How to start a dental practice from scratch

Tips from a dental CPA

You’re doing it! You’re starting your own dental practice from scratch. It’s an exciting time. A scary, daunting, and overwhelming time, but an exciting time nonetheless. If you’re wondering where to begin, we can help by outlining a few common problems and pitfalls, helping you understand the benefits of a dental CPA, and offering a few free resources to help you get started. Let’s do this!

Accounting

Common problems you may face when starting a scratch dental practice

Business is complicated.
Tooth & Coin isn’t.

Why partner with a dental CPA?

Your CPA will be a principal advisor on all things financially related to your business. A CPA that works exclusively with dentists understands the nuances of dentistry. They can keep up with industry trends, the latest equipment and technology, and remain well-versed in current tax regulations and deductions that apply to dental practice owners. 

The Tooth & Coin team works exclusively with dentists and specializes in scratch starts. We like to be there from the beginning so you can feel confident about the business side of your dental practice from day one.

How Tooth & Coin Helps Scratch Practices

Tax Preparation

Accounting & Reports

Profit Advisory

When you’re trying to get a small business off the ground, every penny counts. We pride ourselves on our ability to navigate the financial and tax worlds, find the deductions that apply to your new dental practice, and unlock the incredible savings you’re entitled to. 

Working together from the beginning allows the Tooth & Coin team to make the smartest decisions for your business long-term. With access to your tax history and accounting reports, along with the added security of knowing we prepared your tax documents, our team is better equipped to ensure your highest tax savings, accurately estimate your taxes throughout the year, and quickly resolve any issues, like an audit. Let us help you find the tax savings you deserve.

From accurately measuring profitability to bookkeeping and payroll to simply getting more time back in your day, outsourcing your dental practice’s accounting can be one of the best business decisions you make when you’re starting your scratch practice. 

Regular updates to our software allow us to pull real-time data on your practice, which you have access to whenever you want to check in. Your dedicated Account Manager can also provide deeper analysis of the practice’s financial health and answer key questions, like Are you hitting your financial goals? Is the business growing? What will the business look like in the future?  

When Tooth & Coin is crunching the numbers from the beginning, we can help you plan and put you in the right position to achieve your goals. Running the books also makes tax returns a breeze.

We all know that setting goals will be essential to growing your budding business. Hitting them is another story. Many dentists who are starting a dental practice from scratch wonder Are my goals achievable? What’s too ambitious and what’s not enough? What can I afford with my loan? How do I get out of debt faster? 

Tooth & Coin’s Profit Advisory service was built to help doctors set realistic goals and achieve them. At the beginning of each year, we have a conversation to determine what’s possible with your practice. We help you set your goals and our team checks in throughout the year to keep you on track. 

Not growing fast enough? We can come up with a plan to catch you up. Spending too much? We’ll help you create a manageable budget. And when your business starts turning a reliable profit, we can help you figure out what to do with your earnings.

Free Resources for Scratch Starts

Starting from scratch can feel just as exciting as it does overwhelming. With a few key resources, you can ditch the overwhelming part.

Start your practice with Tooth & Coin in your corner.