# Hygiene recall

A term used when buying dental practice.

The system that brings patients back for cleanings, which fills the calendar and feeds the rest.

A working recall system is the closest thing dentistry has to [recurring revenue](https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/mrr), so its size and reactivation rate say whether the patient base is active or quietly aging out. Ask how many patients have been seen in the last eighteen months rather than how many are in the system, because the difference between those two numbers is what the system count overstates. The gap is also the first growth available to a new owner, and it costs a phone call.

Part of: Buying a Dental Practice (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-dental-practice)

Source: https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-dental-practice/terms/hygiene-recall
Not dated: The same editorial definitions as the glossary, inside a trade.

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