Shelby County, TN had 309 offices of dentists with paid staff in 2023 (County Business Patterns).
A discounted six-month supply order, a 3D printer with wash and cure units, and digital sensors with loupes, each worked as an invented example. Wall-mounted X-ray wiring is property work outside this site. Its Census counts are for Shelby County, TN and ZIP 38017.
At a glance
- Offices of dentists, Shelby County, TN
309 employer establishments (CBP 2023)
- Dental offices under five employees, Shelby County, TN
116, or 37.5% (CBP 2023)
- Offices of dentists with a ZIP 38017 address
24 (ZBP 2023)
- Example terms on this page
6 to 48 months, all invented
Cash flow around a bulk supply order for Collierville, TN dental offices
A dental supplier may offer a lower price on a six-month supply order paid up front, and the discount only helps if the cost of financing it stays below the savings. Three numbers settle it: the regular monthly spend, the discount and the total cost of the loan.
Illustration only, invented figures: a Collierville, TN dental office spends $3,150 a month on gloves, masks, impression material and other consumables, $18,900 over six months. Its supplier offers 7% off one up-front order, an invented $17,577 after a $1,323 discount. Financed over 6 months at a 14.4% annual rate, that discounted price carries an invented payment of $3,053.76 a month, $96.24 below the regular monthly spend, and the six invented payments total $18,322.56.
In this invented case the office pays $745.56 of interest and still ends $577.44 ahead of buying month by month. At a higher rate or a smaller discount the result can turn the other way, so the comparison is worth running on the real quote. A draw on a business line of credit is another way to pay the supplier and repay as the stock is used.
Replacing in-house lab equipment at a Shelby County, TN dental office: a 3D printer with wash and cure units
An in-house 3D printer lets a dental office print models, surgical guides and night guards, and a wash station and a cure unit finish each print. The three machines come from one supplier, and that bundle is equipment a funding partner may finance with the machines as security.
Illustration only, invented figures: a Shelby County, TN dental office replaces an older printer with a new one at $6,890, plus a wash station at $1,240 and a cure unit at $1,180, $9,310 in all. Over 36 months at a 12.2% annual rate the office would owe an invented $310.12 each month, and its 36 invented payments total $11,164.32, including $1,854.32 of interest.
Resin, build platforms and other consumables are supplies the office keeps buying, so this invented case leaves them out of the equipment loan. Whether a printer changes what the office sends to an outside lab depends on its own mix of cases, and the equipment financing page describes how a machine loan of this kind is set up.
Digital X-ray sensors and two sets of loupes for a Collierville, TN hygiene team
Digital X-ray sensors sit at the center of a hygiene appointment, and a practice with two hygienists working side by side may want a sensor in each room. Magnifying loupes with headlights are fitted to each hygienist, personal equipment the practice buys for its team.
Illustration only, invented figures: a Collierville, TN dental office buys two sensors at $7,350 each and two sets of loupes with headlights at $1,630 a set ($3,260), an invented $17,960. Over 48 months at a 10.45% annual rate the invented payment comes to $459.40 a month; the 48 invented payments total $22,051.20, with $4,091.20 in interest.
The sensors connect to imaging software the office already runs. Mounting a new X-ray head on a wall and wiring it is property work outside this site, while the sensors and loupes themselves are equipment. A partner may ask whether the sensors replace older ones or add a second room.
Handpieces, scalers and sedation monitors get their own invented numbers in a separate article on dental practice financing.
Supplier quote lines a Collierville, TN dental office can check before calling Baydale
A clear supplier quote shows a funding partner what the money buys, and it shows the office which lines may need a different product. Before calling, the office can check that the quote lists:
- Each item with its model number and price on its own line
- Delivery, installation and training apart from the equipment price
- The warranty term and what it covers
- Any trade-in credit for the machine being replaced, and which costs are consumables or yearly licenses
Partners decide what an equipment loan can include. A business term loan can carry a mix of equipment and soft costs when a partner allows it, and the quote is also where the amount for the first call to Baydale comes from.
Shelby County, TN dental office counts set beside ZIP 38017
In 2023 County Business Patterns, Shelby County, TN had 309 offices of dentists with paid staff; 116 of them, or 37.5%, had fewer than five employees. Together the 309 offices reported 2,288 paid employees in the March pay period and $124 million of annual payroll, a countywide total rather than one office’s figure.
Offices of dentists with a ZIP 38017 location came to 24 in 2023, going by the ZIP Code Business Patterns count.
Nonemployer Statistics for 2024 listed 117 offices of dentists in Shelby County, TN without paid employees. ZIP 38017 sector counts are on the Collierville, TN page, and physician, chiropractic and therapy offices sit in the same group on the industries page.
By Baydale Funding Group · Updated