How should a dental practice build unusual case fee adjustments into the planning system? Through a documented worksheet that names the unusual factor and applies a specific percentage adjustment, used the same way for every case. Unusual factors can be clinical: anatomy that complicates standard procedures, conditions that require extra time or specialty involvement, materials or lab work that exceeds typical case overhead. They can also be behavioral, surfaced during the CDP through observed patient patterns: chronic lateness, excessive talking that consumes appointment time, high anxiety requiring extra accommodation, unrealistic expectations requiring extra communication, or any other pattern that will reliably [...]

How should a dental practice build unusual case fee adjustments into the planning system? Through a documented worksheet that names the unusual factor and applies a specific percentage adjustment, used the same way for every case. Unusual factors can be clinical: anatomy that complicates standard procedures, conditions that require extra time or specialty involvement, materials or lab work that exceeds typical case overhead. They can also be behavioral, surfaced during the CDP through observed patient patterns: chronic lateness, excessive talking that consumes appointment time, high anxiety requiring extra accommodation, unrealistic expectations requiring extra communication, or any other pattern that will reliably [...]

How should a dental practice build unusual case fee adjustments into the planning system? Through a documented worksheet that names the unusual factor and applies a specific percentage adjustment, used the same way for every case. Unusual factors can be clinical: anatomy that complicates standard procedures, conditions that require extra time or specialty involvement, materials or lab work that exceeds typical case overhead. They can also be behavioral, surfaced during the CDP through observed patient patterns: chronic lateness, excessive talking that consumes appointment time, high anxiety requiring extra accommodation, unrealistic expectations requiring extra communication, or any other pattern that will reliably [...]