Three invented cases for a dental office: four electric handpiece systems and a maintenance station on equipment financing, implant parts drawn on a credit line and paid down in four months, and a nitrous unit with monitors priced over 30 and 48 months. Water lines, vacuum piping and built-in cabinetry stay outside this site.
At a glance
- Offices of dentists, Jackson County, MS
42 employer establishments (CBP 2023)
- Dental offices with fewer than five employees
13 of the 42, or 31.0% (CBP 2023)
- Dental offices with a ZIP 39567 address
5 employer establishments (ZBP 2023)
- Dental offices with no paid employees
15 in Jackson County, MS (NES 2024)
Electric handpieces and a maintenance station for a Pascagoula, MS dental office: an equipment financing case
Here is an invented case: a general dental office in Pascagoula, MS moves its operatories from air-driven to electric handpieces, buying 4 electric handpiece systems at $3,615 each and a handpiece maintenance station at $2,870, an invented $17,330 in all.
Financed as equipment for four years at 12.55% a year, the invented handpiece package costs the office $461.06 a month. Across those 48 invented months the office pays $22,130.88, and $4,800.88 of it is interest.
Each handpiece system attaches to a delivery unit the office already has, so the request covers equipment only. A funding partner may ask for the supplier quote and the age of the delivery units the handpieces connect to, and it decides on any offer.
Implant parts on the shelf: a credit line draw at a Jackson County, MS dental office
In a second invented case, the office stocks implant abutments, healing caps and other implant parts in one $6,180 order, so cases can be scheduled without waiting on each part to ship.
The invented parts order goes on a credit line at 14.65% a year, and $1,545 of principal comes off each month along with that month's interest. The invented draw is cleared after 4 payments, with $188.62 of interest in all: $75.45 in the first month and $18.86 in the last.
Parts used from the shelf are restocked in smaller orders later, and each payment on the line makes part of the limit available again. A partner may look at recent bank statements before setting the limit, and the office can keep the supplier's invoices for each restock so the draws on the line match the parts that went into patients' cases.
A portable nitrous oxide unit and patient monitors: a shorter or longer term for a Pascagoula, MS dental office
A third invented case: the office adds a portable nitrous oxide unit at $4,850 and 2 patient monitors at $2,290 each, an invented $9,430. A portable unit runs from its own cylinders on a wheeled stand, so no gas piping is involved.
| Term (invented) | Monthly payment | Total of payments | Interest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 months | $366.73 | $11,001.90 | $1,571.90 |
| 48 months | $249.72 | $11,986.56 | $2,556.56 |
In this invented comparison, the 48-month term loan lowers the payment by $117.01 a month and adds $984.66 of interest. The shorter term finishes while the equipment is still new; the longer one leaves more room in each month's budget.
Offices of dentists in Jackson County, MS by staff size, with ZIP 39567 and no-payroll counts
Jackson County, MS dental offices with a payroll numbered 42 in County Business Patterns 2023 (offices of dentists, NAICS 6212); together they employed 285 people and paid $12.8 million in annual payroll.
Thirteen of the 42 (31.0%) had fewer than five employees, which leaves 29 dental offices in the county with a staff of five or more.
By ZIP, the 2023 ZIP Code Business Patterns file lists 5 offices of dentists in ZIP 39567.
Nonemployer Statistics 2024, a separate count of businesses without paid employees, listed 15 offices of dentists in Jackson County, MS. County and ZIP 39567 figures are on the Pascagoula, MS page, and other health offices are on the industries page.
Dental suite work a Pascagoula, MS request leaves out: water lines, vacuum piping and built-in cabinetry
Some dental office costs are work on the suite, and Deerbrook Lenders does not take requests for them:
- Water lines, drains and vacuum piping run to the chairs, and the installation of a central vacuum or air system.
- Cabinetry built into the walls, plus new walls or rooms for an added operatory.
- Central nitrous or oxygen piping, and any purchase of the building.
- Costs for a dental office that has not opened yet.
Equipment that connects to existing lines, such as a handpiece system or a delivery unit, is equipment; the hookup itself is property work outside this site.
Endodontic devices and a soft tissue laser have a separate article on apex locators, a laser and an electrosurgery unit.
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