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Dental Unscripted | Getting into Ownership and Practice Management Insights

Why Your Associate Paycheck Is the Most Expensive Money You'll Ever Make

4 September 2026 · 42:10 · Episode 60

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You're taking on a lot as an associate, the clinical liability, production quotas, the team drama, the no-shows, AND you're only keeping 30% of production. The other 10–20%... That's going to the owner of the practice. That's also equity you are building for someone else every year you wait to get into ownership. Michael Dinsio and Paula Quinn lay out the five'Opportunity Costs' that keep dentists stuck as…

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