Doctors vs Dentist Business Model - MedAdvocacy Alliance

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Bottom Line Upfront:

If doctors adopted the business model of dentists, they could:
✅ Earn more money
✅ Reduce costs to the government
✅ Build a valuable, long-term asset

The Key Difference: Dentists Have a Scalable Business, Doctors Have a Job

A dental practice is structured for efficiency, allowing the dentist to focus only on what they do best while assistants and hygienists handle everything else. In contrast, a medical practice relies entirely on the doctor, limiting their income and creating inefficiencies.

1. Replacement & Workload Management

If a dentist is sick or on vacation, a replacement dentist can step in seamlessly. The office staff guides them from patient to patient, so they only need to perform their clinical work.
In a medical practice, a doctor must handle every aspect of patient care themselves, making it much harder to take time off without disrupting operations.

2. Higher Earnings & Lower Costs to Government

Dentists earn income beyond their own labor by leveraging the work of hygienists and assistants.
Since doctors bill the government directly for each patient visit, inefficiencies in their workflow increase healthcare costs. A team-based approach would allow doctors to see more patients at a lower overall cost to the system.

3. Financial Flexibility & Asset Growth

Dentists take dividends, which are taxed more favorably than wages, and spread income over time for tax efficiency.
When selling their practice, dentists benefit from capital gains exemptions, allowing them to retain more wealth.
A medical practice has little resale value, as the doctor is the business—without them, the income stops.

4. A Smarter Business Model

Dentists operate scalable businesses, while doctors exchange time for money in a job-like structure.
A team-based medical model would reduce burnout, increase patient throughput, and make healthcare more efficient—benefiting both doctors and taxpayers.

The Solution? Apply Dental Business Principles to Medicine

A team-based model, like in dentistry, would create higher incomes for doctors, a sustainable workload, and cost savings for the government—without reducing patient care quality.