Dentist commissions,
from completed work, without a calculator
Set a percentage or a fixed fee for each dentist, and Synora builds the period's statement from the procedures they actually completed, line by line — for you to review, approve and mark paid.
Commission rules and statements are on every plan. Free has only the owner's account, so commissions for any other dentist need Basic or Pro.
Synora's dentist commissions work out each dentist's share from the work they completed: a percentage of what was invoiced or collected, or a fixed fee, per dentist, category or procedure, with the lab bill taken off first if you choose. Generate a statement for any period, approve it and record it as paid. Commissions are on every plan, including Free.
| Plan | Every plan, including Free (Free has one account: the owner's) |
|---|---|
| Rule | A percentage, a fixed fee or monthly bands (e.g. 30% up to 50,000, 40% above), for all of a dentist's work, one category or one procedure |
| Worked out on | The invoiced amount (after discount, before tax) or the money collected, chosen per rule; the lab bill and materials come off first if the rule says so |
| Rule dates | Valid from a date, until an optional end date, with a priority |
| Statement | Draft → Approved → Paid |
| Who sees statements | The owner, branch managers, accountants and the read-only auditor; each dentist sees their own approved statements |
| Last updated |
End of the month: a notebook per dentist, a calculator, and an argument. A procedure forgotten, another counted twice, a percentage nobody remembers agreeing — and a dispute with the dentist you want to keep.
How does Synora work out each dentist's commission?
Try a commission yourself
Type a dentist's rule and one procedure (or, for bands, a whole period's work) and see the fee worked out the way Synora works it out.
For illustration: the real statement is generated from your invoices, line by line, and you review and approve it.
Only the label changes. Nothing is converted.
Invoiced: the invoice line after discount, before tax. Collected: the part the clinic has received, never more than the line.
One procedure's line on the invoice. Tax is not commission. Add up the period's lines under this rule: the bands count one statement period at a time.
The part the patient has paid. A fee on collected money is paid only on what came in.
Up to two decimals, for example 33.33.
Paid as agreed, whatever the lab charged.
A fixed fee deducts nothing: it is what was agreed, whatever the lab charged.
The fee
These are example numbers from a fictional dentist, not yours.
- The dentist's fee
- EGP 660.00
- Base
- EGP 3,000.00
- Lab bill taken off
- EGP 800.00
- Materials taken off
- EGP 0.00
- Amount the rate applies to
- EGP 2,200.00
- Rate applied
- 30%
How the bands split it
Nothing collected yet, so nothing to pay on: Synora writes no line for this procedure until money comes in.
Worked examples
Example numbers from a fictional dentist, not real data
A percentage, with the lab bill taken off
A crown is invoiced at EGP 3,000, the lab bill is EGP 800 and comes off first, and the dentist's rule is 30% of what was invoiced. The base is EGP 3,000.00; after the lab bill EGP 2,200.00; so the fee is 30% × EGP 2,200.00 = EGP 660.00.
Bands on a month's work
A rule with bands (30% up to EGP 20,000, 35% up to EGP 50,000, 40% above that) and a month's work of EGP 60,000.
- Marginal: EGP 20,000.00 × 30% + EGP 30,000.00 × 35% + EGP 10,000.00 × 40% = EGP 20,500.00.
- Whole band: the total of EGP 60,000.00 reaches the top band, so 40% applies to all of it: EGP 60,000.00 × 40% = EGP 24,000.00.
Bands count one statement period at a time and start again with the next one.
The rules the calculator follows
- The base is the invoice line after discount and before tax, or the part of it collected, never more than the line.
- The lab bill comes off first and then the materials, before the percentage, and never take the base below zero. A fixed fee takes nothing off.
- Percentages work in whole hundredths of a percent and every fee is rounded down to the smallest unit of the currency (two decimals here), never up.
- Bands are marginal (each rate on the part inside its band) or whole band (the band the total reaches sets one rate; a band's upper bound belongs to it).
A rule for each dentist
A percentage of what was invoiced or collected, or a fixed fee per procedure — for all of a dentist's work, one category or one procedure — with a start date, an optional end date and a priority.
A statement for any period
Pick a dentist and a period: Synora lists their completed work that was invoiced or paid in it, and applies the rule in force on the day each procedure was done, line by line.
Never counted twice
Work already paid in full is left out of the next statement; on money collected, each statement pays only what came in since the last one.
Draft, approved, paid
A statement starts as a draft, is approved after review, and is then marked paid. "Paid" is a mark you record — Synora does not take the money out of a cash register. The dentist sees it once it is approved.
Past statements stay as they were
Change a rule or end it with an end date, and the statements already made keep their lines.
A worked example
Illustrative figures: a dentist on a 40% rule on the invoiced amount completes and invoices a crown at EGP 3,000 and a filling at EGP 500 during the month, with no lab bill. The statement has two lines: 40% of 3,000 = EGP 1,200, and 40% of 500 = EGP 200 — EGP 1,400 in total.
What doesn't it do yet?
- A refund or void after a statement is paid is not taken out of that statement: it comes off the dentist's next statement instead, and what does not fit is carried to the one after.
- Bands in a tiered rule count one statement period at a time and start again with the next one: a statement for half a month is banded on its own.
- Material costs come only from stock the procedure used: there is no box to type an extra cost on a completed procedure.
- No payroll: salaries, social insurance and tax stay outside Synora.
Questions about this feature
Associate dentist pay is a rule the clinic sets for each dentist, not a fixed market figure. You choose the base: the invoiced amount (after discount, before tax) or the money actually collected. The rule can take off the lab bill and materials first, and can be a percentage, a fixed fee or bands, applied marginally or to the whole band. Synora then builds a statement line by line for you to review and approve.
Yes. Give each dentist their own rule — for example 40%, 35% and 30% — on the invoiced or the collected amount, with the lab bill taken off first if you choose. At the end of the month, generate a statement for each dentist: it lists the procedures they completed and their share, for you to approve and mark paid. Each dentist needs their own account, so three dentists need Basic or Pro.
You choose, per rule. "Invoiced" pays on the procedure's invoiced amount (after discount, before tax) once it is done and invoiced; "collected" pays as the patient's money comes in, across statements, and never on more than was invoiced.
Yes. A rule can cover all of a dentist's work, one procedure category or one procedure, and the most specific rule wins. You can end a rule and start a new one from any date.
If the rule says so. A lab case sent from the treatment-plan line ("Send to lab") is linked to that procedure, and its cost — and, if you choose, the materials the procedure used from stock — comes off before the percentage.
Yes, once the clinic has approved them: each dentist sees only their own statements, line by line, under My fees. Drafts stay with the owner, branch managers, accountants and the read-only auditor.
Every plan, including Free. But Free has a single account — the owner's own — and each dentist needs an account of their own, so commissions for any other dentist need Basic or Pro.
