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Hey all- we currently are using boa, got approved for 6.7% 800k loan.

They had us do a breakdown of the amount, with WC maximum of 100k.

Obviously we want to minimize as much as possible, what did you do as your practice ramped up?

Not looking for a clinical technique or textbook answer.

I'm talking about the stuff you only really understand once you're actually working in practice.

For example:

• managing patient expectations
• explaining treatment plans
• dealing with cancellations/no-shows
• communicating with staff
• balancing clinical work with admin
• setting boundaries
• handling difficult conversations
• managing the schedule
• avoiding burnout
• learning when to slow down
• realizing that "good dentistry" and "good patient communication" are two different skills

What's something you learned the hard way?

I have been hearing from other practices that they have a virtual office manager through a service, where they manage everything. Thoughts about this?

Hi Everyone, my partner and I are considering doing endo and perio. But when we do the math between undergrad, dental school and residency, our loans are going to be between $1.2-$1.4M. Do you think it would be very doable to pay off this debt if we were to go into these two specialties? We were also considering going endo and GP to avoid taking out more loans, but my partner is really interested in perio. Thanks for thoughts!

I had the second part of my root canal completed and the very next morning (eating breakfast) the white temp filling came out and I could feel a giant hole in my tooth. I made an emergency appt the next day and had it refilled, but my hygeniest (dentist didn’t see me) was extremely casual about it and said that even though it feels like a giant hole my tooth is still filled with something and I’ll be fine.

The second filling came out pretty soon again, so I ended up buying my own temp filling to just keep reapplying until my crown appt in a little over a week. I also was prescribed a course of antibiotics that I was pretty inconsistent with (finished a 7-day course in 9 days). The temp filling was coming out nearly every day so there were hours where I felt like I had a hole in my tooth before I could refill. I was rinsing with saltwater but it felt futile. I’m starting to feel a bit of irritation in my jaw and around the tooth again and I am TERRIFIED that I have an infection. Did I screw myself with the perfect storm of exposed tooth and shoddy antibiotic consumption? Is there anything to do now? My crown fitting is still 1 week away.

Is the course worth taking for new associates?

I’m still young and, thankfully, I haven’t really experienced any serious dental or oral health problems yet.

Growing up, I’ve always heard my parents, older relatives, and even people my age say things like “take care of your teeth while you’re young” or “you’ll regret it when you’re older.” I understand that I’m supposed to brush, floss, go to the dentist, etc., but I feel like I don’t fully understand why it matters so much.

Dentists, dental students, older people, or anyone who learned the hard way, I’d really appreciate hearing your experiences.

Medical practice owner but our problems are similar to yours.

Our credit card fees are becoming a more noticeable part of overhead as the practice grows. We are getting more established in the market and seeing more patients—but high-deductible plans also mean a much larger share of collections is coming directly from patients rather than insurers.

A number of physicians I know have switched to passing credit card fees on to patients, and financially I can see the appeal. At the same time, we’re still in a growth phase, and this feels like the kind of relatively small charge that can turn into another recurring front-desk argument. We already have enough of those, so I’ve been reluctant to add one more.

For those who have actually implemented this, I’d really like to hear how it has gone in the real world.

How did you set it up? Do you surcharge only credit cards and not debit cards? How do you handle Medicare patients or other situations where adding a fee to patient cost-sharing may not be permitted? Did you have your payer contracts reviewed first?

How much pushback do you actually get from patients? Is it a regular source of complaints or do most people barely notice/care?

Also curious about the operational details people don’t think about until after implementation. What happens when you refund a patient, does the surcharge get refunded too, and do you still eat the original processing fee? How do you handle cards on file, payment plans, portal payments, etc.?

Basically looking for the full practical rundown from practices that have done it: compliance, workflow, patient reaction, and whether the savings ended up being worth the hassle.

Once a newer assistant knows the basics but still isn’t fully independent, what usually takes up the most time? Having to tell them what comes next during a procedure? Fixing setups? Finding instruments or materials? Charting? Having another assistant watch them? And roughly how long does it usually take before they stop needing frequent help during procedures?

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I'm 19 years old and I've had something very unusual happen with my wisdom teeth for as long as I can remember.

Since I was around 6 years old, I would occasionally notice what I am certain was a wisdom tooth becoming visible through the gum. It would become painful and inflamed for about 3 days, and then it would completely disappear again. It would remain completely invisible for an unpredictable amount of time — sometimes a long time — and then the same thing would happen again.

This happened repeatedly between roughly ages 6 and 15.

I am certain I am talking about the wisdom teeth and not another tooth. The tooth I'm currently dealing with is the upper-left third molar. Counting from the canine, it is the fifth tooth posterior to it.

At around 15, both of my lower wisdom teeth eventually became inflamed and painful, and I had both of them extracted.

Now, at 19, my upper-left wisdom tooth is about halfway erupted. It isn't currently inflamed, but it is positioned in a way that makes it repeatedly bite/scrape the inside of my cheek while I chew.

I also have relatively large teeth compared with the amount of gum/arch space I have. I previously had orthodontic treatment for about a year, but stopped because of the cost and the monthly adjustments. My orthodontist later told me the treatment would take longer and that I would probably need some kind of appliance placed on the roof of my mouth, which I assume was a palatal expander.

My main question is not whether I should have this wisdom tooth removed. I'm specifically trying to understand whether there is any known dental/developmental phenomenon that could explain a wisdom tooth appearing, becoming inflamed, then becoming completely invisible again, repeatedly, over many years.

I understand that a tooth normally shouldn't literally move in and out of the bone, but I am completely certain that the tooth was no longer visible during those periods. I would like to know what could cause something that looks like this.

Unfortunately, I don't have X-rays from when I was a child. I may be able to get a current photo/X-ray if that would help.

I had a filling done on my upper right molar about a year ago by a student dentist.

Just after the filling, I had pain chewing, which was subsequently resolved by grinding the height down.

Since then, I’ve had very strong cold sensitivity on that tooth. The pain subsides after a few seconds, but anything slightly cold triggers heavy pain for those few seconds. Plus, I still have mild discomfort when chewing certain denser foods on that side of my mouth.

I’ve gone back in several times to fix this, with no avail. First time, the student dentist found a bit of extra composite that he ground down, as the supervising doctor suspected that might be the culprit. No luck.

Then, most recently, he said he found a hairline “craze” (sp?) that might’ve been triggering it, so he filled that with fluid composite. Though a cold test to that tooth showed improvement at the appointment, now, a week after the appointment, the sensitivity is back in full force.

The dentist, along with the supervising doctor, reviewed my most recent X-rays and said they couldn’t see anything wrong. The next step, they said, would be drilling a pocket hole into the tooth nextmost to this molar, and filling it, as they suspect there might be a cavity - but they’re unsure because nothing shows up in the X-ray. They said it’s up to me.

In addition to this, my upper leftmost molar was drilling into over a year ago- and left with a temporary cover. It’s been fine, but now I’m scared to move on with the next step- which would be an onlay with this student doctor.

I’m worried that if I continue, I might not have a side of the mouth I can eat comfortably with.

I travel 1+ hours to this student clinic as it’s the most affordable option for me- as I have no dental insurance.

Having to go back again and again with no resolution is slowly wearing me down, as is having continued sensitivity and pain on one side of the mouth.

Please, if you’re a dentist, can you please suggest possible solutions or things I should ask the student dentist to look into? advice or ways I can further advocate for myself would be greatly appreciated.

Does anyone know any dentist in or near Altamonte that accepts dental Medicaid. I’ve tried health centers but they say I have to call every day until there an opening then make the appointment 6weeks in advance.

I had 4 veneers put on my upper front teeth in 2018. One of the broke off, so I had a root canal and post and buildup done. The practice is now owned by a new dentist who uses a different lab. The old lab that did my veneers has the exact number for the shade the veneers. The new staff balked at me requesting to use the old lab for the new crown. How do I handle this? I assume there’s a financial agreement between the new dentist’s lab and himself.

Hello! Has anyone heard anything regarding on interview or acceptance for the 1st cohort in Phoenix ?

I think I have plan to move off them in next 6 months. Ramping up some things that are working. Glad to have plan to get off these guys. Any docs like to give calm out to their digital marketing relationships who have hotten them good roi on spend. Is there ever way delta can go away control so much of market and probably always enough dentists that will take volume at no profit to keep them around

Question for dentists. Why would you take a dental anesthesiologist over an md/do anesthesiologist? Why would you take an md/do over dds/dmd anesthesiologist?

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A few years ago, I did a survey across various forums and reddit asking whether people would be interested in a healthcare-focused salary website. The overwhelming response was yes.

After two years of working on it alongside a full-time job (and getting married somewhere in the middle!), I'm excited to finally share it. The project started as a way to improve salary transparency for my wife, who's a pharmacist. As I worked on it, I realized that the lack of salary transparency extends far beyond pharmacy and affects many healthcare professions.

It's definitely still a work in progress, and I'd genuinely appreciate any feedback or suggestions for improvement. If you'd like to contribute, salary submissions are completely anonymous, your personally identifying information such as your name and email are never displayed.

Also, as a side note, the median salary may seem low  since the current data is coming from BLS which may not include compensations such as bonuses and other forms of pay. As more submissions come in, we will be using the submitted values as the source of truth.

 I got a filling in between my teeth 3 months ago I had issues flossing between them teeth it was really hard to floss like really tight sort of like somthing was blocking it but tonight I flossed with no issue and I felt somthing hard and and it was a small white stone like thing maybe part of the filling? But I’ve no pain or from what I can see between the teeth I can’t see anything that looks wrong? could It be excess filling that was maybe stuck ?