Overhead and Profitability

Understand where your money is going and how to improve margins. Learn practical ways to control overhead and increase profitability without sacrificing quality.

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Are You Spending Too Much (or Too Little) on Marketing?

by Dania Williams

Jun 28th, 2017

Last updated on November 11th, 2025 at 07:59 pm How much should you be spending on marketing? Before getting into the exact numbers, the first thing I want to say is that your marketing budget should be a percentage of collections, and it should grow as the practice grows. Most dentists forget this little detail. They start doing some marketing…

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Should You Be Open on Evenings or Saturdays?

by Sabri Blumberg

Apr 5th, 2017

Last updated on November 7th, 2025 at 04:03 pm For this week’s blog post, I’d like to run my answer to a dental question I received as a part of my regular “Ask Sabri” column in MGE publications. It’s a question that I receive from a lot of different dentists, so you might find the answer useful. Q: Should I…

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Fee Schedules – What Should You Charge?

by Gregory A. Winteregg, DDS

Feb 8th, 2017

Last updated on November 12th, 2025 at 01:34 pm What should you be charging for your services? It’s a question we ask ourselves at a number of points in our career. And when it comes to how much you should charge, what “percentile” you should be in, etc. it’s one of those things that don’t have an exact “this is…

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Ask Sabri: Paying New Staff & Buying a Retiring Dentist’s Charts

by Sabri Blumberg

Feb 1st, 2017

Last updated on November 14th, 2025 at 04:54 pm Q: How should I determine what to pay a new staff member? Good question! Obviously, the first step in determining this would be: what position are you hiring for? Obviously, you’re not going to (ever really) pay a receptionist what you’re going to pay an EFDA or what you’d pay a…

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Sharing “the Numbers” with Your Staff

by Jeffrey M. Blumberg

Aug 31st, 2016

Last updated on November 4th, 2025 at 05:02 pm Should you share office production and collection numbers with ALL of your staff? What are the benefits? And are there any drawbacks to this position? Doesn’t it make your staff only care about the numbers—or worse, ask for more money? And finally, how much of the “numbers” should you share with…

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Ask Sabri: How Can I Make My Hygiene Department More Profitable?

by Sabri Blumberg

Jun 1st, 2016

Last updated on November 5th, 2025 at 12:50 am Normally, I answer multiple questions in my posts, but after looking at a recent question I received regarding hygiene profitability, I realized that it was worthy of an article all to itself. So, here you go! Q: How can I make my hygiene department more profitable? Many dentists think that between…

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Overhead and Profitability

Are You Spending Too Much (or Too Little) on Marketing?

Should You Be Open on Evenings or Saturdays?

Fee Schedules – What Should You Charge?

Ask Sabri: Paying New Staff & Buying a Retiring Dentist’s Charts

Sharing “the Numbers” with Your Staff

Ask Sabri: How Can I Make My Hygiene Department More Profitable?

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