Don't Buy A Dental Practice Unless It Has This Many Patients.

About this episode

This episode discusses the necessary patient count for buying a profitable dental practice and how to calculate it.

If you're buying a dental practice, how many patients does the practice need to have? I'm going to show you exactly how to calculate the number you need to make sure that you buy a practice where you're going to be profitable and successful. 🔔 Download the Free Practice Evaluation Checklist: https://practiceown.com/pdf 📕 Check out my book "Buying Freedom" for a deeper dive into the process: https://amzn.com/dp/B0DGGC7WG8 💌 Email me at: chris@practiceown.com 🌍 Website: https://www.practiceown.com 0:00 How Many Patients Do You Need? 0:41 Defining "Profitable" 1:58 Production Per Patient 2:44 Don’t Trust Practice Brokers 4:36 Defining an Active Patient 5:07 Three Ways to Calculate Active Patients 8:04 Dental Practice Expenses 9:01 Doing the Math 9:39 Buying the Best Possible Practice

People in this episode

Host: Chris Marshall

Topics covered

• buying a dental practice
• patient calculation
• profitability
• dental practice expenses
• active patients
• practice brokers

Keywords

• dental practice
• patients
• profitability
• active patients
• practice brokers
• dental expenses
• buying a practice

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Practice Own, Practice Evaluation Checklist, Amazon

Products: Buying Freedom

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