Stage 2 - Setting up a Practice (practicing 6 to 10 years)

Instead, working as an associate for 2 to 3 years allows you to gain experience in the dental field and familiarize yourself with the business side of a dental office before opening one of your own.

IDA will help you bridge the gap between healthcare provider and small business owner. We’ll help you get started with links to some key Practice Support Center resources for dentists in the second stage of their career. Find out how to market your new practice, work with your patient’s dental benefits plans, manage employees and more.

Resources:

• Check list to start a practice
• Do you enter a partnership
• Vision statement
• Business plan template
• New employee -- job description
• Exercise your right to appeal
• Build your clinic's reputation
• Regulatory compliance
• Legal guide for dentists- practice considerations
• Start a practice
• Completing the purchase
• Do you enter a partnership
• Vision statement
• Business plan template
• New employee
• Exercise your right to appeal
• Build your clinic's reputation
• Regulatory compliance
• Legal guide for dentists- practice considerations (guide)