Put off the dentist

Waiting costs you

Putting it off for 12 months costs you $305.

• Waiting does not pay even if it never gets worse.
• For every $1 you put off, you pay $2.69.

This is a worked example with illustrative figures, not data about any real person or company. Change any of them in the calculator and the answer changes with them.

How this answer was worked out

Every formula is written out on the formulas page.

What the calculator asks you

• What the visit costs now
• Months you would put it off
• Chance it becomes a bigger job
• What the bigger job would cost
• How much it grows each month if left
• What waiting costs you each month meanwhile
• Yearly rate the money earns you while you keep it

Related

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• The cost of waitingThe calculator this example comes from
• Before you decideA checklist of what is worth checking first