Full Schedule, Low Profit: The Real Problem With Your Dental Schedule

About this episode

This episode discusses how to create a profitable dental schedule rather than just a full one.

Exhausted, underproducing... but busy. Sound familiar? Instead of grinding away, you could be building a $1.5 million practice with just two procedures a day. In this episode, the DPH coaches break down block scheduling, guardrails that keep low-dollar procedures from stacking up, treatment planning benchmarks, and how to coach your team into building a profitable schedule — not just a full one. Topics discussed: Why a packed schedule doesn't always equal a profitable oneThe real reason your ...

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Paul Etchison

Topics covered

• dental scheduling
• profitability
• treatment planning
• block scheduling
• team coaching

Keywords

• dental practice
• low profit
• high production
• scheduling issues
• team management

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