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Overhead, P&Ls, collections, cash flow, owner pay, taxes and valuation, explained for practice owners.
Most dentists learn the clinical side of dentistry in school and the business side on the job. These guides close that gap. They explain the numbers that decide whether a practice is profitable: overhead by category, the profit and loss statement, collection rate, accounts receivable, cash flow and how insurance fee schedules change what you actually take home.
They also cover the owner’s side of the money: how practice owners pay themselves, which tax decisions are worth planning before December 31, and how buyers and lenders put a value on a practice. Each guide uses round example numbers so you can compare them with your own reports.
Cisor Consulting’s team includes certified CPAs who work with dental practices. When you want someone to run these numbers for your practice, our dental accounting and Cisor Metrics practice analysis services start where these guides stop.
What counts as dental overhead, how to calculate it, the typical ranges consultants use for staff, supplies, lab and rent, and how to lower it without hurting care.
12 min readRead guideA plain walk-through of the dental practice P&L: revenue, cost lines, owner pay by entity type, add-backs, depreciation, key ratios and a monthly review routine.
12 min readRead guideHow to calculate gross and net dental collection rates, what each one tells you, and the front-desk habits that close the gap between production and cash.
11 min readRead guideWhy profitable dental practices still run short of cash, how to find your break-even month, and how to plan for insurance lag, loans and taxes with a 13-week forecast.
12 min readRead guideHow owner pay works in sole proprietorships, LLCs and S corps, how much a practice owner can take home, what “reasonable compensation” means and how salary affects taxes.
12 min readRead guideThe 2026 tax rules that matter most to dental practice owners: equipment expensing, QBI, retirement plans, HSAs, hiring family, the SALT cap, Virginia PTET and estimates.
13 min readRead guideHow appraisers value a dental practice: normalized earnings, SDE vs. EBITDA, a worked capitalization example, what raises or lowers value, and how the price is allocated.
12 min readRead guideHow to measure what each dental PPO really pays, calculate weighted write-offs, test whether a plan is profitable, renegotiate or leave, and what Virginia law says.
12 min readRead guideCompare in-house and outsourced bookkeeping for a dental office on full cost, control and accuracy, see a worked cost example, and learn when to bring in a dental CPA.
13 min readRead guideA dental-specific chart of accounts, cash vs. accrual, how to record deposits and equipment, and a step-by-step monthly close that keeps practice books tax-ready.
12 min readRead guideHow to read a dental AR aging report, calculate AR ratio and days in AR, typical targets by bucket, a weekly routine, and what to do with credit balances.
12 min readRead guideGet a hands-on partner for the decisions in this guide.
