What you will find here
ChairsideSource covers the parts of dentistry that clinical training mostly skips: how a practice runs, how its equipment works and fails, and how to buy and sell that equipment sensibly.
- Courses made of short lessons, each ending in a knowledge check that records your progress.
- Practice guides on scheduling, billing, front office systems, and the business decisions behind them.
- Equipment guides on how common equipment works, what goes wrong with it, and how it is maintained and tested.
- A glossary of the terms used across the site, in plain language.
- DAT preparation for pre-dental students.
- An equipment marketplace where listings are reviewed before they appear and no commission is charged.
Why it exists
Most of what keeps a dental practice running is learned on the job: how to verify insurance before a patient sits down, why a compressor keeps tripping, what a used chair is really worth, how to keep a schedule full without overbooking it. That knowledge usually passes from person to person, unevenly, and often only after an expensive mistake. ChairsideSource writes it down in one place, in plain language, for free.
Who it is for
Dental assistants, front office and billing staff, office managers, practice owners, and pre-dental students. Nothing requires an account, and nothing is behind a paywall.
How it is made
Pages are researched against primary sources where they exist, written in plain language, and updated when rules, products, or prices change. The editorial standards page sets out how that works and how to report a mistake.
How the marketplace works
Sellers submit listings through a form. Each one is read by a person before it appears, and listings that are incomplete, misleading, or not dental equipment are declined. Photos have their location and camera data removed before they are stored. Buyers contact sellers directly, and ChairsideSource takes no commission on any sale.
What it is not
ChairsideSource is general education. It is not clinical, legal, tax, or financial advice, and it does not replace manufacturer instructions, your state dental board, or a licensed professional who knows your situation.
Course certificates show that you completed a course and passed its knowledge checks. They are not continuing education credits, and they are not a license or an accredited credential.
How the site is paid for
Everything here is free to read. The site may show advertising, which is labeled and kept separate from the content. The marketplace charges no commission. Coverage of products and companies is not for sale.
Contact
Use the contact form, or write to hello@chairsidesource.com.