£85 sound about right depending where you live.
1 very qualified dentist
1 dental nurse
Specialist materials
Specialist equipment and sterilisation protocols
Auxiliary staff (cleaner, receptionist etc.)
Building and running costs.
this is all true, but my dentist trades out of a small detached property in the suburbs, employs six people max. He drives a new Bently his partner a Porsche 911 turbo thing. No problem as far as I’m concerned, but compared to other small buisinesses of a similar size their doing very nicely.