Dental billing guides.
Reference material for dental billing teams. Each guide covers a single topic in the depth a billing manager actually needs, with payer specifics where they matter and the workflow notes a front desk would want.
Oral Surgery and ImplantsBone Graft Dental Codes: Which CDT Code Fits the Graft
The bone graft dental code depends on the site: D7953 in a socket, D6104 with an implant, D4263 at a tooth, D7950 on a ridge, D7951 or D7952 in the sinus.
ProsthodonticsBridge Dental Codes: Pontics, Retainers, and Materials
There is no single bridge dental code. Each unit gets its own line: a pontic per missing tooth, a retainer per abutment, both coded by material.
Oral Surgery and ImplantsDental Implant Codes: CDT Codes From Placement to Crown
Dental implant CDT codes stage by stage: D6010 placement, D6056 or D6057 abutment, abutment vs implant-supported crowns, bridges, dentures, and repairs.
Billing OperationsDental Insurance Verification Companies Compared (2026)
Dental insurance verification companies compared from their own sites: per-patient prices, setup fees, notice needed, and where the breakdown ends up.
Claims and CoordinationDental Narratives: Fill-In Templates for Insurance Claims
What carriers want in a dental narrative, where it goes on the claim, and fill-in templates for crowns, buildups, SRP, extractions, grafts, and implants.
Insurance VerificationMissing Tooth Clause: What It Excludes and How to Verify It
The missing tooth clause denies implants, bridges, and dentures for teeth lost before coverage began. How to verify it, prove extraction dates, and explain it.
EndodonticsRoot Canal Dental Codes: D3310 to D3348 and When to Use Each
Root canal codes split by tooth type, then by first treatment or retreatment. Plus the codes for emergency, unfinished, and surgical endo, and when each pays.
Billing OperationsDental Billing Companies Compared (2026): Pricing & Terms
Dental billing companies compared from their own published pages: pricing tiers, setup fees, contract terms, and US-based teams, plus how to pick one.
Practice OperationsDental Practice KPIs: Where to Start and What's Healthy
The three numbers to pull from your PMS tonight, benchmark ranges for ten dental practice KPIs, and a ten-minute weekly routine to stay on top of them.
Diagnostic ImagingCone Beam CT Billing: Field of View and Interpretation
How the cone beam CDT codes work: field of view, capture versus interpretation, D0391, the same-acquisition panoramic, and billing a scan to medical.
OrthodonticsOrthodontic Insurance Billing: From Banding to Debond
How to bill an orthodontic case: verification, the initial claim, continuation claims, lifetime maximums, mid-treatment insurance changes, and debond.
Billing OperationsHow to Choose a Dental Billing Company
The pricing models, scope, team, security, and contract terms to compare when you hire a dental billing company, plus the questions worth asking in a demo.
Billing OperationsWhat Is Dental Billing? The Process, Step by Step
What dental billing is, the eight steps from insurance verification to AR follow-up, how a claim gets paid, and where the process quietly loses money.
Claims and CoordinationADA Dental Claim Form (2024): a field-by-field guide for dental billing teams
What the 58 items on the current ADA Dental Claim Form mean, what payers do with each field, and the NPI and locum tenens rules that drive most rejections.
Claims and CoordinationPrimary and Secondary Dental Insurance: How COB Works
Which dental plan pays first, how the secondary coordinates (standard, non-duplication, carve-out), deductibles, Medicaid, and worked examples for billers.
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- Insurance billing
Claims, posting, denials, and follow-up.
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A one-time project to work aged claims.
- Patient billing
Statements and balances after insurance pays.