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Practice Management
You have your own unique vision of what makes an ideal practice. Detail and document your vision with our sample business plans. Use step-by-step checklists for opening, transferring ownership or closing a practice. Get helpful marketing tips, patient education tools and more.
A customizable checklist and suggested first-week schedule to provide a new associate with all the information and tools they need so that they can be confident and successful from day one.
The interview process provides an opportunity for both the practice owner and associate candidate to assess whether their working relationship will be compatible. Get tips in this resource.
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information and guidance to help you evaluate prospective partners if you are considering forming a group or multi-owner practice.
Whether you’re looking for an opportunity as an associate dentist or looking to hire an associate dentist, take a look at the tools available to assist you with your hiring and onboarding needs.
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Practice Management News
Employee leave policies: A legal obligation that can improve dental practice culture
In dentistry, where the demands of patient care and business management intertwine, practice owners often experience the complex challenge of...
CDA member practice owners to receive updated labor law posters in 2025
As part of CDA's ongoing efforts to support member-dentists in their roles as practice owners and California employers, new sets of required posters will be available at no cost in the spring of 2025.
New timeline for completing required eight-hour infection control course effective Jan. 1
Beginning Jan. 1, 2025, unlicensed dental assistants in California must complete the required eight-hour infection control course prior to exposure to blood and saliva.