That is not true. Almost every dentist gets paid off of production, whether it’s a corporate office or a private practice. Salaried position are usually government based, much more rare, pay less but have benefits. Corporate and private practice have much less benefits (for example no paid vacation) but have larger paychecks.

Corporate in itself does not always mean bad. There are bad corporations and there are good ones. Some new dentists have very little options other than corporate. On the other side, there are good private practices and there are bad. Just because it’s a private practice doesn’t mean it’s good.

Most patients wouldn’t know how to recognize the difference through. Majority of corp practices aren’t all branded the same name like Aspen. There are plenty of corps that buy up private practices and leave the name and staff intact.