Dental Supply Cost Calculator
Analyze dental supply and lab costs as a percentage of collections and identify savings opportunities.
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Inputs
Results
Supply % of Collections
5.5%
How to Use This Calculator
- Enter Monthly Collections, Monthly Supply Cost, and Monthly Lab Cost from your P&L.
- Input Number of Operatories and Patients per Month.
- Set a Target Supply % (industry benchmark is 5-7% of collections).
- Review Supply % of Collections, Lab % of Collections, and Combined Materials % to spot overspending.
- Use Supply per Patient and Lab per Patient to track per-visit material efficiency.
How the result changes with Monthly Collections ($)
| Monthly Collections ($) | Supply % of Collections |
|---|---|
| 100,000 | 5.5% |
| 350,000 | 1.57% |
| 650,000 | 0.85% |
| 900,000 | 0.61% |
What each input means
- Monthly Collections ($)
- Average monthly practice collections.
- Monthly Supply Cost ($)
- Monthly spending on dental supplies (consumables, disposables, instruments).
- Monthly Lab Cost ($)
- Monthly dental laboratory fees (crowns, dentures, implants).
- Number of Operatories
- Number of treatment rooms.
- Patients / Month
- Total patient visits per month.
- Target Supply %
- Target supply cost as percentage of collections. Industry benchmark is 4-6%.
What each result means
- Supply % of Collections
- Dental supply cost as percentage of collections (benchmark: 4-6%).
- Lab % of Collections
- Lab fees as percentage of collections (benchmark: 8-10%).
- Combined Materials %
- Supply + lab as percentage of collections (benchmark: 12-16%).
- Supply Cost / Operatory
- Monthly supply cost per treatment room.
- Supply Cost / Patient
- Average supply cost per patient visit.
- Lab Cost / Patient
- Average lab cost per patient visit.
- Annual Supply Cost
- Total annual dental supply expenditure.
- Annual Lab Cost
- Total annual laboratory expenditure.
- Target Monthly Supply
- Monthly supply spend at your target percentage.
- Annual Savings Opportunity
- Potential annual savings if supplies hit target percentage.
- Variance from Target
- How far current supply percentage is from target (positive = over target).
How this is calculated
Worked example, using the default values
- Identify Input Parameters4 parametersMonthly Collections ($) = 100000, Monthly Supply Cost ($) = 5500, Monthly Lab Cost ($) = 8000, Number of Operatories = 5 = 6 input(s) provided
- Calculate Supply % of CollectionsSupply % of Collections = monthlyCollections > 05.5 = 5.5%
- Calculate Lab % of CollectionsLab % of Collections = monthlyCollections > 08 = 8%
- Calculate Combined Materials %Combined Materials % = monthlyCollections > 013.5 = 13.5%
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