title: Opening a new office: the dentist's personal frontier.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The purpose of this article is to assist the dental practitioner by providing insight into commercial real estate and a framework for identifying and securing new office space, as well as by addressing concerns about the physical space of a dental practice.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In the process of identifying and securing new office space, the dental practitioner can maximize efficiency and minimize risk by assembling a team of professionals to assist him or her. This team should be composed of an accountant and an attorney, as well as a dental equipment/design specialist and a commercial real estate professional.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The professional team will provide invaluable assistance to the dentist, enabling him or her to avoid major financial, legal, logistic and real estate-related pitfalls inherent in establishing or moving a dental practice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Promotion and Policy, Program of Pediatric Dentistry, University of Maryland Dental School, Baltimore, USA. craftondental@comcast.net
authors.forename: B Casey
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Crafton
authors.forename: Alexander H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Lofft
mesh_terms: D000066:Accounting; D003748:Dental Equipment; D003770:Dental Offices / Q000191:economics; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005160:Facility Design and Construction; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D033241:Lawyers; D008297:Male; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010067:Ownership; D011215:Practice Management, Dental / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011365:Professional Practice Location / Q000191:economics; D012308:Risk Management; D013997:Time Factors