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“Elective stuff” gets put on the back burner in a bad he said, but he’s made ends meet for 23 yeard by focusing on the basics. Some patiente have stopped coming because they lost jobs and insurance in the but it’s tough to tell how many. “We don’t keep track of Harouni said. “We don’t interviee people as to why they left.” An established business that provides ongoingb care is likely to fare better when times are tough than a Harouni said. “We’ll probably see less dental officedopening up.
” The chill has made it easiee to hire quality staff, “There was a time when it was very difficult to find quality employees,” Harouni said. “Now, if you need it’s easier to find it. In a way, that’es good for the profession, although it’s bad for the Orthodontics are sometimesconsidered cosmetic, though denta l professionals don’t think so. Don an Elk Grove orthodontist, said he had a harder time a year ago, beforw the economy went into free He didn’t pay himself for a couple of nixed raises, furloughed staffc and laid one persoj off. His gross income remains static and costs havegone up.
“Forf the majority of people I talk to, it’a about the same,” he said, “oer off 10 percent.” The revenu e is likely to return one wayor another. “Preventioh is definitely cost-effective. Eventually it comes back as somethinv you haveto do,” Rollofsom said. “If you put off doing a filling on one of your kids that may cost intwo years, it will be a root canakl and crown for $2,000.
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