Read More→

  Many dental school graduates will pursue positions as associates. Dentistry is an increasingly competitive field, and many new dental graduates find out the hard way when it takes longer than expected to find a job. Whether your plan is to find a practice to buy into or you simply want experience, here are ten…Read More→

This post is the final installment in our series for New Dentists.   Even if you’re still in dental school, you can begin building your personal brand now. For new dentists, defining who you are as a dental professional can help you find patients, connect with employers, build your reputation, and set the course for…Read More→

As part of our New Dentist Month, we’re exploring timely topics for dental school graduates who are just starting out on their own. This week’s post focuses on student loan debt and provides tips on managing it better. It’s estimated that most dental school graduates have an average of $241,000 in student loan debt. Even…Read More→

  If you’re a new dental graduate preparing to enter the full-time clinical field for the first time, you probably have a lot of emotions: excitement, anxiety, exhilaration, and relief from the rigors and monotony of dental school. Once you get started, all that excitement and anxiety can be difficult to manage when you’re trying…Read More→

  If you just finished dental school, congratulations! You’re heading into a profession with strong growth potential, good work-life balance, and a variety of career advancement opportunities. It’s an exciting time to join a great profession. Whether your future includes going into private practice, industry, entrepreneurship, teaching and research, government and health care, or hospital…Read More→

  As dentists, you already know how much you enjoy your job. You take pride in your work, knowing that you help your patients achieve better overall wellness through a healthy smile. Now, the rest of the U.S. knows it, too. In January, U.S. News and World Report released their annual ranking of the 2017…Read More→

  Studies have shown that accounts receivable (AR) in dental practices is highest between January and April. If your practice sees higher than usual AR early in the year, make it your priority to reduce this number later throughout the year. Carrying a balance on your accounts receivable is a common practice with any business, and…Read More→

So you’re in the market looking to buy a dental practice, and you’ve seen information from brokers with summary practice information. As you’re looking at the overhead information, you think that some of the OH stats look really low and that must be great, and some look really high, and that must be terrible, so…Read More→