Big Case Versus Volume Math in Dental Practices
james2026-05-23T00:00:00-04:00How does the math of twenty-four big cases compare to single-tooth volume practice? It is not close. Twenty-four big cases at an average $30,000 each produces $720,000 in annual gross fees. To generate the same $720,000 in a routine general practice where the average crown produces $800 in revenue, the practice would need to prep nine hundred crowns. In a periodontal practice averaging $800 per surgery, that is nine hundred surgeries. In an oral surgery practice where extracting four wisdom teeth produces $800, that is nine hundred eighteen-year-olds passing through the chair. The labor, team load, schedule density, and total hours [...]
