The Bookkeeping Mistakes Dental Practices Make Most Often The same bookkeeping mistakes dental practices make show up again and again, whether it’s a solo general practice or a multi-location group. They rarely come from carelessness. Dental accounting has quirks that general bookkeeping doesn’t account for, like production vs. collections, insurance adjustments, and expensive equipment financing. Here are the five we see most often, and how to fix each one. Mistake #1: Recor

What Is Dental Practice Overhead Percentage? Overhead percentage is one of the simplest numbers in your practice — and one of the most misunderstood. It measures how much of every collected dollar goes toward running the practice before you take home a profit. The formula is straightforward: Overhead % = Total Practice Expenses ÷ Total Collections If your practice collects $100,000 in a month and spends $65,000 to keep the doors open, your overhead is 65%. That leaves $35,000