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Has anyone heard anything about this corporate dental office?! What's it like working for them?
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Coast Dental
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in general corporate offices suck. however for many new graduates they are their only source of employment. ideally (the way it used to be done) is that you find a mentor that you can associate with. unfortunately usually he cant pay you a guaranteed base salary, but you slowly learn from somebody who knows what they're doing. you may not make much money initially but as you learn more your income increases. however with $3K/month in loan repayments most new grads cant afford this, so the chains become your #1 source of new grad employment because they offer guaranteed income. either way they're usually good for a year or two to help you get your feet wet and then you move on to bigger and better things. good luck
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Has anyone heard anything about this corporate dental office?! What's it like working for them?
If another perspective will help: i currently work for coast dental and have been for the past few years. coming out of school i also had very similar thoughts about all corp companies being the same. that feeling led me to join a private practice where i learned very much working under a "mentor doctor". that was a great experience but the pay was terrible and i worked on all the patients and procedures that he didn't want to do. I was being used as a hygienist at times and was not able to treat all of the cases that i tx planned. These things and my pending wedding ($$$) led me to seek employment elsewhere. Coast was recommended to me by my BFF from dental school and i was able to get into a good office with a great staff. The office feels like my own office. i do not run around on roller skates and I do the kind of dentistry i want to do. please know that with many things a situation is what you make of it. I would and do recommend coast to many of my friends and colleagues. With respect to coast i do feel that some of the reputation was "earned" in past years and may not reflect the way the company is run now. They help me pay for many other things we need to have such as malpractice and CE. I personally can't complain much about working for coast. However I am not sure how it is at other corp companies. Hope this helps and congrats on making as far as you have 😉 ck
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I agree with both of you, there are + and -. OUt of school you need to start doing real world dentistry and all chains are best place to start and learn. Be smart when you are dealing with any corporate people/ dental chain/ any dental employer. Try to negotiate the contract and don't sign when its not in ur favor. May be the following tips will help you in regards to any of these dental chains
1) Do not sign contract anything more than 1 yr and even if you do it, make sure you have an "exit clause" WITHOUT even having second thought (like 60-90 day notice for you)
2) Make sure you have a daily guarantee base pay anywhere from 450 to 700/day for the entire period of your contract and not just for initial few months. You don't want to sit and earn less than your dental assistants. ALL chains accept insurances with zero $ exam fees and $0 -fillings and extraction & ant. RCT. You do not want to work for free. TRUST ME
3) Lab fee: Do not pay anything more than 25 to 40% of total lab fee. Typically that's the share you get paid of your production/collections in any chain and that's how much your lab share should be.
4) Capitation : all chains collect capitation fee from insurance companies. Some chains pay you 10 % of that.
5) Hygiene: You need to get a cut from the hygiene production or do your own hygiene cases. that's a good chunk of money. but in real world this does not happen.
6) xray: Same thing, you are reading them and need to get paid even if some one else takes the xrays. it should be counted in you production and many chains/employer do that
you don't even need an attorney to review your contract if these above points are included in ur contract. I hope these tip help you. all the best
1) Do not sign contract anything more than 1 yr and even if you do it, make sure you have an "exit clause" WITHOUT even having second thought (like 60-90 day notice for you)
2) Make sure you have a daily guarantee base pay anywhere from 450 to 700/day for the entire period of your contract and not just for initial few months. You don't want to sit and earn less than your dental assistants. ALL chains accept insurances with zero $ exam fees and $0 -fillings and extraction & ant. RCT. You do not want to work for free. TRUST ME
3) Lab fee: Do not pay anything more than 25 to 40% of total lab fee. Typically that's the share you get paid of your production/collections in any chain and that's how much your lab share should be.
4) Capitation : all chains collect capitation fee from insurance companies. Some chains pay you 10 % of that.
5) Hygiene: You need to get a cut from the hygiene production or do your own hygiene cases. that's a good chunk of money. but in real world this does not happen.
6) xray: Same thing, you are reading them and need to get paid even if some one else takes the xrays. it should be counted in you production and many chains/employer do that
you don't even need an attorney to review your contract if these above points are included in ur contract. I hope these tip help you. all the best
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BUMP! Has anyone worked here and have any recent experiences?
