Are You Overpaying for Dental Supplies? Most Practices Can’t Tell
Here is an uncomfortable question for any dental practice: is the price you paid for your last box of gloves a good one? For most practices, the honest answer is that they have no idea. They paid what their usual supplier charged, because that is what they have always done, and comparing it against the […]
The Dental Supply Budget Nobody Actually Sets
Most dental practices have a budget for supplies in the same way most people have a plan to exercise more: it exists as a vague intention, rarely written down, and almost never checked against reality until something forces the issue. The trouble is that dental consumables are a substantial, relentless cost, and a cost that […]
Why Guessing How Much to Reorder Is Costing Your Practice
In a great many dental practices, the question of how much to reorder is answered the same way it has been for decades: someone glances at a shelf, forms an impression, and places an order based largely on instinct. Sometimes the instinct is good. Often it is not, and the practice ends up either drowning […]