Notes on running a modern practice.
We post here when there is something worth saying. Not before.
Independent doesn't have to mean alone
Scale buys a dental practice four things. Software can now deliver one of them. It happens to be the one that makes owners tired. Here's the honest accounting, and what we're building toward.
The work around the work: where a practice's week actually goes
Dentistry is the work. Everything else is the work around it. Here's an inventory of the six piles, which parts software can take today, and which parts were always supposed to be yours.
The offer every practice owner eventually gets
Sooner or later someone offers to take the business off your hands so you can just practice dentistry. It's a good pitch. Here's what you're actually selling, when to say yes, and the option nobody puts in the letter.
The dental PMS landscape in 2026: who's still standing
Most US dental practices use one of about ten systems. The category sorts into five rough groups, and the lines between them have started to move. Here's the honest map.
PracticeCore's 1% model: when it saves money, when it doesn't
We charge 1% of what your practice collects. For most practices that's the cheaper option. For some, it isn't. Here's the math, honestly.
Where dental claim denials actually come from — and 5 you can fix today
Most of what gets called "insurance trouble" is really five very specific problems. Four of them are fixable before the claim leaves your office. Here's the map.
Why dentists hate their PMS — and stay anyway
Every dentist has had the moment. By 4pm on a Tuesday, somebody in your office is swearing at a screen. So why doesn't anyone switch?