Dear Dental Professionals:

This special website was created in order to introduce you to the Apollonia way of dental practice, and to show you the career advantages you will gain when you join us in building the best dental practice group in America!  

We offer three possible relationships: 1) associate positions, 2) professional partnerships, or 3) an independent space-sharing solo group arrangement.  Either way, your practice and your life will be improved as we all work together toward our mutual success.  

All Apollonia dentists and other team members enjoy participation in Apollonia sponsored continuing education and practice management seminars, group health and 401(k) retirement plans, and have full access to Apollonia's extensive library of practice management knowledge and technologies--it's all part of the deal.

If you are a dental professional who is looking for a place to grow personally, professionally and economically, and to be recognized for your talents and skills, this may be the opportunity for you.  Working with us could be a real good way to develop your talents.  Call us at (661) 831-9024 and tell Michele you are a dentist  interested in working with us.  We will get the basic information from you and will arrange an interview in Bakersfield.  If you wish, you can FAX your  information to us at (661) 836-1242 or E-mail to ApolloniaGroup@aol.com and we will contact you from there.

I look forward to meeting with you soon.

Neil Millikin, D.D.S.

UCSF '82

ASSOCIATE DENTISTS

As an Associate Dentist at the Apollonia Dental Center, you can look forward to earning a growing income, while learning first hand from some of the best dentists in the profession.  Your income will be based on your current level of productivity, and will rise as your clinical, diagnostic and communication skills allow you to become more effective in completion of clinical care, treatment planning and case acceptance. 

For most younger dentists, your greatest need is to focus on clinical skills development.  During this phase of your career, you will work with senior partners who can assist you with diagnosis and treatment planning, case development and presentation, and patient case acceptance.  As your skills improve, and you become more productive, the higher your compensation will rise.  Typical new graduate salaries average $75,000 to $125,000 or more, based on a minimum daily compensation with bonuses in accordance with our PayPoint™  Team Compensation System.

Because the Apollonia Dental Center is not a "managed care clinic", we are looking for career oriented dental professionals who may be early on in a lifetime career of constant learning and never-ending improvement.  The rewards of a life career in dentistry are great, and they require hard work and dedication to achieve.  Working closely with senior partners, who have your career development in mind, is the time-honored and best way to earn your way to a satisfying career in dentistry.

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PROFESSIONAL PARTNERSHIPS

More experienced dentists may want to partner as an equal owner of the Apollonia Professional Corporation ("PC") along with other Apollonia dentists.  The PC  owns the primary professional dental practice and has complete control over it's management and operations.  

PC retains 50% of practice collections, which is used for professional dentist and dental hygienist salaries, laboratory and dental supply costs.  The other 50% is paid to TAG and is used for facilities, office supplies and utilities, marketing, managment systems, staff payroll and benefits.  

For example, say a two-doctor partnership brings in $100,000 in a month.  After paying $50,000 to TAG for advertising, facilities, supplies, general business expenses, staff, etc., there is $50,000 left for professional compensation, labs, and consumable supplies.  With proper management of staffing and lab expenses, plus the contribution from associates, there should be substantial compensation for partners, generally around $12,500 monthly for each of the two partners in this example.

Partnership in the PC does require an investment, and the investment is similar to that required to purchase or build a small practice on your own, but the value is greater because you will be part of a large and growing practice, using the latest in equipment, staff, and management systems.  You can gain so much more from the expertise and collaboration with your other partners.  Partnership also requires approval by current PC partners.  The investment may be made in cash, may be made through equity by merging your existing practice, or may be financed by third parties.

More importantly, PC partners stand to gain when new partnerships are sold to future partners, thus the more you can contribute to the growth of PC, the more you will gain above and beyond your own earnings as a dentist.

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SOLO-GROUP SPACE SHARING

If you desire more independence, you may wish to join Apollonia in a solo-group space sharing arrangement.  You can choose how many operatories you wish to use, and how many days you want to use them (subject to availability).   By sharing expensive facilities and other critical costs, you can grow your practice in a modernly equipped dental care facility at a fraction of the cost of "going alone".  

Because Apollonia Dental Center facilities rents "by the operatory" and "by the day", there is total flexibility to accommodate your practice needs today, as well as tomorrow. There is no long-term lease required, and no "covenant not to compete", so you will not be boxed into a relationship you don't want if your needs change down the road.  We divide each week day into two "work days" (the morning ends at 2:00 PM when the afternoon starts), with one additional "work day" each Saturday and Sunday.  Thus, in a single 4 chair facility, there are 12 "work days" available, allowing efficient space and equipment utilization.  Apollonia can rent you a better facility, better equipped, and in a better location, for about half of what you would pay to do it yourself.  Best yet, you don't have any of the headaches or risks of building it yourself!  

For example, you could start your own practice from scratch for as little as $125 a day  for a single operatory.  As your practice grows, four or more operatories are only $100 a day each.

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