Stonehollow Lending's dental page covers funding for Kootenai County, ID dental offices: equipment, operatory build-outs, buying a retiring dentist's practice and payroll while claims are paid.
At a glance
- Offices of dentists, Kootenai County, ID
89 (CBP 2023)
- Paid employees at dental offices
827 (CBP 2023)
- Dental offices in ZIP 83814
32 (ZBP 2023)
Chairs, Plumbed Operatories and Hygiene Payroll in Kootenai County, ID Dental Offices
Dental practices finance equipment that is precise and costly, space that needs plumbing, air and suction to every chair, and staff paid while insurance claims are processed. Each fits a different structure: equipment financing for chairs and imaging, a term loan for a build-out or a practice purchase, and working capital or a credit line for payroll.
Kootenai County, ID had 89 offices of dentists in 2023 with 827 paid employees and $48.4 million in annual payroll (County Business Patterns 2023, NAICS 6212). Only 30.3% had fewer than five employees, against 61.3% of all county employers, so a typical practice carries a full team.
Dental Practice Loans in Coeur d'Alene, ID: Kootenai County, ID Dental Offices by the Numbers
| Measure | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Offices of dentists with paid employees | 89 | CBP 2023 |
| Paid employees | 827 | CBP 2023 |
| Annual payroll | $48.4 million | CBP 2023 |
| Offices with fewer than five employees | 27 | CBP 2023 |
| Dental offices in ZIP 83814 | 32 | ZBP 2023 |
| Dental offices without paid employees | 23 | NES 2024 |
The nonemployer count comes from a separate Census program and year and is not added to the employer count.
Dental Equipment Loans in Coeur d'Alene, ID: Chairs, Cone-Beam Imaging and Sterilization
Chairs and delivery units, intraoral scanners, panoramic and cone-beam imaging, autoclaves, compressors and vacuum systems are financed as equipment, each listed on the vendor's quote with model and serial numbers. Some vendors bundle installation and training; ask whether those are inside the financed amount. Imaging units that are upgraded on a cycle can be leased so the practice can return or replace them at the end of the term.
Dental Business Loans in Coeur d'Alene, ID: Insurance Claims and Payroll
Hygienists and assistants are paid on a schedule while insurance pays on its own. A working capital loan or a line of credit carries wages over that gap. Partners read the practice management system's aging report, the share of patients on insurance versus cash and the bank statements. A practice expanding hours or adding a hygienist carries the new wages before the added visits are paid.
Dental Clinic Loans in Coeur d'Alene, ID
A dental clinic opening a second location needs a lease, a build-out with plumbing and medical gas lines, equipment for each operatory and staff before the schedule fills. Requesting each part on its own structure, and with its own quote, lets a partner read each against its own life.
Dental Clinic Financing in Coeur d'Alene, ID: Adding an Operatory, Worked Through
Illustration only, invented figures: a practice adds a fourth operatory for $120,000, covering plumbing and cabinetry, a chair and delivery unit, and an intraoral sensor. Financed over 84 months at an assumed annual rate of 8%, the payment is $1,870.35 a month. If the added room brings in more each month than that payment plus the hygienist's wages, it pays for itself; if not, the timing needs another look.
The equipment financing page sets out loans and leases for the chair and sensor.
Sterilization, Compressors and the Equipment Behind the Chair in Coeur d'Alene, ID
The equipment patients never see can cost as much as the chair: autoclaves, the compressor and vacuum pump in the mechanical room, water treatment and the network that runs imaging and charting. When one of these fails, the practice cannot see patients, so a replacement request can be urgent. A quote with model numbers and the installer's schedule lets a partner read it as a straightforward equipment request.
Dental Office Financing in Coeur d'Alene, ID
A dental build-out depends on the space: water and drain lines to each chair, compressed air and vacuum, electrical capacity and accessibility. The contractor's estimate and the landlord's consent belong with the request, and the lease should run long enough to cover the financing. Stonehollow does not arrange real estate loans for buying the building.
Dentist Practice Loans in Coeur d'Alene, ID: Buying a Retiring Dentist's Practice
Buying an existing practice brings patients, staff, equipment and a lease. A term loan for the purchase is read on the seller's returns, collections by year, the active patient count and the equipment list. A purchase agreement can include a transition period in which the seller keeps working; partners read that too, along with any non-compete terms and how patient records pass to the buyer. The article on buying a dental practice covers valuation and the records in more depth, and the term loan page sets out amortization.
Dental Practices Next to Other Kootenai County, ID Health Offices
Dental offices sit within Kootenai County, ID's 511 ambulatory health care employers (CBP 2023, NAICS 621). The medical practice page covers physicians and clinics, and working capital covers wages for both. County tables are on the Coeur d'Alene, ID page.
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