The economic well-being of dental practice is essential element to procure resources and technology required for providing quality care, sustaining the operations and dentist’s well-being. On the contrary, it is not unusual to encounter instances related to supplier induced demand ^1,2,3 What if, dentist has a framework that, in real time, can accurately diagnose the economic health of dental practice and what if, such framework enables the dentist to focus on only 3-6 key levers^4,5 to ethically drive favorable economic outcome while delivering quality patient care. To achieve this striking balance, this research suggests the framework for dentists to use in their everyday practice.

This qualitative study utilizes inductive research approach to explore current dental practice operation methodology, incentive driven behaviors, metrics^4,5 used to measure the performance and quality.

The practicing dentists are often unaware or confused about the true drivers of clinic performance, patient satisfaction and economic wellbeing of dental practice. The ‘North Star Framework’ serves as a dependable blueprint^4,5 for establishing replicable processes, leading to predictable outcomes such as fostering a positive staff morale, ensuring consistent revenue generation, along with delivering unwavering quality dental care to patients.