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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s because todays Dentists moved to a different model.

My dentists from the 1960s to 1980s worked out of house they lived in. My dentist growing up took no dental insurance. He did not even have a computer. The emergency after hours number was their home phone number.

The wife, or kid or maybe part time stay at home mom took appointments. You paid by check day of or they mail you a bill you mail back check and wife usually dropped off checks at local bank. They often owned one car as husband worked out of house and wife SAHM. Dentist did cleanings too so no staff or had a local young girl help part time.

Today my dentist lives in an expensive home in Potomac. He rents an expensive office in Bethesda. Him and wife two luxury cars, he takes insurance and has multiple staff front desk as well as multiple employees. It is a very expensive business model. It is not sustainable.

If he got rid of Bethesda office, got rid of staff, got rid of his luxury car and worked out of home and had wife or local college student book appointments and stopped taking insurance his expenses would be way way less. In face he be charging less and making way more [/quote]

This was my dad lol. He did it all (no hygienist or receptionist), I worked part time in the summer catching up his insurance paper work. His office was on the other side of our house (separated by the garage) with it's own entrance.  By the time i was in middle school he worked 2 1/2 days a week - so wasn't hurting for $$$.

My sister is also a dentist several states away (no interest in living in our tiny town and taking over his practice) and does well. She is married to an oral surgeon who has his own practice as well - they met at a hospital while both were doing residencies (she didn't want to go straight to a dental practice after dental school).

I'm NOT a dentist  :P

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