Healthcare Industry
CFO Services for Dental Practices
Production tracking, collections optimization, and financial management for dental offices and DSOs.
Do you work with dental-specific software?
Yes. We're familiar with Dentrix, Eaglesoft, Open Dental, and other practice management systems. We integrate financial reporting with your existing tools and help you get better insights from the data these systems generate.
Financial Leadership Built for Dental Practices
Dental practices face a unique set of financial challenges. The interplay between production and collections, the complexity of insurance fee schedules, and the significant equipment investments required create a financial environment that requires specialized expertise. Add in the consolidation pressure from DSOs and the ongoing challenge of associate compensation, and you have an industry that benefits from sophisticated financial leadership.
At 1CFO, we've worked with dental practices from single-doctor GP offices to multi-location specialty practices. We understand the metrics that drive dental practice success: production per hour, collection rates, overhead ratios, and the relationship between clinical productivity and profitability. We know how to optimize fee schedules, manage insurance payor mix, and position practices for value maximization—whether that means growth, DSO partnership, or sale.
Whether you're a general dentist looking to improve practice economics, a specialist managing complex cases, or an owner considering expansion or exit, we provide the fractional CFO expertise that helps dental practices thrive.
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Serving businesses from $2M to $50M+
How We Help Dental Practices
Our specialized CFO services address the unique financial challenges of your industry.
Production & Collection Optimization
Daily monitoring and analysis of production and collection metrics. We help you understand where revenue leaks out and implement improvements.
Fee Schedule Maximization
Optimize insurance fee schedules and UCR rates. We help you ensure you're getting maximum reimbursement from payors.
DSO Partnership Preparation
Financial positioning and transaction support for DSO partnerships. We help you evaluate opportunities and negotiate favorable terms.
Multi-Location Consolidated Reporting
Financial visibility across multiple locations with location-level and consolidated views. We help you manage multi-site practices effectively.
Associate Compensation Design
Fair, competitive, and sustainable compensation structures for associates. We help balance retention with practice economics.
Equipment Investment Analysis
ROI analysis for technology and equipment decisions. We help you make investment decisions that actually improve profitability.
The Dental Practices Financial Landscape
The dental industry is in a period of significant change. DSO consolidation has accelerated, changing the competitive landscape and creating both opportunities and challenges for independent practices. Insurance reimbursement pressure continues to squeeze margins. And the costs of technology, staff, and compliance continue to rise.
Despite these pressures, well-managed dental practices can be highly profitable businesses. The key is understanding and optimizing the fundamentals: maximizing production through efficient scheduling and case acceptance, ensuring collections keep pace with production, managing overhead costs appropriately, and making smart investments in staff, technology, and marketing.
For practices considering strategic options—whether that's adding associates, expanding locations, partnering with a DSO, or preparing for sale—financial sophistication is essential. Understanding practice valuation, comparing alternatives accurately, and positioning for optimal outcomes requires expertise that most dentists don't have time to develop.
Why Work with a Dental Practices Financial Specialist?
Dental practice financial management requires industry-specific knowledge. The production and collection cycle is unique to dentistry. Insurance fee schedules and UCR optimization require specialized expertise. Practice valuation follows conventions specific to dental. And the DSO landscape requires understanding of deal structures, earn-outs, and partnership models.
Our team has deep experience specifically with dental practices. We understand how to track and optimize the metrics that drive dental profitability. We've helped practices prepare for and negotiate DSO transactions. We know how to structure associate compensation that's fair and motivating while protecting practice economics.
Dental Practices Financial Challenges We Solve
Common pain points we help eliminate for dental practices businesses.
Insurance Complexity
Managing multiple payor relationships with different fee schedules and rules requires constant attention.
Service Line Profitability
Understanding true margins by service—including hygiene—is essential but often unclear without proper analysis.
Associate Compensation
Structuring compensation that attracts talent while protecting practice economics requires balancing multiple factors.
Equipment & Technology Investment
Dental technology is expensive. Understanding actual ROI is essential for smart investment decisions.
Production vs. Collection Gap
Producing dental work and collecting payment are different. Managing this gap is critical for cash flow.
DSO Decision Complexity
Whether to partner with a DSO involves complex financial and lifestyle trade-offs.
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