The poll, consisting of responses from over 1,000 dentists, was taken as part of the ADA’s monthly “Economic Outlook and Emerging Issues in Dentistry” report.
Other challenges include:
Inflation/overhead/rising costs: 40.2 percent
Insurance or Medicaid issues/low reimbursement: 39.1 percent
Performance of U.S. economy: 13.4 percent
Increasing/maintaining patient volume: 13 percent
Maintaining/increasing production and cash flow: 12.1 percent
Patient cancellations or no-shows/scheduling: 9.5 percent
Patient ability to pay for/accept treatment: 8.6 percent
Avoiding burnout of self and/or staff: 3.9 percent
COVID-19-related/other government regulations and protocols: 3.2 percent
More patients than manageable/high demand for care: 2.9 percent
Supply chain issues/shortages: 2.7 percent
Keeping staff and self happy: 2.7 percent
Staff wages/compensation/benefits: 2.6 percent
Practice transition/retirement: 2.5 percent
Competition with other dentists/corporate dentistry: 2.1 percent
Learning/implementing new technology/equipment: 1.3 percent
Business/practice management: 1.1 percent
More COVID-19 cases/new variants: 0.9 percent
Marketing/advertising: 0.7 percent
Administrative burden: 0.7 percent
Patients afraid to return: 0.3 percent
