# Byron Emmons

> Dental Operations & IT Like No Other


## Posts

- [Treatment Planning Is the Practice: Why the Paperwork Is Not an Afterthought](https://byronemmons.com/treatment-planning-paperwork/): Every practice I have worked in has had the same quiet leak. Not the schedule, not the hygiene column, not collections. The treatment plan.
- [Getting Extra Scaling Units Approved Under the CDCP: What Works and What Does Not](https://byronemmons.com/cdcp-extra-scaling-units-approval/): Extra scaling units are one of the most common preauthorization requests I see, and one of the most commonly rejected.
- [Open Dental on Ubuntu: MariaDB Server with Windows Workstations](https://byronemmons.com/open-dental-linux-server/): Open Dental is a Windows application.
- [Running the CDA's ITRANS Claims Director on Ubuntu 26.04 with .NET 10](https://byronemmons.com/itrans-claims-director-on-linux/): Most dental practices in Canada submit insurance claims through ITRANS, the Canadian Dental Association's claims network.
- [How I Build a Dental Practice Back Office from a Clean Greenfield](https://byronemmons.com/how-i-build-a-dental-practice-back-office-from-a-clean-greenfield/): Most practices don't get designed. They accumulate.

## Pages

- [CDCP](https://byronemmons.com/cdcp/): Please read first. This tool is an unofficial reference guide only.
- [Contact](https://byronemmons.com/contact/)
- [Blog](https://byronemmons.com/blog/)
- [Resume](https://byronemmons.com/resume/)

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