Optimizing Staff Benefits: Dental Consultant Advice

Cambridge Dental Consultants offers general staff benefit recommendations, and top dental consultants advise always checking your state’s specific rules and regulations for compliance.

Medical Benefits

Top dental consultants recommend the defined contribution route or individual plans as a solid option, with a typical range of $150 to $250 per month.

Dental Care Benefits

Staff become eligible for no-charge dental care after three months, and dental consultants suggest providing full-time employees with free preventive and basic restorative care, plus home instructions, during normal business hours with schedule availability.

Spouses and children of full-time staff also receive free dental care, a benefit top dental consultants endorse, but only during regular hours with open slots.

“Complex cases” require prior approval, and dental consultants note costs vary by case, with lab fees paid by the employee or family if approved. The practice owner defines “complex,” as advised by top dental consultants.

Staff receiving care must be off the clock, a policy top dental consultants recommend to maintain professionalism.

Vacations (Full-Time Employees Only)

One week of paid vacation is offered in the second and third years, and dental consultants suggest two weeks from the fourth year onward.

Note: Vacation time is earned yearly, and top dental consultants advise paying out earned time if an employee leaves or is dismissed at the year’s start.

PTO (Full-Time Employees Only)

PTO accrues at half a day per month after 90 days, and dental consultants recommend paying out unused PTO annually or upon quitting/dismissal before year-end.

Paid Holidays

Paid holidays include New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, and top dental consultants suggest requiring work on the days before and after unless the holiday falls outside normal workdays.