How to use practice data to improve capacity, productivity, and profitability
By Keith Nicholson, DDS, MBA, MS
Originally at dentaleconomics.com
Summary & scoring by The Bell Brief (Dr. Jennifer Bell) using the Drill-Down Protocol (Drill-Down Score) — not the original publisher.
Why it matters for dental
Dental practice owners and DSOs can apply MBA-level capacity and scheduling tools to their own production and hygiene schedules to lift daily revenue without adding chairs or staff.
Key points
- The article teaches constraint analysis and throughput accounting—methods used to identify bottlenecks in hygiene versus doctor time that directly affect daily collections.
- It provides step-by-step instructions for mapping patient-flow data (e.g., broken appointments, procedure mix, chair utilization) so owners can rebalance schedules week to week.
- No MBA degree is required; the frameworks are packaged as ready-to-use spreadsheets and dashboards tailored to multi-provider offices.
- DSOs and group practices can roll the same tools across multiple sites to standardize productivity benchmarks and spot under-performing locations quickly.
Who should care
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