Dental Billing Blog: Tips, Insights & Best Practices

Get practical advice and real-world strategies to improve your dental billing process. Our blog covers everything from patient communication to insurance trends—giving you fresh ideas to run a smoother, more profitable dental practice.

March 4, 2026

Dental Insurance Billing vs. Patient Billing: Where Practices Actually Lose Revenue

Most dental practices believe their billing problems start and end with insurance. When cash flow tightens, or accounts receivable grows, the first instinct is to blame slow claims, uncooperative carriers, or shrinking reimbursement rates. While those challenges are real, they often aren’t where revenue is… Read More

Sandy Odle

10 minute read

March 4, 2026

Bone Graft CDT Codes Explained: When and How to Bill Correctly

In the modern dental landscape, the most precise clinical work can be completely undermined by a simple miscode. We often treat bone grafting as a singular concept in the operatory, but to insurance payors, it is a complex map of distinct procedures, each with its own specific… Read More

Sandy Odle

5 minute read

February 19, 2026

D6740 vs D2740: When to Use Each Porcelain Crown CDT Code

While most offices use only a few favorite crown types, there are actually over 75 full coverage permanent crown codes in the CDT set. The correct code must be chosen based on whether the crown is meant for a natural tooth or an implant, whether it is… Read More

Sandy Odle

4 minute read