Managing Overhead in Your Dental Practice

Unlock the secrets to financial success in your dental practice with Art Wiederman, a seasoned dental-specific CPA boasting nearly four decades of expertise. Delve into the intricacies of overhead costs and revenue growth as Art transforms financial challenges into solvable math problems. Gain practical insights into expanding your practice’s profitability, from adding days of hygiene to recalibrating relationships with insurance providers. With a focus on real-world examples and detailed cost analyses, Art guides you through strategies to strategically boost your bottom line. Don’t miss this comprehensive presentation that empowers dentists to proactively manage their finances, ensuring increased profitability, patient satisfaction, and practice success.

Educational ­Objectives

After reading this course, the participant should be able to:

1. Navigate insurance relationships for increased profitability.
2. Balance revenue generation, control overhead costs, and foster a positive team culture, with a focus on interpreting expenses as a percentage of fee-for-service production.
3. Assess the suitability of CAD/CAM technology for their practice, along with considering marketing and office rent factors.

Belmont Business Media and its affiliated entities do not offer tax, legal, or accounting advice. The content presented here is solely for informational purposes and should not be considered as a substitute for, or relied upon as, professional tax, legal, or accounting advice. Prior to undertaking any transaction, it is advisable to seek guidance from your individual tax, legal, and accounting advisors.

The AGD course code is 550 and can be used to track members’ progress in meeting the AGD Fellowship and Mastership Award CE requirements. 

Course participants are encouraged to consult their state board as units from these types of courses cannot be earned for license renewal because they are considered to be of direct benefit to the licensee or outside the scope of dental practice.

This course was published in January 2024 and expires January 2027. The author has no commercial conflicts of interest to disclose. This 1 credit self-study activity is electronically mediated.