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Discounting
Discounting doesn't just hurt your margins — it sends the wrong message to patients and kills the incentive to work efficiently. Here's why fair fees, charged consistently, is always the better strategy.
Discount, discount, discount
If you charge less when a procedure is easy, do you charge more when it's difficult? One question that reframes the discounting habit entirely.
Discounting is dangerous
Discounting doesn't just cost you money — it signals desperation, demoralises your staff, and fills your books with bargain hunters. The good patients leave quietly.
Mea culpa. I was wrong!
I made a mistake in dismissing 6-handed dentistry. It really does work.