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title: "What Is Business continuity plan? Dental Practice Glossary"
description: "A business continuity plan is a written plan for keeping a practice running, or restarting it quickly, after a disaster, outage or other major disruption."
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Compliance and risk

# Business continuity plan

A business continuity plan is a written plan for keeping a practice running, or restarting it quickly, after a disaster, outage or other major disruption.

The U.S. Small Business Administration says writing and implementing a business continuity plan will help you minimize financial loss when your business faces a disaster. SBA says the plan should identify and document critical business functions and processes, organize a continuity team and evaluate recovery strategies.

For a dental office, threats include fire, flood, power loss, a failed server or [ransomware](https://joncopeland.multisites.ai/glossary/ransomware). The plan should say how to reach patients, access records, reschedule care and pay staff.

Test the plan each year and update contact lists. See [risk management](https://joncopeland.multisites.ai/glossary/risk-management) and [cybersecurity](https://joncopeland.multisites.ai/glossary/cybersecurity).

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## Related terms

-   [Risk management](https://joncopeland.multisites.ai/glossary/risk-management)
-   [Ransomware](https://joncopeland.multisites.ai/glossary/ransomware)
-   [Cybersecurity](https://joncopeland.multisites.ai/glossary/cybersecurity)
-   [Cloud-based dental software](https://joncopeland.multisites.ai/glossary/cloud-based-dental-software)

## Sources

1.  [U.S. Small Business Administration: Prepare for emergencies](https://www.sba.gov/business-guide/manage-your-business/prepare-emergencies)

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