Goals for 2025? Less hygiene dependency? Lower overhead? More collections? Work less? Work more? What’s your goal?

What's your goals for 2025 heading into the new year?

My goal is to work less, drop more plans and slowly start the phasing out of 2 hygienists to 1.

My hygienist is planning on retiring in 1-2 years and I will be going to assisted hygiene with doc. I can't stomach the hygiene loss anymore and I don't mind scraping teeth in between production.

I've done the number crunching and I will work less and make more. I never thought I would go this direction as I've always had two hygienists for past 10 years but I'm going with it. It just doesn't make financial sense anymore to continue on. 21% of total overhead went to hygiene.

What's your goal for 2025?