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Competition and capacity census

Translate verified provider days, scope, patient access, and payer access into confirmed, probable, and adverse capacity cases.

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Use this ifYou need to test an assumption before spending money, signing a contract, or treating a composite score as an answer.

DecisionIdentify the viable path, the downside case, the assumption that breaks it, and the next diligence request.

Evidence neededUser-entered records, source dates, verification states, actual contract and schedule data, provider activity, procedure history, staffing, and cash timing.

Work productA transparent calculation with exposed formulas, limitations, stop-and-verify conditions, and a printable decision record.

Method, stop-and-verify condition, and required review

Method: Use ranges and scenario stress; keep illustrative defaults separate from user data; never let a composite score override a non-negotiable gate.

Stop and verify: Do not treat results as an appraisal, diagnosis, legal conclusion, coding source, lender approval, or substitute for primary records.

Human review: Buyer, dental CPA, lender, counsel, clinical reviewer, benefits specialist, and operator according to the calculator.

Last reviewed: July 24, 2026

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Verified clinical-capacity census

License, NPI, and biography counts generate leads. The investment unit is dated site-level clinical capacity for the patient segment you intend to serve.

Dentist names in directoriesConfirmed clinical days / weekLocal full-time clinical daysGeneral-dentistry scope%Accepting-new-patient factor%Target-payer access factor%Probable additional physical FTECredible planned entrant FTEConfirmed hygiene days / week

Confirmed physical dentist FTE6

Names per physical FTE1.8×A directory-distortion clue

Confirmed segment FTE2Scope × availability × payer access

Probable segment FTE2.4

Adverse capacity case3.4Includes planned entrant

Hygiene-to-dentist days1.3×

Publish a range, not a false exact count.

Keep confirmed, probable, and adverse cases separate. Reconcile each person across sites, map common control separately, record the source and verification date, and recheck material competitors before signing.

Method, not magic

Every output should create a diligence request.

01Reconcile

Use adjusted production, collections, units, provider days, patients, and source reports. One percentage cannot carry the conclusion.

02Segment

Separate provider, procedure family, payer, patient cohort, and month. A blended average can hide the exact thing the buyer will lose.

03Stress

Run buyer-fit, staff-loss, no-show, denial, wage-reset, and entrant cases. Record the case that breaks the deal.