# Production

A term used when buying dental practice.

The value of the dentistry performed in a period, before collections and adjustments.

Read it per provider and per operatory, because that is where capacity and growth actually show. The more useful number is the gap between what was produced and what was collected: a persistent spread is a finding about billing discipline or payer mix, not an accounting quirk, and it is money the practice already earned and did not receive. Ask who chases claims, and what happens when that person is on holiday.

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

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

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