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The Thriving Dentist Show

How to Grow Your Practice with Patient Financing

7 October 2026 · 44:29 · Episode 769

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Dental patient financing is in nearly every practice, and Gary Takacs says very few offices use it to grow. On The Thriving Dentist Show, Gary and Naren Arulrajah compare dentistry with the car market, where 83% of new cars are financed. Gary makes the case against in-house financing and puts CareCredit's 9.9% discount rate next to the real cost of a lost case. He also shares the treatment coordinator question that…

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