Teeth, Can You Top This?

DrCnBse
#1 / 6

Can You Top This?

Appearing in "USA Weekend" April 20-22
in the Make a Difference Day Award
Thordale PA. Dentist

Thu, 09 Oct 2003 20:05:49 GMT

DrCnBse
#2 / 6

Can You Top This?

Appearing in the "USA Weekend" April 20-22 2001
Under the column "Make A Difference Day Awards"

***Thordale, PA
Dentist Richard DeForno, 51, and his
staff of 10 performed $30,000 worth
of free dental care to 16 members of
the working poor who can't afford
dental insurance. 30 patients were
screened in advance of Make a
Difference Day, and Oct 28 the neediest
lined up for the 8 hour drill-a-thon.
1 patient walked out with $4000 worth
of dental care.***

Certainly a great cause and a wonderful
accomplishment for this dentist and
dentistry in general.
But could these numbers be right?
16 patients works out to a patient every half hour.
$30000 of dentistry in eight hours is equal to
$3750/hour.
In an average 200 working year that would be a
tidy $6M.
$4000 of dental care for one of these six{*filter*}
patients in a fraction of a day.
I don't get it. What am I doing wrong?

Stan

Thu, 09 Oct 2003 20:22:56 GMT

Steven Bornfel
#3 / 6

Can You Top This?

A staff of ten? Maybe some of the staff are other dentists!

Steve

Quote:

> Appearing in the "USA Weekend" April 20-22 2001
> Under the column "Make A Difference Day Awards"

> ***Thordale, PA
> Dentist Richard DeForno, 51, and his
> staff of 10 performed $30,000 worth
> of free dental care to 16 members of
> the working poor who can't afford
> dental insurance. 30 patients were
> screened in advance of Make a
> Difference Day, and Oct 28 the neediest
> lined up for the 8 hour drill-a-thon.
> 1 patient walked out with $4000 worth
> of dental care.***

> Certainly a great cause and a wonderful
> accomplishment for this dentist and
> dentistry in general.
> But could these numbers be right?
> 16 patients works out to a patient every half hour.
> $30000 of dentistry in eight hours is equal to
> $3750/hour.
> In an average 200 working year that would be a
> tidy $6M.
> $4000 of dental care for one of these six{*filter*}
> patients in a fraction of a day.
> I don't get it. What am I doing wrong?

> Stan

Thu, 09 Oct 2003 21:54:35 GMT

DrCnBse
#4 / 6

Can You Top This?

Hi Steve,

<< A staff of ten? Maybe some of the staff are other dentists! Steve >>

Good point. I considered that possibility.
But even if there were two more dentist
each with one assistant, one hygienist,
and only one office manager (bare bone
staff), that still comes out to
$10,ooo/dentist per day,
$1250/hour production fee,
and 2M/y gross production.
Not bad!!!

Stan

Thu, 09 Oct 2003 22:46:28 GMT

Steven Bornfel
#5 / 6

Can You Top This?

In my experience, it's always easier to do $10K worth of dentistry when
I'm not being paid for it. When I actually have to be paid, somehow
appointments get broken, insurance claims get lost--you know.

Steve

Quote:

> Hi Steve,

> << A staff of ten? Maybe some of the staff are other dentists! Steve >>

> Good point. I considered that possibility.
> But even if there were two more dentist
> each with one assistant, one hygienist,
> and only one office manager (bare bone
> staff), that still comes out to
> $10,ooo/dentist per day,
> $1250/hour production fee,
> and 2M/y gross production.
> Not bad!!!

> Stan

Thu, 09 Oct 2003 23:12:53 GMT

pudg
#6 / 6

Can You Top This?

Maybe they calculated it on the "list" prices?

Pudge

Quote:

> In my experience, it's always easier to do $10K worth of dentistry when
> I'm not being paid for it. When I actually have to be paid, somehow
> appointments get broken, insurance claims get lost--you know.

> Steve

> > Hi Steve,

> > << A staff of ten? Maybe some of the staff are other dentists! Steve >>

> > Good point. I considered that possibility.
> > But even if there were two more dentist
> > each with one assistant, one hygienist,
> > and only one office manager (bare bone
> > staff), that still comes out to
> > $10,ooo/dentist per day,
> > $1250/hour production fee,
> > and 2M/y gross production.
> > Not bad!!!

> > Stan

Sat, 11 Oct 2003 09:43:39 GMT