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Cash Flow & Profit CFO Work for Dental Practices

Know your cash.
Keep more of what you make.

Most owners have never scored their practice against a real target, only against last year. Enter one number you already know, your monthly gross production, and see what the practice actually makes you in a year plus which line is the leak.

The Practice Cash & Profit Estimator

The benchmark is built on general dentistry. Specialty practices are scored against an adjusted overhead target.
Count every producing dentist, owner and associate. Overhead falls and margin rises as you add producers, so the benchmark changes with size.
Everything you produced on the schedule last month, before insurance adjustments and write-offs. Use the number off your production report, not what landed in the bank.
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The share of production a well-run general dentistry practice collects after adjustments and write-offs. Every benchmark line below is a share of collections.
75%
2026 benchmark for general dentistry
Score my actual numbers, enter my monthly costs
Optional. Fill in whichever lines you know, as monthly dollars. Anything you leave blank is scored at the typical practice for your size, so you can start with one or two lines and still get a usable read.
Your Practice, Scored
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Profit Health Score™ · out of 100
of every dollar collected, left after all operating cost, before doctor pay, debt, and tax.
Ranges reflect well-run practices as a percentage of collections, triangulated from published industry data (ADA Health Policy Institute; national dental practice overhead analyses, 2024–2025) and DSO CFO's advisory experience. Overhead excludes doctor compensation; associate wages are shown separately as a doctor cost. Specialty targets adjust the general-dentistry benchmark for case mix, lab, and staffing. This is an educational estimate, not accounting, tax, or investment advice. Your profit review uses your own figures.

Where Your Cash Goes

Cash flow and profit experts who only work with dentists

Run every month by people who read dental P&Ls all day, and who will teach you to read yours. You focus on the chair. We make sure the cash shows up.

01

Monthly cash flow reporting

A clear monthly picture of what came in, what went out, and what you actually kept.

02

Profit margin analysis

We track your margin every month and show you which direction it is moving, and why.

03

Reading your numbers as a business tool

Most owners never use their monthly financials to make decisions. We teach you how, month by month.

04

Overhead benchmarking by line

Every cost scored as a share of collections against the healthy range for your practice size.

05

Entity & owner pay structure

The right entity for today's profit, and a salary set deliberately against what you produce.

06

Team cost & associate pay

Payroll is the biggest lever in the practice, and associate pay the most commonly mispriced line.

07

Retirement shelter & wealth strategy

Size the plan to the profit you have now, not the profit you had when you set it up.

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Year end planning & timing

The levers close on December 31. We plan while the year is still open, not after.

Onboarding, Start to Finish

Four steps to more cash in your pocket

No long implementation. Most practices are up and running inside two weeks. Here is exactly how it goes.

01

Book your profit review

A 30 minute call where we walk your statements together and pinpoint where the cash is leaking.

02

We map your numbers

We lay your trailing twelve months beside the benchmark for your size and score every line as a share of collections.

03

We close the leaks

A prioritized plan across overhead, margin, and structure. Biggest cash wins first, in plain language.

04

Monthly profit rhythm

Monthly cash flow reporting, a quarterly review, and a standing habit of reading the numbers together.

The gap nobody owns

The decisions that shape your take home sit between what a bookkeeper handles and what a CPA is asked to do at year end. Nobody owns that gap unless you give it to someone. We take it: a clear read on your cash and profit every month, benchmarked against practices your size, with the planning done while the year is still open.

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Free Tools & Resources

See where you stand before we ever talk

Two guides built from real dental practice numbers. Download either one, mark where your practice lands, and bring what you find to the call.

Benchmark Report

The 2026 General Dentistry Benchmark

Score your practice in about fifteen minutes. Every line shown as a share of collections, with the healthy range for your size rather than a single average, so you can see how many cents of each collected dollar reach you and which line is the leak. Covers solo through four-plus doctor groups, with the full table for your accountant.

Download
Owner's Guide

The 2026 Owner's Tax Efficiency Guide

The handful of decisions that quietly decide how much of your production reaches your household: entity, owner pay, retirement shelter, real estate, and timing. What each is typically worth in this year's numbers, plus a seven question self audit you can run before you call anyone.

Download

From the Blog

What we're reading in dental P&Ls

Real numbers from real practices, with the healthy range for each line. New posts land alongside the podcast.

Latest Post · Case Study

Same $2M Collections, a $320,000 Difference in Take-Home

Two general practices, similar markets, similar teams, nearly identical collections. One owner kept $700,000 last year. The other kept $380,000. The gap lives in five ordinary overhead lines nobody was reading. We walk through each one, with the healthy benchmark range for a general practice and the monthly habit that separates the two owners.

Read the full breakdown
$320K
Gap in owner take-home between the two practices
5 lines
Supplies, hygiene payroll, front office, rent, collections rate
15 min
The monthly reading habit that explains the difference

Let's Talk Numbers

Ready to keep more of what you make?

Fill out the form and a dental cash flow specialist will get back to you, usually within one business day, to set up your profit review.

  • A real look at your cash and margin, not a sales pitch.
  • Clear next steps whether or not you work with us.
  • Engagements start at $500 a month with no long lock in.

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