TransDental Is Recovering the Revenue Dental Practices Didn’t Even Know They Were Losing
Thousands of dental practices across the U.S. are hemorrhaging money through billing gaps and most of them have no idea it’s happening.
February 2026 — Ask any dentist what keeps them up at night, and you’ll hear the same answers, staffing headaches, rising overheads, patients who no-show. But somewhere near the top of that list; whether they admit it or not, is the gnawing suspicion that their billing process is broken and nobody in the practice has the time, or honestly the expertise, to fix it.
That’s the gap TransDental was built to close.
The company, which operates as a dedicated dental billing company serving independent practices and group practices nationwide, just announced a significant expansion of its revenue cycle management services. The timing isn’t accidental. Heading into mid-2026, practice owners are facing a near-perfect storm of payer complexity, shrinking reimbursement rates, and front-desk staff who are already stretched thin handling phones, scheduling, and patient check-ins, all while somehow being expected to chase down denied claims too.
Something has to give. And for a growing number of practices, that something is the DIY approach to billing.
The Numbers Are Hard to Ignore
Here’s a figure that doesn’t get talked about enough: dental practices in the U.S. routinely lose anywhere from 5% to 30% of collectible revenue every single year. Not because the work wasn’t done. Not because the patient didn’t have coverage. But because claims got coded wrong, submitted late, or simply abandoned after a first denial.
For a practice pulling in $800,000 annually, that’s potentially $240,000 walking out the door.
TransDental’s team has spent years in the trenches providing dental RCM services; not medical billing with a dental module bolted on, but genuine dental-specific billing experience built around CDT codes, dental insurance portals, and the kind of payer-by-payer nuance that only comes from doing this work day after day. They know how Delta Dental handles downgrades differently than Cigna. They know which carriers require narrative attachments on perio codes and which ones will auto-deny without a bitewing from the past six months.
That depth of knowledge doesn’t come from a software platform. It comes from people who’ve seen it all.
What the Expansion Actually Looks Like
TransDental’s expanded service lineup now covers the full billing lifecycle from insurance verification before the patient ever sits in the chair, all the way through payment posting and reconciliation after the claim closes. Practices can also tap into denial management and appeals support, credentialing assistance for newly added providers, and patient-facing billing services that take the collection conversation off the front desk’s plate entirely.
Each client gets a dedicated account manager. Not a ticketing system. Not a chatbot. A real person who knows your practice, knows your payer mix, and picks up the phone when you call.
“We’ve had practices come to us with denial rates above 35% and aging reports that hadn’t been touched in months,” said a company spokesperson. “Within 90 days, those same practices look completely different. That turnaround is what this work is really about.”
Why Outsourcing Works Better Than Most Practices Expect
There’s still a hesitation in some practices about handing billing off to an outside team. That’s understandable. Billing touches everything including patient trust, cash flow, compliance. But the practices that make the shift typically say the same thing afterward: they wish they’d done it sooner.
The reality is that in-house billing staff turnover constantly. Training new people is expensive and slow. And even a skilled biller wearing six other hats in a busy practice is going to miss things. A company like TransDental, where billing is the only job, brings a level of focus and accountability that’s genuinely hard to replicate internally.
Add in the ongoing compliance demands like HIPAA, ADA coding updates, payer policy changes mid-year and it becomes clear why more practice owners are treating this less like outsourcing and more like upgrading their team.
About TransDental
TransDental is a specialized dental revenue cycle management company helping practices across the United States get paid accurately, get paid faster, and stop losing revenue to the billing process. Their team of certified specialists partners with practices of all sizes from solo practitioners to multi-location groups and brings a client-first approach that prioritizes real results over empty promises. Practices interested in a complimentary billing audit or revenue recovery consultation can reach the team directly at https://transdentalbilling.com/.
