Your financial prep guide for the ADA Scientific Session 2027
The ADA's 2027 national meeting will continue under the Scientific Session brand after SmileCon wound down in 2025. Dates and host city have not yet been publicly announced — we will update this page once the ADA confirms them. Sorso is not an exhibitor, sponsor, or speaker at this event — this is an independent prep guide for dental practice owners.
Why this matters for your bottom line
Dental practice overhead is one of the most-watched numbers in the profession, and top-performing practices are noticeably leaner than the average. ADA sessions on practice management can help you close that gap, but only if you know where you currently stand.
DSO acquisition activity continues to reshape the dental market. Understanding how your practice would be valued in today's market informs every strategic decision, whether you plan to sell or stay independent.
Insurance participation decisions have long-term financial implications. Dropping a payer can increase per-patient revenue but may reduce patient volume. The math is practice-specific.
Associate recruitment and retention is expensive. Compensation structures that align with production reduce turnover and improve practice stability.
What to look for
Dental practice overhead optimization strategies with specific line-item targets
Insurance participation analysis: when dropping a plan makes financial sense
Associate compensation models that balance recruitment, retention, and profitability
Practice transition and valuation trends in the current market
Technology adoption ROI for AI diagnostics, digital impressions, and workflow automation
Financial prep checklist
Review these before you go.
Know your total overhead percentage and break it into the ADA standard categories
Calculate your production per hour for each provider in the practice
Pull your collection ratio and identify the gap between production and collections
Document your insurance participation list and the reimbursement rate for top procedures from each
Review your associate compensation against ADA survey data
Benchmark your active patient count and new patient acquisition rate against practice size peers
From our CFO
The ADA Scientific Session draws a broad dental audience, and every year practice owners walk the exhibit hall signing up for services without knowing their own overhead rate. The single most useful thing you can do before going is sit down with your P&L for 30 minutes. Know your overhead, your collection ratio, and your production per provider. That foundation makes every conversation at the conference more productive.
Get a financial checkup before ADA Scientific Session 2027
Take the 4-minute financial assessment. Know your numbers before you attend, so you can ask better questions and make better decisions.