Hello all,
Graduated May 2025, and have been working as an associate for almost a year. I had a guarantee for 6 months, 600 a day, that I don’t think I ever matched during that six month period. Since than, I only match that production goal once, maybe twice a week if im lucky. That last five months or so I’ve been taking home after tax/health insurance only about 4-5k a month. I’ve been trying to tough out my current job in hopes that it gets busier/I can build up a bigger pt base for myself but to no avail so far.
My question is, how do I know if the practice just doesn’t have enough work for me, or if I’m just not treating enough and im the one keeping myself not busy?
I do endo, including the occasional molar, but refer most other molars out. Practice gets about 30-40 new pts a month. There’s two offices and I work at both of them, and between the two there are four doctors. Located in a college town, so a lot of new pts are students that usually only have a few fillings to get done. Owners have said that once I start keeping more of the molar endo then my income will get better, but I feel like I shouldn’t have to do that to survive but I could be wrong since I don’t have a ton of experience.
All advice/criticism welcome. Thank you!