Practice Management

Should you Add an Associate to Your Dental Practice?

Adding an associate to your practice is a big decision. If it’s successful it can bring huge benefits to the practice, but if it’s not successful it can add stress and potentially damage the practice. Along with added pressure there is a potential for decline in your income if things don’t go well…

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Dental Practice Lifecycle: The Developing Stage

Most dentists are in the second stage of the dental practice life cycle. They’ve purchased their practice and made it through the first, tumultuous years, and are now settling into some kind of routine. This stage will continue until you start getting ready to sell your practice, which for most dentists could be anywhere from 25 to 35 years in the future…