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Dental practice costs and profitability

Hourly chair cost, materials, KPIs and management control: practical guides for practice owners.

Running a profitable dental practice means knowing what every chair hour actually costs — materials, lab work, staff time and the fixed expenses that keep rising while your rates stay the same. The guides in this section break down the numbers behind practice profitability: how to calculate your hourly chair cost, where materials budgets leak, which KPIs actually tell you something and how much time admin really takes. Every article uses worked examples with real figures, and most link to a free calculator you can use with your own numbers. No management theory — just the maths of running a practice, explained so you can act on it. Try the free dental chair hourly cost calculator →