We strive to lower the cost of doing business for Canadian dental practice owners, and bolster their bottom lines.

Kakeibo “ 家計簿 ; kuh-kay-boh“ is a Japanese savings method, roughly translating to “household financial ledger”.

The Kakeibo method was originally developed to help gain control of your budget and make you aware of your spending habits, which we believe every dental practice owner should do, especially when it comes to the amount they spend on supplies and services. Think of us as advocates for a healthy dental-household ledger!

How it works

Independent dentistry isn’t dead. We help clinic owners gain access to better pricing on supplies and services so that they can be competitive with larger groups and DSO’s.

We operate as a dental Group Purchasing Organization, and leverage our membership size to negotiate special pricing from vendors. Members can expect savings of up to 50% on certain products and services by joining our network. This can translate to thousands of dollars saved per year, depending on your clinic’s size and inventory needs.

FAQs

  • KDN negotiates purchasing agreements for members to buy the same product they’re used to using, but at better prices. We utilize or purchase from every vendor we’re partnered with, and can attest to the excellent value they bring, with no drop-off in quality. By getting access to competitive pricing on sundries, you can put thousands (or even tens of thousands!) of dollars back into your pocket.

    Too often, supply ordering tasks are delegated to a team member with no oversight or auditing protocols in place, resulting in wasteful spending. We do the research and behind-the-scenes work to negotiate pricing, to help free up time for you and your team.

  • Members can expect savings of up to 40% on certain products by joining our network. This will translate to thousands of dollars saved per year, depending on your clinic’s size and inventory needs. One of our clinics saved over $1500 per quarter/$500 per month by utilizing KDN’s pricing instead of a competing supplier (and that’s just the amount saved via one of our vendors!)

  • No, we keep it easy. Since we are a contracting agent and not a vendor/3rd party distributor, your purchasing procedures will remain the same. You can just keep ordering from vendors as you usually do, whether it’s via phone, through a rep, or online through the vendor’s website.

    We hold no inventory and don’t ship product. We let vendors and distributors do the work they are best trained to do through the channels with which you are familiar. The relationships that have developed between you and your suppliers will continue. The only thing that will change will be that members will receive greater value for materials & services purchased by being a part of a larger group. *You will have to set up accounts with any vendors you don’t currently buy from.

  • There is no obligation to only order through the vendors we’ve partnered with…but we’ve got a pretty darn good selection of vendors, so we don’t see why you wouldn’t.

  • Yes! We love startups and have gone through the startup process multiple times. Check out the Startup Success page for more info on our incredibly high-value package.

  • If you’d like to experience KDN pricing for all of your clinics, we offer a steeply discounted rate for additional locations owned by the same dentist - please contact us at hello@kakeibodentalnetwork.com to set this up.

  • We strive to serve owners of both small and large clinics alike, which is why our membership fees are so competitively priced compared to other dental group purchasing organizations. We want to offer such high value via our memberships that signing up is a no-brainer.

    We leverage our membership size to get better pricing with vendors. The more members that join, the better deals we can negotiate…so invite your practice owner friends to sign up!

  • Not if you don’t want to! You can pick either a Quarterly membership and billing cycle (3 months), which allows you to experience full value over one typical ordering cycle for all of your clinic’s sundries. Or, you can experience even greater savings by purchasing an Annual 12 month membership. You can cancel your subscription at anytime. **Note that our lower priced Startup Success plan requires a 12 month commitment.

  • Yes, but…while we believe that increasing a clinic's production is the most effective way to ease entrepreneurial mental strain and to greatly increase profitability, we can’t ignore the expense side of things. If your supply costs are 7, 8, 9, 10% +, then we can help make a massive positive change.

    Getting control of your clinic expenses is usually an easier lever to pull when it comes to implementation. Go for the low hanging fruit first: join Kakeibo Dental Network, cut your expenses, then tackle how to increase your production and case acceptance. Ge

  • You might feel a little shocked at what you’ve needlessly been spending on your supplies and services. It might take an extra few days for orders to arrive. You or your team might need to get your new vendor accounts set up.

    So, a small chunk of money and time spent adjusting your vendors, in exchange for thousands of dollars saved, PLUS one less headache in all the craziness of owning and running a dental practice?

    Sounds like a no-brainer.

    At the end of the day, it’s your money. You could pay thousands of extra dollars per year…or… keep those funds to use as you see fit - be it family holidays, shopping, hobbies, etc.

    We know what we would prefer to do.

  • Yes, please send an email to hello@kakeibodentalnetwork.com to set up a call with our team.