How Elite Dental Care Dyersburg Funded $67,522 Making Cherry Their First Option
The Story
Elite Dental Care is a family dental practice located in Dyersburg, Tennessee. The practice offers a full range of dental services, including crowns, implants, and cosmetic dentistry. Since partnering with Cherry in October 2025, they've rapidly adopted patient financing as a core part of their treatment presentation workflow.
The Goal
Elite Dental Care wanted to:
- Increase high-value case acceptance for procedures like crowns and implants where cost is a barrier
- Reduce financial stress for patients so they can move forward with treatment sooner
- Simplify the financing process with a solution patients could access directly from their phones
The Cherry Solution
The practice integrated Cherry into their patient consultation workflow, presenting financing as a standard option for every treatment plan – not just when patients ask about cost.
Key implementation highlights:
- Self-service mobile applications – patients apply directly from their smartphone, reducing staff workload and speeding up the process
- Same-day treatment enablement – approved patients proceed with treatment immediately, rather than delaying
- Reduced practice liability – Cherry handles the financing, removing collections risk from the practice
A standout example: one patient needed several crowns but faced a significant out-of-pocket cost. Through Cherry, they were approved for financing and received same-day treatment – a case that likely would have been delayed or declined without a financing option.
Results
In just 5 months since going live with Cherry (October 2025 – March 2026), Elite Dental Care achieved:
- $67,522 in total funded volume across 53 funded payment plans
- 25-50% estimated increase in case acceptance, particularly for high-value procedures like crowns and implants
- $1,274 average ticket size, enabling patients to move forward with larger treatment plans they may have otherwise declined
- Consistent monthly growth – from 1 loan in their first month to 12 loans in March, demonstrating steady adoption across the practice
- Same-day treatment enablement – patients like the crown case were able to get approved and treated in a single visit, eliminating the delay caused by cost concerns
In Their Words
Cherry is our first financing option to our patients. It is easy to apply and it takes the liability from our office when entering their personal information. We have good success with Cherry and it enables our patients to take care of their dental treatment and maintain good oral health.
