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layering makes zirconia great again.
Lol, your still doing encode? Ouch, try passing that on to your doctor.So I just got back my Robocast model from Biomet for an Encode. Charges are as follows:
Analog Placement $45
Analog $31
Remount $25
FedEx $12
Tax $2
Total $115 for a model that could have been done with a $15 analog and mounted on a hinge articulator!
Some DDS might consider that a small price to pay for not having to connect
an impression post, take Xray, and try to do a pick up impression without getting
it locked in . . . then again, some might now.
LCM
Wish all of them admitted understanding that. I've been fussed at for charging more than list price + shipping and had to explain, to little avail, that they pay their staff to work the phone too.Totally legit - it takes time to talk to the vender and all that.
LCM
I tell them I'm not a f**+%#g bank. Borrow from someone else.Wish all of them admitted understanding that. I've been fussed at for charging more than list price + shipping and had to explain, to little avail, that they pay their staff to work the phone too.
The robocast process machines need the Adesso Splitex plate to hold the model is what I was told. They scan the model for the code of stamps to indicate rotation, healing cap height, etc, and then it drills a bit deeper than the analog is at proper position(which is why the minimum model height),then squirt in a generous helping of super glue.I don't really understand their analog placement process. I sent the unmounted model for them to place the analog only. I did not send a bite since all I wanted was the Robocast model with analog.
From what I can tell, they drill out the hole and glue in the analog and then mount the model on an adesso plate for which they charge an additional $25. I didn't ask for this but I guess you have no choice in the matter. It's pointless as far as I can tell since the analog is drilled and seated beneath the model.
The only goof up I ever had that was mostly their fault was when they mixed up our case, all of it, with another labs case. We got back someone else's models and abutment. Same tooth, didn't catch it, couldn't really have noticed unless we had another model. We made a PFM on it and delivered. DDS was understandably grumpy when it was very intransigent to seat.I've watched the process and JMN is spot-on. The plate is indexed to the drill plate so that everything lines up nicely. I think that since my docs are already using a successful workflow taking implant level transfers, it's easy to continue. It eliminates one possibility for error. I'm sure that the robocast is accurate, but I've been the victim of encode healing caps that were loose, and an inaccurate impression led to a disastrous result. Just because it's in there doesn't necessarily mean that encode cap is tight. They have to check that every time before impressing.
There is no need for them to mount it. I never actually mount it on the articulator. I just arbitrarily put it on a stratos mounting plate. Do that and save yourself $25.I don't really understand their analog placement process. I sent the unmounted model for them to place the analog only. I did not send a bite since all I wanted was the Robocast model with analog.
From what I can tell, they drill out the hole and glue in the analog and then mount the model on an adesso plate for which they charge an additional $25. I didn't ask for this but I guess you have no choice in the matter. It's pointless as far as I can tell since the analog is drilled and seated beneath the model.
mount vs articulateThere is no need for them to mount it. I never actually mount it on the articulator. I just arbitrarily put it on a stratos mounting plate. Do that and save yourself $25.