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Dental Collections Ratio Calculator
Estimate your dental collections ratio and spot write-offs, adjustments, and revenue leakage between production and collected cash.
Profit Margin Calculator
This landing page is paired with MBACalc's existing Profit Margin Calculator so you can go from concept to live calculation immediately.
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Production looks flattering. Collections tell the truth. This page helps you estimate how much of your produced dentistry is actually converting into cash so you can spot adjustment drift, insurance drag, billing leakage, and front-office follow-through problems before they become permanent margin loss.
Use the result as a management signal, especially if the practice feels busy but owner pay is not keeping up. A weak collections ratio often means there is more value in tightening revenue cycle execution than in buying more marketing.
Worked example
If the office posts $140,000 in monthly production but collects $128,000, the collections ratio is about 91.4%. That may be acceptable in some insurance-heavy settings, but it still signals where write-offs and delayed A/R deserve attention.
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Key takeaways
- Collections ratio reveals whether posted production is turning into real cash.
- Weak collection performance often hides inside busy schedules.
- Track this with overhead and break-even to understand true operating pressure.
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