Buying Equipment for a New Practice
Budget, new versus used strategy, sourcing, inspection, negotiation, and opening day.
Badge you earn
- 5lessons
- 60minutes of reading
- 20check questions
- Freeno account needed
Lessons
Work through them in order. Each one ends with a knowledge check that records your progress.
Building the Equipment Budget
Build a line-item equipment budget for a startup practice, including the costs that never make it onto the first draft.
Start this lesson →A New vs. Used Strategy by Category
Decide new or used item by item, using four questions and a category table built around service access, obsolescence, and downtime cost.
Start this lesson →Sourcing: Dealers, Liquidators, and Private Sellers
A buyer-side comparison of every channel for used dental equipment, how to find closing practices, and how to read a listing before you call.
Start this lesson →Inspection and Negotiation
Run a real inspection, turn what you find into a number, and negotiate the terms that actually protect a used equipment buyer.
Start this lesson →Delivery, Install, and Opening Day
Turn a pile of purchased equipment into a working practice: install sequence, freight receiving, commissioning, compliance steps, and the week before opening.
Start this lesson →How this course works
Work through the lessons in order. Each one ends with exercises you can do in your own office and a few short questions to check yourself. Answer the check and the lesson is recorded as done, in this browser, with no account involved.
Finish every lesson and you can print a completion record for this course. The course also counts toward the certifications, which are the larger thing: several courses plus a timed comprehensive exam, ending in a certificate whose reference code anyone can verify.
This guide is educational content and does not constitute legal, financial, tax, or clinical advice. Laws and regulations vary by state and change over time. Consult your own dental-specific attorney, CPA, and state dental board before acting.